Just one more reason to dislike that four+ hour bus ride to River Falls.  UW-Whitewater traveled north to UW-River Falls Saturday and caught (a) cold, falling to to the Falcons 64-48.

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River Falls held a 26-22 lead at halftime.  Neither team seemed to be able to score, Whitewater going 1-9 from the arc and River Falls 0-5.  And neither team got to the line to move the scoreboard, Whitewater 1-2 and River Falls 2-3.  The first half scoring centered (pun intended) on Whitewater's Cortney Kumerow (Bartlett, IL/South Elgin), 5-6 from the field for 10 points with five rebounds, and the Falcons' Maranda Dohrn, 5-6 and 2-2 from the line for 12 points with five rebounds.

UW-W pushed in front 35-34 at 14:07, but the Falcons answered with a 14-3 run to take a 48-37 lead and it was a double digit lead the rest of the way.  Whitewater was within ten at 50-40 at 6:58 on a Nicole Bundy (Fredonia/Ozaukee) three, but UW-RF eventually built a nineteen point lead, 64-45 with 0:37 left as UW-W was forced to shoot threes to catch up.

The Warhawks shot 16% from three point range (3-19), their lowest percentage from beyond the arc this season.  The three 3's made ties for a season low, and the result, 48 points, is also a season low.

Bundy led the Warhawks with 15 points, making all three of Whitewater's three point shots.  Kumerow ended up with ten points and a team high seven rebounds.  Bundy was the game leader with five steals and Heidi Sonntag (Milwaukee/Wisconsin Lutheran) dished out three assists.  Dohrn led UW-RF with 18 points, with freshman guard Brittany Gregorich adding 14.  Taylor House led the Falcons with nine rebounds and Tiffany Gregorich passed for five assists.

UW-W is 15-6 overall and 8-4 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.  UW-RF is 17-4 and 9-4 in league play.

Whitewater will return to Kachel Gym in the Williams Center to host UW-Platteville Wednesday at 7:00 for Fuddrucker's Youth Basketball Night.  

For additional information:  Keri Carollo, UW-W coach