MILWAUKEE – In a back-and-forth matchup at the Klotsche Center, the Milwaukee Panthers women's basketball team dropped a Horizon League matchup to the Wright State Raiders by the score of 74-65.
 
Senior Megan Walstad led the Panthers with her third double-double of the season, and second 21-point game of the year to tie her season best. For the game Walstad also had 11 rebounds as she moved into fourth place on the all-time rebounding list with 830 career boards and moved into third all-time in defensive rebounds with 592 for her career.
 
The Panthers got off to a quick start and had a five-point lead after the opening quarter at 21-16 behind eight points from Walstad as the Panthers combined to shoot 83.3 percent from the field connecting on 10-of-12.
 
The Raiders came back in the second and took a halftime lead of 40-34, with the Panthers being held to just 13 points. The third quarter saw Milwaukee return to a strong 9-of-14 from the field including seven assists on those nine made shots, to even the game at 55 heading into the fourth.
 
Wright State scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter and ran away with the stanza at 19-10, to pick up the 74-65 victory.
 
"In order to have a good run late in the season, you have to be consistent and unfortunately we just have not been consistent," said head coach Kyle Rechlicz post game. "We show moments where we're really good offensively, we just don't have that drive on that defensive side."
 
While both sides had their share of runs, mutually the Panthers and Raiders shot better than 50.0 percent for the night as Milwaukee was 27-of-52 for the game, while Wright State was 29-of-55 from the field. The teams were even in turnovers at 11 and rebounds as the Panthers held the slight edge at 29-28.
 
One key difference in the game proved to be three-point shooting as the Raiders connected on 9-of-24 from beyond the arc, while the Panthers were just 3-of-13 from three.
 
While Walstad led the team in both points and rebounds, four others had at least eight points as Angie Cera had a pair of threes to help her to 12 points on the night while Kendall Nead added 11 points and a team-best two steals.
 
Grace Crowley had eight points and six rebounds to go along with a career-best five assists, while Jada Donaldson led the Panthers with six assists and had eight points. Cera, Crowley and Walstad all had one block apiece on the game.
 
Milwaukee gets right back to action on Sunday, when the team hosts the Northern Kentucky Norse beginning at 12 p.m. from the Klotsche Center.