Feb. 19—Buckets were just too hard to come by for Wisconsin-Superior women's basketball on Wednesday night, resulting in a 50-47 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference loss at Crown College in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota.
UWS was just 18-for-60 (30%) from the field and 5-for-24 (21%) from 3-point land. The last of those attempts, a 3-pointer from Maddie Reott at the buzzer, missed to end the contest.
UWS led 22-20 at the break but gave up a 12-0 run coming out of halftime and spent the second half chasing the game. UWS closed the third quarter on a 9-0 run to cut a deficit from 34-24 to 34-33 and briefly led in the fourth quarter. Crown had another run, which UWS erased to tie the game on an Ella Olson free throw with 1:02 to play, but three Crown free throws in the final 15 seconds proved the difference.
Hope Carlson led UWS with 10 points and eight rebounds.
The Yellowjackets (10-14, 7-4 UMAC) will close out the regular season with a Saturday, Feb. 21 home game vs. Minnesota Morris, who they may also play next week in the semifinals of the UMAC tournament.
The offensive end of the floor didn't go any better for the Wisconsin-Superior men's basketball team as their female counterparts on Wednesday.
The Yellowjackets were 19-for-66 (29%) from the floor in a 70-53 loss at Crown.
UWS fell behind 40-28 in the first half, a deficit that reached as much as 21 points down the stretch.
Gage Braiedy scored 13 points for UWS (6-18, 2-9 UMAC), which wraps up its season at home vs. Minnesota Morris on Saturday, Feb. 21.