STEVENS POINT, WI - The Benedictine University women's basketball team kicked off play at the UW-Stevens Point Tip-Off Tournament by taking down the hosts in overtime.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 71, UW-Stevens Point 68 - OT

THE DETAILS
- The hosts held a 17-12 lead late in the opening quarter but a free throw from Sara Smith and a three-pointer from Claire Gibler brought Benedictine within 17-16
- Stevens Point opened a six-point lead in the second and held a 31-24 advantage at the half
- A big third quarter enabled Stevens Point to open a 47-36 lead in the final minute before four straight from Brilan McCory to close the quarter
- Britney Pitzer scored five in a row to bring Benedictine within 53-51 with 3:23 to play
- Five free throws helped Benedictine take the lead but UW-Stevens Point converted on a layup with 16 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime
- Benedictine did not trail in overtime as Pitzer scored the first three points of the extra session
- Gibler scored seven points in the extra session to help tally the first win of the year and the first in the career of head coach Oliver Wiseman

STAT LEADERS
- Gibler played 42 minutes and scored 23 points to lead all scorers
- McCory added 11 while Hanna Piro posted 10 with nine rebounds while Pitzer also hit double figures with 10
- Benedictine finished with 32 points in the paint despite being outrebounded 41-31
- The team took advantage of 23 turnovers, producing 22 points
- Benedictine shot 41.2 percent from the floor but was just 5-for-25 from three-point range

UP NEXT
Benedictine (1-1) faces #18 UW-Whitewater on Saturday