The No. 17 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women's basketball team maintained sole possession of first place in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference standings Wednesday night with a 72-60 triumph at No. 18 UW-Oshkosh.
 
Five players scored in double figures for the Warhawks (19-3 overall, 9-2 WIAC), who committed only 10 turnovers while forcing 20 on the other end. The team shot 44.6 percent from the floor and 79.2 percent (19-of-24) from the free-throw line in the contest.
 
UW-Whitewater never trailed over the final three quarters after taking the lead for good with 45 seconds to play in the first.
 
Senior guard Brooke Trewyn (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) led the Warhawks with 19 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a career-high seven steals. Senior guard Malia Smith (Bolingbrook, Ill./Neuqua Valley) tallied 12 points, five rebounds and two assists, and junior forward Sarah Schumacher (Whitewater, Wis./Whitewater) collected 12 points.
 
Sophomore guard Camri Conley (Sugar Grove, Ill./Kaneland) totaled 11 points, and junior forward Olivia Freckmann (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI) posted 10 points, five rebounds and five steals.
 
The game was tied four times in the opening quarter. The Titans (17-4, 7-4) took their final advantage of the game at 12-11 with 1:18 to play in the period before Trewyn gave UW-Whitewater the lead on a layup 33 seconds later.
 
The Warhawks stretched their lead out midway through the second quarter and built it to seven on a layup by Conley with 3:58 remaining. Conley hit two free throws with 24 seconds on the clock to give the Warhawks a 27-20 halftime advantage.
 
UW-Oshkosh narrowed its deficit to one three minutes into the third quarter, but UW-Whitewater countered with a 9-1 run on points from four different players to take a 38-29 advantage midway through the period.
 
Smith give the Warhawks their first double-digit lead of the game at 42-31 with 3:53 left, and Freckmann hit a jumper in the waning moments to make it 51-35 heading to the fourth.
 
The Titans were unable to cut significantly into the UW-Whitewater advantage in the fourth quarter. The Warhawks maintained the lead by hitting 13 free throws over the final 8:44 of regulation.
 
UW-Whitewater hosts UW-River Falls Saturday at 3 p.m. on Senior Day at Kachel Gymnasium. The Warhawks will recognize Smith, Trewyn and senior forward Andrea Meinert (West Bend, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) during the trio's second-to-last regular season home game.