Whitewater women falls into four-way tie for first

Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013

UW-Whitewater's women's basketball team lost its second straight WIAC game Wednesday night, and with it, sole possession of first place in the conference.

UW-Oshkosh, behind two free throws each from Megan Wenig and Katie Kitzke in the final 25 seconds, held off visiting Whitewater, 54-49.

Whitewater (12-5, 6-2) led by as many as 11 in the first half but was outscored 38-27 in the second half. Courtney Kumerow had 15 points to lead the Warhawks but was the only player in double figures.

Katelyn Kuehl matched Kumerow with a game-high 15 points for Oshkosh, which moved into a first-place tie with Whitewater, UW-Superior and UW-Stevens Point at 6-2 in the WIAC.

OSHKOSH 54, WHITEWATER 49

Whitewater (49)—Palmer, 2-0-4; Kumerow, 5-5-15; Thill, 2-4-9; Theune, 2-0-4; Merg, 4-0-9; Burton, 1-0-2; Quandt, 3-0-6. Totals: 19-9-49.

Oshkosh (54)—Conroy, 1-3-5; Winterfeldt, 1-0-2; Kuehl, 4-7-15; Wenig, 4-4-14; Kitzke, 3-6-13; Neustitter,v2-1-5. Totals: 15-21-54.

UW-Whitewater 22 27—49

UW-Oshkosh 16 38—54

Three-point goals—Whitewater 2 (Thill, Merg), Oshkosh 3 (Wenig 2, Kitzke). Free throws missed—Whitewater 5, Oshkosh 7. Rebounds—Whitewater 35 (Palmer 10), Oshkosh 37 (Winterfeldt 9). Total fouls—Whitewater 22, Oshkosh 13.

Before you post a comment, consider this:

Note: GazetteXtra.com does not condone or review every comment. Read more in our User Policy Agreement

Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, vulgar or sexually oriented will be removed. Creative spelling of such terms or implied use of such language is banned, also.
Don't threaten to hurt or kill anyone.
Be nice. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person.
Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal attack by another user, do not respond in-kind. Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments.
Share what you know. Give us your eyewitness accounts, background, observations and history.
Do not libel anyone. Libel is writing something false about someone that damages that person's reputation.
Ask questions. What more do you want to know about the story?
Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
Help us get it right. If you spot a factual error or misspelling, email newsroom@gazettextra.com or call 1-800-362-6712.
Remember, this is our site. We set the rules, and we reserve the right to remove any comments that we deem inappropriate.

Post Comment

Commenting requires registration.

News:

Opinion:

Blogs | Columns | Political Cartoons | Polls

Sports:

Multimedia:

Community:

Births | Couples | Obituaries | Death Notices

Blogs

Blog List | Latest Blog Entries

Services:

Reader Rewards | Retail Locations

Copyright ©2007 Bliss Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this material and this site are subject to the GazetteExtra Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Content may not be published, broadcast, re-distributed or re-written.