The UW Oshkosh Women’s basketball game survived a tough battle versus Wheaton College (Illinois) on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Kolf Sports Center. The Titans beat Wheaton with a score of 56-54.
Forward Paige Sekar and Guard Sammi Beyer led the Titans in the win as the leading point scorers. Sekar scored 12 points, eight of them from field goals and three from free throws. Beyer scored 10 points, with six of which were three pointers.
UWO started the game with the lead due to a layup from Kayce Vaile before the Thunder jumped out to an 8-2 lead to start the quarter behind two three-point shots by the Thunder. Wheaton carried the big lead to end the quarter with a 13-8 lead.
UWO got back in the game during the second quarter. The Titans were able to take the lead back at 16-15 due to back-to-back three-pointers from Kate Huml and Alex Rondorf. The Titans got a lead as big as 23-18, but the Thunder never let the Titans pull away as both teams went into half with UWO leading 23-20.
The third quarter started out back and forth. UWO responded to a Wheaton layup to start the quarter with another three from Rondorf to go up 26-22. The Thunder did not allow UWO to go away, and Wheaton tied the game at 28-28. A couple more rounds of back-and-forth scoring found the teams once again tied at 33-33 during the 05:22 minute mark. A layup by Beyer with 3:08 left in the quarter gave the Titans a 35-33 lead, and UWO went on an eight-to-zero run to end the quarter up 41-33.
Although UWO did not relinquish the lead in the fourth, Wheaton made the Titans sweat to the end. A layup by Sarah Hardwick and a three by Beyer gave the Titans its biggest lead of the game at 46-37. The Thunder were able to slowly close the Titan lead as the quarter went on. Wheaton was able to shrink the Titan lead down to 54-52 with 01:51 remaining in the game. The Titans added on two more points behind a layup from Sekar but the Thunder got a layup of their own to make the score 56-54. A missed jumper by the Titans allowed Wheaton to attempt the game winning three-point-shot, fortunately for the Titans, the Thunder missed the shot and UWO was able to survive with a 56-54 win.
The Titans beat Central College (Iowa) the day before. The Titans beat the Dutch 81-49 in the game the day before.
Huml led the team with 17 points in the win. Huml went 7-12 in field goals and went two for two at the free throw line.
UWO will return to action on Monday, Dec. 16 when the Titans will play against Benedictine University (Illinois). Tip off will take place at 6 p.m. at Kolf Sports Center.
