The UW Oshkosh women’s basketball team split its two games last week at UW-Stevens Point and UW-La Crosse. The No. 7 nationally ranked Titans (25-2, 10-2 WIAC) beat the Pointers (16-7, 6-6 WIAC) 60-40 Feb. 12 and fell to the Eagles (14-9, 6-6 WIAC) 56-64 in overtime Feb. 15. 

Kayce Vaile led the Titans in the win, going 8-for-17 while scoring 19 points. The Titans never trailed in the game, as UWO broke open the contest right away. The Titans jumped out to a 14-4 lead to start the first quarter behind five points from Vaile.

The second quarter was the closest one all game. After UWO opened up the lead to 20-8. The Pointers went on a 14-3 run to close the Titans’ lead down to 23-22. That was the closest UWSP would get as UWO ended the quarter on a 7-0 run. The Titans used the momentum from the first half to cruise to an easy second half and a 20-point win over the Pointers.

Kate Huml led the Titans in the defeat with 15 points with six of her points coming from the free-throw line. UWO had a lead as big as 37-14 in the third quarter but the Eagles just never went away. UWL was able to tie the game to send it to overtime. The Eagles used a 14-6 run in overtime to get an 8-point upset win over the Titans.  Despite the loss to La Crosse, Vaile scored five points to become the 24th member of the 1,000 point club in UWO history. 

With the split week, UWO has a lot to play for this week. If the Titans win their game Feb. 18 against UW-Eau Claire, UWO will clinch a share of the WIAC championship. Then if the Titans followed that up with a win in the season finale against UW-Stout on Feb. 22, UWO would clinch the overall championship.