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Alexis Lindstrom
Alexis Lindstrom
60
Valparaiso VALPO 6-11, 2-4 HL
82
Winner Milwaukee UWM 9-7, 3-2 HL
Valparaiso VALPO
6-11, 2-4 HL
60
Final
82
Milwaukee UWM
9-7, 3-2 HL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Valparaiso VALPO 19 8 14 19 60
Milwaukee UWM 25 24 19 14 82

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Panthers’ Three-Point Barrage Sinks Valparaiso

Kostowicz’s career night closes out third-straight win for UWM

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee women's basketball team hit a season-high 11 three-pointers – including nine in the first half – on its way to an 82-60 win over Valparaiso Saturday afternoon from the Klotsche Center.
 
The Panthers (9-7, 3-2 Horizon) blew this one open late in the first quarter and never looked back, leading by at least 19 points the entire second half.
 
Milwaukee used a 19-6 run that started at the end of the first and spanned nearly the entire second quarter as UWM held the Crusaders (6-11, 2-4 Horizon) to just eight points in the second.
 
UWM went 11-of-16 from behind the arc for the game – a mark of 68.8 percent. That is the third-highest three-point percentage for a game in school history, with the school record of 78.6 (11-14) back in 2000 just out of reach.
 
Six different Panthers recorded at least one triple for the game Saturday.
 
"Our game plan was actually to really hit the inside and go to the paint," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "But we did. We got the ball in the paint and then our posts were very smart and made good kick out passes. They put us in a position where we were getting a lot of inside-outside looks and I think that anytime you have two posts that are demanding the ball as much as Steph and Emma were at the beginning of the game, it puts our shooters on the outside with wide-open opportunities."
 
This marks the third-straight win for UWM, with all three coming in conference play.
 
Milwaukee also had a season-high 14 steals against Valparaiso and had 38 points in the paint compared to just 24 by the Crusaders.
 
Individually, Alexis Lindstrom had the hot hand early, going 4-for-4 from three in the first half alone, finishing with 14 points.
 
Jenny Lindner had 15 points and Emma Roenneburg added 12, a career high.
 
The Panthers' leading scorer for the night was actually one of the players not to attempt a three in this one. Steph Kostowicz posted a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the season. Kostowicz also posted career-highs in steals (six) and assists (five).
 
"She (Kostowicz) was demanding the ball and she's been like that really since the Youngstown game," Rechlicz said. "I really think she has put four games together where she has been one of the best post players in our conference. She's utilizing her strengths, her step-through moves and she's really slowed herself down to put herself in a good position to score on the inside."
 
The game started out even, with Valparaiso actually scoring the first six points of the game on a pair of threes.
 
Late in the first with the game knotted at 19 apiece is when the Panthers blew this one open.
 
Roenneburg and Lindstrom hit back-to-back threes on the final two possessions of the first quarter to quickly give UWM a six-point edge after 10 minutes.
 
That momentum carried over into the second as those same two players opened up the second-quarter scoring each with another three to make a 12-point lead.
 
Lindstrom hit another three, followed by triples from Alyssa Fischer and Kelsey Cunningham to balloon the lead to 46-25 with 1:24 before the half. A pair of free-throws from Sierra Ford-Washington and the lead was up to 23 still in the second quarter.
 
From there, the Panthers maintained their game plan throughout the second half to keep the Crusaders at an arms length until the end.
 
Milwaukee led by as many as 29 in this one and held the edge in nearly every statistical category, including a 42-28 advantage in rebounds.
 
Up next, the Panthers hit the road with a trip to league-leading Wright State scheduled for Thursday evening at 6 p.m. (Central) from the Nutter Center.
 
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