UW-Whitewater is the highest scoring team in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and fourth in Division III of the NCAA, and the Warhawks did pass the 90 point mark for the tenth time this season --- but Tuesday night that had to take a back seat to a defense that forced 37 turnovers (the most by a UW-W opponent this season) and held UW-Platteville to 31% shooting from the floor in the Warhawks' 93-53 win over the Pioneers in a WIAC Tournament first round game in Kachel Gym of Williams Center.  UW-W, 25-2 and ranked fourth in the D3hoops.com poll, will host UW-Stevens Point, 22-4 and nineteenth in the poll, Thursday at 7:00 in Whitewater in a tournament semifinal.  The Pointers defeated UW-Oshkosh 84-62 in another quarterfinal matchup Tuesday.  UW-W students will get free admission, compliments of DLK Enterprises, to the  WIAC Tournament semifinal (Wednesday men, Thursday women) and final (Saturday) games, men and women, by showing their ID at the door.

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Platteville led 5-4 with 18:10 left in the first half, but that was the last time the Pioneer lead in the game.  Whitewater blew the game open by out-scoring UW-P 30-6 over the next ten minutes.  UW-W led 53-24 at halftime.  The Pioneers had 22 turnovers in the first twenty minutes.  Platteville never cut the margin below twenty-three points in the second half.

UW-W used twenty players in the game, and twelve of them scored.  Sophomore center Dana Thompson (Belleville/Belleville) scored a season high 17 points.  Sophomore guard Heidi Sonntag (Milwaukee/Wisconsin Lutheran) added 15 points, junior center Tiffany Morton (Beloit/Memorial) 12, and sophomore guard Kelsey Hendrickson (Monroe/Monroe) 11.  Senior guard Trisha Thill (Belgium/Ozaukee) contributed five assists, and Sonntag added five steals to her performance.  UW-P was led by junior guard Lisa Wubben's 18 points, and freshman center Ashley Callahan grabbed a game high 12 rebounds.

The Warhawks won both of the regular season games with the Pioneers, 85-63 January 23 in Platteville and 94-64 February 13 in Whitewater.

UW-Platteville ends the season 11-15.

The WIAC Tournament championship will be played Saturday and will be hosted by the highest remaining seed.

For additional information:
WIAC women's basketball site
UW-W coach Keri Carollo