MILWAUKEE – Three Panthers scored in double figures on Sunday afternoon at the Klotsche Center, but it was not enough as the Milwaukee women's basketball team fell to the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 61-51.
 
The Panthers (7-11, 5-5 Horizon League) had the game within one possession with 1:39 to go after Kamy Peppler connected on a three-pointer to pull Milwaukee within two at 53-51.
 
However, Milwaukee's four last-minute looks did not fall as Youngstown State (14-5, 8-2 Horizon League) scored the last eight points to seal the Penguin victory.

"I thought we played really hard," said head coach Kyle Rechlicz after the game. "In the first half we had a lot of turnovers and that can't happen against team's that are at the top of the league. We held a team that is used to scoring [averaging 69.2 points entering today's game] to 61 points, we competed in that sense."
 
Kendall Nead led all Panther in scoring with 17 points, which included 7-of-7 from the charity stripe as she played a season-high 36 minutes.
 
Peppler had a season-best three three-pointers and finished the game with 13 points.
 
Emma Wittmershaus collected a dozen points including a pair of three-pointers, while tying her season high with three blocks.
 
Both sides were evenly matched through the opening 30 minutes with the Penguins holding a slim 39-37 lead following a layup with 37 seconds to go in the third.
 
Youngstown State charged ahead by nine with 5:47 left in the game, but Wittmershaus connected on a three from the top of the arc off a pass by Jada Donaldson to pull Milwaukee within two scores.
 
Trailing by five with 2:06 to go, Peppler connected on her third three-pointer of the game with 1:39 left to pull the Panthers within two. Youngstown State scored the final eight to notch the 10-point win.
 
Milwaukee ended the game shooting 34.0 percent from the field and 23.8 percent from three, the Panthers did knock down better than 83 percent from the free-throw line for the fourth time in the last five games.
 
Donaldson finished the game with five points and a pair of rebounds. Peppler added three rebounds and three assists to her stat line.
 
Megan Walstad led the Panthers with four assists, while also adding four points and four rebounds in the effort.
 
Five different Panthers had steals as Nead, Wittmershaus, Walstad, Peppler and Angie Cera all picked up one swipe apiece.
 
Milwaukee pays a visit to Green Bay on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Before returning home on Saturday to take on IUPUI at 1 p.m.
 
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