Wartburg College 80, UW-Stout 56
WAVERLY, Iowa (December 11, 2019) - As it turned out, the lack of free throw opportunities turned into only one of the reasons UW-Stout dropped an 80-56 loss to sixth ranked Wartburg College, but it certainly didn't help.
It's not that Stout (5-2) missed a ton of free throws, but the team had only four total free throw attempts in the game, making all four, and did not have an opportunity until the fourth quarter to go to the line. By that time Stout trailed by 20 points and could not get much closer.
In the first half with everything else fairly even, the Knights could hardly miss from the free throw line, while the Blue Devils didn't even get the opportunity. Stout was whistled for 11 fouls, while the Knights (7-1) were not called. Wartburg made Stout pay for their transgressions, dropping in 12 of 13 first half charity shots.Â
Shannan Watkins had 10 first half points as Stout shot 10 of 29 from the floor and 3 of 15 from beyond the arc. The Knights got 11 points from Amanda Brainerd before the halftime break and the Knights shot 11 of 26 from the floor and 4 of 11 from 3-point range. Stout turned the ball over nine times to four turnovers for Wartburg.
Lizzy Olsem led Stout with a career-best 16 points, going 7 of 8 for the game. Olsem had two of Stout's four free throws. Watkins was held scoreless in the second half.Â
Brainerd and Payton Draper led the Knights with 16 points. The Knights finished making 15 of 18 free throw attempts for the game.
The four free throw attempts were the fewest since Stout had only five attempts against UW-Oshkosh Feb. 2017.
Stout will be at Viterbo University, Saturday, Dec. 14 with a 3:30 pm tip-off.
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