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Alexis Lindstrom
Alexis LIndstrom
88
Winner Milwaukee UWM 10-4 (2-1 HL)
65
UIC UIC 3-11 (0-3 HL)
Winner
Milwaukee UWM
10-4 (2-1 HL)
88
Final
65
UIC UIC
3-11 (0-3 HL)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Milwaukee UWM 20 26 24 18 88
UIC UIC 18 16 18 13 65

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Panthers Breeze Past Flames For Road Win

Milwaukee now 10-4

CHICAGO – Four players scored in double figures as the Milwaukee women's basketball team cruised to an 88-65 win over UIC Thursday night from the UIC Pavilion.
 
UWM (10-4, 2-1 Horizon) used a big run in the second quarter and finished with a season-high 20 assists for its sixth win of 20 or more on the season.
 
"I thought our offense was really clicking tonight," Milwaukee head coach Kyle Rechlicz said. "We've been working in practice on just making that extra pass and it was really nice to see our team put that into action on the court. Alexis Lindstrom – eight assists to one turnover; in a game where people were pressuring her the entire game.
 
"That just shows unselfishness. That selfless play is something we really pride ourselves on here. We have a bunch of scorers and the more we move the basketball and have to make their defense rotate the better we are offensively."
 
Sierra Ford-Washington led all players with 19 points to go with five rebounds. Steph Kostowicz just missed yet another double-double with another 18 points and nine rebounds.
 
Jenny Lindner was also big with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Alexis Lindstrom had 11 points and a career-high eight assists.
 
Bailey Farley and Lizzie Odegard both also were big in the scoring column with nine points apiece.
 
Brittany Byrd led UIC (3-11, 0-3 Horizon) with 18 points on 4-6 shooting from behind the arc.
 
Ford-Washington carried the load in the early going. The senior had the hot hand early and scored 11 of the team's first 18 points as UWM shot 53 percent from the floor in the opening quarter.
 
After a two-point lead after the first 10 minutes, the Panthers really got things going midway through the second quarter.
 
Down 28-26, Jenny Lindner and Lizzie Odegard drained back-to-back three-pointers to start a big run for UWM. After a three by UIC, Kostowicz scored the game's next eight points, followed by four-straight from Ford-Washington to make it 44-31 and cap a 12-0 Milwaukee run just before the break.
 
After leading by 12 at the half, Milwaukee continued its strong play early in the third quarter. Three-pointers by Farley and Lindstrom quickly gave UWM a 19-point edge at the 5:25 mark in the third. A layup by Kostowicz swelled the lead to 20 and bucket at the buzzer by Akaylah Hayes saw UWM carry a 70-52 edge going into the fourth.
 
From there, the Panthers were able to use their entire bench, with 12 players seeing the floor and nine getting in the scoring column.
 
Milwaukee won the rebounding battle, 45-32 – a decisive stat against a UIC squad that came into the game 15th in the nation in offensive rebounding.
 
"That was a huge key to the game and I was so proud of the team," Rechlicz said. "I can't wait to go back and watch the film because there were so many times we were clearing them out – it was almost like a ball-drop rebounding drill. That takes a lot of heart and toughness to do that for 40 minutes."
 
UWM continues its short road swing Saturday with a 1:30 pm contest at Valparaiso.
 
 
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