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| Sammi Beyer scored 27 points off the bench in UW-Oshkosh's double-overtime win over UW-Whitewater on Wednesday night. File photo by Steve Frommell, UW-Oshkosh athletics |
It took UW-Oshkosh two overtimes to take its second win over UW-Whitewater while Illinois Wesleyan took a giant step toward an undefeated regular season. Elsewhere, Johns Hopkins and Catholic avenged earlier losses to ranked foes.
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No. 5 UW-Oshkosh erased a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit and then took down No. 16 UW-Whitewater 77-69 in double overtime.
Whitewater appeared to be on its way to a victory at Oshkosh when the Warhawks led by 13 entering the fourth quarter and by 12 with 5:25 to play in regulation. But the Titans shut out the Warhawks the rest of the period and scored 12 straight, tying the game on Mallory Hoitink’s layup with 11 seconds left.
In the first overtime, Whitewater erased a five-point deficit with a Kacie Carollo three and Mallory Oloffson layup that forced double overtime. After the teams opened the second extra period by trading baskets, Hoitink gave the Titans a 71-69 lead with a layup and Kayce Vaile pushed the Oshkosh lead to four with two free throws. Trailing by four late, Whitewater committed an offensive foul and then fouled Kate Huml hard on the ensuing Oshkosh possession. Huml was awarded four free throws – two for a technical foul and two for the original foul – and sank them all to ice the game.
Oshkosh (19-1, 8-1 WIAC) got 50 points from its reserves, led by Sammi Beyer (27 points) and Hoitink (14 points). Carollo scored 33 points on 13-for-30 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds for Whitewater (15-5, 5-4 WIAC).
After falling behind early, No. 2 Illinois Wesleyan rallied past Carroll 81-75, clearing a major hurdle on the way to a potential undefeated regular season.
The Titans were outscored 24-10 in the first quarter but pulled even at the end of the third quarter and then ripped off a 13-0 run in the fourth. Starters Ava Bardic, Kate Palmer and Lauren Huber each scored at least 20 points and played at least 33 minutes for Illinois Wesleyan (20-0, 11-0 CCIW). The Titans only have one game remaining against an opponent with a winning record when they travel to Carthage (15-6, 7-5 CCIW) on Saturday.
No. 22 Randolph-Macon followed Saturday’s thrilling win over No. 21 Washington and Lee by beating Bridgewater, 74-65. The Yellow Jackets turned the game around by outscoring Bridgewater 26-13 in the third quarter. Catherine Kagey and McKenzie Matheny combined for 33 points and 22 rebounds for Randolph-Macon (19-1, 12-0 ODAC), which has won 18 straight.
No. 24 Mass-Dartmouth went to Rhode Island College and sank the Anchorwomen, 74-66, sweeping the regular season series with its top contender in the Little East Conference. Mass-Dartmouth (18-2, 11-0 LEC) led from start to finish and had five players score double figures, and the Corsairs are now in excellent position for their conference’s top seed.
No. 20 Johns Hopkins scored just 19 points in the first half against No. 9 Gettysburg but 40 in the second, and the Blue Jays downed the Bullets, 59-51. Johns Hopkins held Gettysburg to its lowest offensive output of the season and held its 14th straight foe below 56 points. Macie Feldman posted a double-double (18 points, 11 rebounds) for Johns Hopkins (17-3, 9-1 CC) which moved into a virtual tie for first with Gettysburg atop the Centennial Conference standings.
Anna Scoblick scored 21 points and No. 17 Catholic avenged an earlier loss to No. 18 Elizabethtown by beating the Blue Jays 70-63 in Pennsylvania. The Cardinals had a 25-2 scoring advantage in points off turnovers and Catholic (18-2, 11-2 Landmark) earned a critical split with Etown.
Shaina Cooney’s jumper with six seconds left lifted Western New England to a 71-69 win over Roger Williams and gave the Golden Bears a three-game lead on the Hawks with five to play in their conference season. Cooney and Emma Kahn scored 11 points apiece for WNEU (19-1, 12-1 CNE). Endicott remained one game back of the Golden Bears by edging the University of New England 59-57 in overtime.
Arcadia used a big game from Delaney Bell to seize first place in the MAC Freedom conference, as the Knights topped Stevens, 72-59. Bell tallied 15 points and 18 rebounds in 40 minutes for Arcadia (13-7, 7-2 MACF) which entered the night in a three-way tie for first with Stevens and Lebanon Valley. Weather postponed Leb Val's game against Misericordia to next Monday.