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UW-Whitewater women win at La Crosse

LA CROSSE — Gazette staff

Tiffany Morton became the eighth player to pass the 1,000-point mark in career scoring for UW-Whitewater women’s basketball as the Warhawks rolled to a 70-61 victory over UW-La Crosse in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play here Wednesday night.

The No. 4 ranked Warhawks (13-1, 4-1) led the Eagles (9-4, 1-3) from the opening tip. Morton, a senior out of Beloit Memorial High School, finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season.

Heidi Sonntag added 14 points and Meghan Schmidt chipped in 10 points for Whitewater.

Morton, in her third season as a Warhawk after transferring from UW-Milwaukee, has 1,006 career points. Jody Landish has the school record of 1,377 points from 1991-95.

Whitewater host UW-Eau Claire in a battle for the WIAC lead at 5 p.m. Saturday.

WHITEWATER 70, LA CROSSE 61

Whitewater (70)—Hendrickson 2-8 4-4 9, Woolever 4-8 0-0 12, Morton 7-11 4-5 18, Sonntag 5-8 4-4 14, Schmidt 2-10 6-8 10, Theune 0-1 0-0 0, Bundy 1-5 0-0 3, Thompson 0-0 2-2 2, Burg 1-4 0-0 2. Totals: 22-55 20-23 70.

La Crosse (61)—Waldvogel 0-2 0-0 0, Halat 1-4 0-0 2, Hunter 11-22 8-9 30, Churchill 2-5 0-0 5, Wahl 4-11 7-9 15, Larson 0-1 0-0 0, Litrenta 1-3 1-3 3, Aspenson 1-3 0-0 2, Lang 2-6 0-0 4. Totals: 22-57 16-21 61.

UW-Whitewater 36 34—70

UW-La Crosse 25 36—61

Three-point goals—Whitewater 6-18 (Woolever 4-7, Hendrickson 1-5, Bundy 1-4, Sonntag 0-1, Theune 0-1), La Crosse 1-6 (Churchill 1-2, Waldvogel 0-1, Hunter 0-2, Litrenta 0-1). Fouled out—Waldvogel, Wahl. Rebounds—Whitewater 40 (Morton 12), La Crosse 32 (Hunter 8). Assists—Whitewater 13 (Woolever, Schmidt, Bundy 3), La Crosse 9 (Waldvogel, Litrenta, Lang 2). Total fouls—Whitewater 20, La Crosse 19.