The Warhawks knocked down their first six shots from the field to jump out to a quick 16-4 lead with 15:29 on the clock. Abbie Reeves bolstered the run with eight points including six from behind the arc. From that point, the Warhawks' hot hands went cold and UW-Whitewater made just 4-20 the rest of the half. 

UW-Whitewater's defense held the Pointers to just three field goals in the first 15:47 of the game but UW-SP went 15 of 18 from the charity stripe in the first half to take a seven point lead, 32-25, at the half. 

The Warhawks shot 38.5 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from long range in the first 20 minutes. The Pointers shot 38.1 percent from the floor and just 25 percent from behind the arc in the first half.

Emily Jensen found Lisa Palmer in the paint for the first points of the second half to cut the lead to five, 32-27 just eight seconds into play. 

Stevens Point responded with 10 straight to extend their lead to 42-27 at the 16:45 mark. 

Brooke Trewyn broke the scoring drought with a layup to make 42-29. After a player control foul on the Pointers, The Warhawks took advantage on their end of the floor. Palmer hauled in two offensive boards, knocked down a layup, was fouled and secured the old fashioned three-point play with the free throw on UW-Whitewater's next possession to narrow the deficit to eight, 42-34 with 14:39 remaining. 

UW-SP pushed the lead back into double figures from the free throw line but Reilly Stewart responded with a three-pointer to bring the Warhawks within nine, 46-37 with just under 13 minutes left in the game. 

The Pointers added two more from the charity stripe but the Warhawks responded with a free throw of their own from Dani Fugate. Less than a minute later, Malia Smith made good on a layup to make it 48-40 with 10:55 left but Stevens Point was stellar from the free throw line the rest of the way to seal the game. 

UW-Whitewater shot 34.5 percent from the field in the game and made five of their seven opportunities from the charity stripe. 

UW-Stevens Point shot 45.8 percent in the second half to improve to 42.2 percent from the floor in the game and were 27-34 from the free throw line. 

Reeves led UW-Whitewater with 14 points on 4-6 from three-point range. Palmer added 10 points and five rebounds. Jensen posted a team-high six boards in the game. 

UW-SP's Lauren Anklam was 5-7 from the field, 2-3 from long range and 7-7 from the free throw line for a game-high 19 points. Kaitlyn Jacobs added 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Pointers. 

The Warhawks will open the second half of the conference season at home Saturday against the league's top team, UW-Superior. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. in Kachel Gym.