LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Senior Alyssa Krajco (Richland Center,
Wis.) recorded a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds to
help pace the University of Wisconsin-Platteville women's
basketball team to a 79-37 win over Wentworth Institute of
Technology on the first day of the 2014 D3hoops.com Classic.
With the win the Pioneers run their win streak to three and
improve to 9-2 while the Leopards drop their second straight to
stand at 3-6.
Junior Carly Rogers (Scarborough, Maine) scored two of her 13
first-half points by scoring the first basket of the game, 16
second in. UW-Platteville scored the next seven points and took a
7-2 lead on a Krajco layup with 17:51 remaining. Krajco had four of
her team's seven points during the spurt with the other three
coming from senior Keeley Schulz (Stockton, Ill.)
The Leopards pulled within a pair (11-9), thanks to a free throw
from freshman Riselly Deoleo (Manchester, N.H.) and back-to-back
trifectas from Rogers, however the Pioneers used a 15-4 run to take
a 26-13 lead on a 3-pointer from senior Stacy Clark (Riverdale,
Iowa) with 9:34 remaining.
Junior Rachael Camara (Fall River, Mass.) drained a three of her
own to cut the lead to 26-16 on the next possession but Platteville
used a 13-1 run to up its lead to 22 (39-17) after a Krajco
trifecta with 5:36 left in the half.
Deoleo scored the Leopards' next five points, including converting
a three-point play with 3:24 left in the half to make it 42-22
before the Pioneers, who shot 54.3 percent in the opening frame and
held Wentworth to 29.6, took a 50-24 lead into the locker room.
Clark opened the second half with a jumper to push Platteville's
lead to 28 before Rogers and classmate Megan McLaughlin
(Southington, Conn.) hit back-to-back baskets. McLaughlin's basket,
which came with 18:34 left in the contest, would be the Leopards'
last basket for the next 7:40 as the Pioneers outscored Wentworth
13-0 during this span and pushed their lead to 37. Platteville
would lead by as 43 late in the contest.
Krajco went 8-for-13 from the floor and had five steals while
Clark added 11 points and six rebounds for the Pioneers Senior
Rachel Cropp (Verona, Wis.), sophomore Morgan Hartman (Rochester,
Minn.), and sophomore Mykaela Brandt (Marion, Iowa) scored nine
points apiece. Cropp also had seven assists.
Platteville shot just under 46 percent from the floor for the game
and won the rebounding battle by a 52-31 edge.
Rogers finished the contest with 18 points and five rebounds while
Deoleo added eight of her own as the Leopards scored a season-low
37 points.
Both teams play their final game of the tournament on Tuesday as
the Leopards face Occidental and the Pioneers face defending
national champion FDU-Florham.
Wentworth Women Defeated by Wisconsin-Platteville at D3hoops.com Classic
Wentworth
37
UW-Platteville
79
Final | 1 | 2 | T |
---|---|---|---|
Wentworth (3-6) | 24 | 13 | 37 |
UW-Platteville (9-2) | 50 | 29 | 79 |
Dec 28, 2014