La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's basketball team earned a 62-43 victory over UW-River Falls Wednesday night in Mitchell Hall.  The Eagles improve to 11-9 overall and 5-4 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) while the Falcons drop to 6-14 overall and 1-8 in the conference.  With the win, UWL earns a sweep of the regular season games with UW-River Falls after earning a 57-44 victory January 18 in River Falls. 

UW-River Falls took an 12-11 lead with 3:35 remaining in the first quarter Wednesday on a Kate Theisen layup, but UWL scored the final six points of the quarter to lead 17-12.  The Eagles opened the second quarter scoring the first five points to complete an 11-0 overall run to lead 22-12 with 8:59 left in the first half.

The Falcons cut the margin to 24-16 with 4:13 remaining in the first half, but the Eagles went on an 9-2 run to lead 33-18 with :18 left on Rachel Atchison's three-point field goal. UWL led 33-21 at halftime.

UW-River Falls trailed 33-25 with 7:54 left in the third quarter, but UWL responded with a 7-0 run to lead 40-25 with 6:35 remaining on a pair of MaKenzie Miller free throws.  The Eagles led 47-33 at the end of the third quarter and the Falcons could get no closer than 12 points in the fourth quarter.

UWL shot 38.9% from the field, including 33.3% (six-of-18) from three-point range, and 77.8% (14-of-18) at the free throw line.  Miller recorded her seventh straight double-double and eighth of the season, finishing with a career-high 27 points while grabbing 12 rebounds.  She finished 10-of-21 from the field and seven-of-eight at the line. 

Atchison scored 12 points off the bench for UWL while adding a team-high four steals.  Elise DeNoyer and Alyssa Clemment each had seven points and six rebounds. DeNoyer also had a game-high five assists while Clemment finished with four.  Annie Schumacher also had six rebounds.  UWL totaled 16 assists on 21 field goals. 

UW-River Falls shot 32.1% from the field, including 20.0% (four-of-20) from three-point range, and 55.6% (five-of-nine) at the line.  Theisen led the Falcons with 13 points while Taylor Karge added 11. Theisen and Karge each finished with a team-high five rebounds.

UWL returns to action Saturday, February 4 at UW-Platteville at 3 p.m.