UW-Whitewater, ranked third in the D3hoops.com national poll, defeated UW-Platteville 85-63 at Bo Ryan Court in Platteville Wednesday evening. 

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Platteville's last lead was 4-3 with 18:21 left in the first half.  The Warhawks led 25-10 at 9:44 on a three-point play by junior center Tiffany Morton (Beloit/Memorial) , but Platteville scored the final six points of the half to make it 37-31 Whitewater at the intermission.

The Pioneers scored the first two baskets of the second half to pull within 37-35.  Whitewater responded with a 17-3 burst, making it 54-38 at 12:52.  The Warhawks added on from there to build a thirty point margin twice, at 5:04 and with 3:47 remaining. 

Morton and sophomore forward Nicole Bundy (Fredonia/Ozaukee) led the Warhawks with 16 points apiece, with sophomore guard Kelsey Hendrickson (Monroe/Monroe) adding 14.  Morton scored fourteen of her points in the frist half.  Senior center Lindsey Buechner (Cross Plains/Middleton) led the Warhawks with four assists.  Junior guard Lisa Wubben scored sixteen for the Pioneers, eleven coming in the second half.  Vanessa Nemitz, a sophomore guard, scored ten in the second half, thirteen overall.

Whitewater out-rebounded the Pioneers 42-30, and limited UW-P to 36% shooting from the field. 

UW-Whitewater is 16-1 overall and 7-1 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  Eleven of Whitewater's sixteen wins have been by twenty or more points.  UW-Platteville, which has lost three of its last four games, is 9-8 overall and 3-5 in league play.

UW-W will travel to UW-Superior Saturday for a 3:00 start.  The next home game for the Warhawks will be Saturday, February 2 when they host UW-Eau Claire in Kachel Gym of Williams Center.