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Jaye Two Bears
Jaye Two Bears
49
Chicago State CSU 0-10
71
Winner Milwaukee UWM 8-2
Chicago State CSU
0-10
49
Final
71
Milwaukee UWM
8-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Chicago State CSU 17 7 14 11 49
Milwaukee UWM 18 21 16 16 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Panthers Breeze Past Cougars To Move To 8-2

Nine players scored in 21-point win

MILWAUKEE – Nine different players scored and no one played more than 25 minutes for the Milwaukee women's basketball team in a 71-49 win over Chicago State Wednesday evening from the Klotsche Center.
 
After a close first quarter, Milwaukee (8-2) blew the game open with a 16-0 run to start the second quarter and would never look back, leading by as many as 26 in the win.
 
Steph Kostowicz was one of four Panthers scoring in double figures Wednesday with 12 points, 10 rebound, five assists and two blocks. That now gives her seven double-doubles in just 10 games on the season.
 
"She (Kostowicz) was our energy tonight," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "She was extremely aggressive on the boards to start, and that was a huge part of the run that we went on was her getting rebounds and offensive put backs. It makes the game so simple when you can get an easy rebound and a put back, especially when you've worked so hard during that offensive possession."
 
Sierra Ford-Washington scored 11 to go with eight rebounds, while Jenny Lindner and Bailey Farley each also added 11 points.
 
Jaye Two Bears came off the bench for a career-high nine points, while Akaylah Hayes added four blocks and two steals – both career highs.
 
Kaylee Allen had 15 points to lead the shorthanded Chicago State (0-10) squad.
 
After a spirited start by the Cougars, Milwaukee led by just one after the first 10 minutes at 18-17.
 
"First of all, I thought Chicago State came out great in the first quarter," Rechlicz said. "They were really hitting some jump shots from the outside and we weren't doing a very good job of putting our hands in their pockets. They made us pay for that."
 
From there though, the Panthers took over.
 
Lindner started the second quarter by attacking the basket for an easy layup followed by one of Two Bears' three threes on the night to quickly make it a six-point lead. A steal by Ford-Washington and feed to a streaking Farley made it 27-17 Milwaukee, followed five-straight points from Lizzie Odegard to cap the run at 16, giving UWM a 34-17 edge at the 6:01 mark in the second quarter.
 
"We talked a lot at the break about what we wanted to do defensively and how much better we needed to play on that end of the court, and also to pick our pace up. I thought in the second quarter we really did that," Rechlicz said. "It was really nice to see our starters take ownership of that – hold them scoreless for a while, while also going on a big run on the offensive end."
 
The Panthers took a 15-point lead into the locker room at the half and continued to stretch the lead, primarily with freshmen off the bench in the second half.
 
A three-pointer by Farley early in the third made it 48-24, followed by a steal and fast break lay in from the junior guard.
 
Jordyn Swan got in on the action with a big three and Hayes added her name to the score sheet with a runner in the lane late in the contest.
 
Milwaukee shot .469 from the floor and held CSU to just .333 after a red-hot .467 performance in the first quarter.
 
UWM out-rebounded the Cougars, 48-29, and had 17 assists on 30 made field goals in the win.
 
Also notable from the win, the 49-points allowed by Milwaukee marks the fourth time this season UWM has held its opponent to 50 or fewer points through 10 games on the season.
 
The Panthers have one more game before the break, heading just a few miles from campus to take on Marquette Sunday afternoon at 3 pm from the Al McGuire Center.
 
"I feel really good about our team," Rechlicz said. "If you think about it, we're four or five points away from being undefeated in the non-conference. That says a lot about where we are at as a program and where we've come from.
 
"Now we go into the Marquette game, and Marquette is a very good team. They're still very young, but they're experienced. Those young players played a lot of minutes last year. We've got to be sharp and be ready. If we can find a way to stay in the game and make it a complete game on our part, we can hopefully go home for Christmas really happy."
 
 
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