MILWAUKEE – Separated by just one game in the Horizon League standings, Milwaukee pays a visit to Wright State on Wednesday evening for a 6:00 p.m. tip against the Raiders at the Nutter Center. A win would give the Panthers a season sweep and vault the Panthers into a tie with the Raiders with just two weeks of regular season games left on the schedule.
 
Wednesday's game will be broadcast live on ESPN+ with live stats of the game also available. Links to the broadcast and live stats can be found on MKEPanthers.com. 
 
THE MATCHUP & GAME LINKS
Wednesday, Feb. 18 | Milwaukee at Wright State | Nutter Center | Dayton, Ohio | 6:00 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+ / Live Stats | Follow Along (on X)
 
QUICK NOTES
» Milwaukee heads back on the road for its next two games beginning with Wright State on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. (CT) at the Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio.
» The Panthers have dropped three games in a row, with its last win coming at home against Wright State on Jan. 31 by a 75-70 score.
» A win on Wednesday would give Milwaukee its first season sweep over the Raiders since the 2021-22 season. The two teams have split each of the last three seasons, with the home team winning each contest. The road team has not won a game in the series since Jan. 7, 2023, a span of eight games.
» Milwaukee last played on Thursday and fell at home to Northern Kentucky, 59-56. The two teams were tied at halftime and Milwaukee led by two heading to the fourth. NKU outscored MKE 20-15 in the fourth quarter for the three-point win.
» Payton Rechlicz led Milwaukee with 15 points, while Jorey Buwalda scored 12 points with a team-best seven rebounds.
» Since playing in Milwaukee on Jan. 31, the Raiders have gone 3-1 with wins over Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 5), Detroit Mercy (Feb. 12), and Oakland (Feb. 14), with a loss to IU Indy at home (Feb. 7) sprinkled in.
» During the team's last win over Oakland on Saturday, the Raiders were led by Breezie Williams with 24 points and seven rebounds, Williams was 10-of-13 from the field including 4-of-4 from beyond the arc.
» Milwaukee did a solid job of limiting Williams at the Klotsche Center in late January, holding her to just nine points. Claire Henson led WSU in Milwaukee with 13 points, while Rylee Sagester added a dozen points off the bench.
» The all-time series between Milwaukee and Wright State has featured 35 wins and 37 losses for Milwaukee. While the Panthers boast a 19-13 record at home, the Nutter Center has been a house of horrors for the Panthers with a 14-23 record in the Dayton-based arena.

QUICK LOOK AT WRIGHT STATE
Wright State welcomes Milwaukee to town on a two-game winning streak after picking up a pair of league wins in Michigan over Detroit Mercy and Oakland. After a seven-game losing streak, capped by a loss to Milwaukee, the Raiders have won three of their last four and are playing their best basketball heading into play this week at 9-18 overall and 5-11 in Horizon League play.

Breezie Williams has averaged 20 points per game over the team's last four games including a 13-for-17 effort from beyond the arc. Claire Henson is collecting 12.3 points per game, which has including 20 trips to the free throw line with 15 makes. As a unit, Wright State is hitting 43.4 percent from the field, including 45.9 percent from beyond the arc, while defensively have help opponents to just 39.0 percent overall and 28.7 percent from three.

The Raiders lead the Horizon League in three-point percentage at 33.9 percent this season and knock down an average of 7.9 per game. Wright State also takes very good care of the ball and are second in the Horizon with just 13.8 turnovers per game while the team is third in the conference with a 0.88 assist/turnover ratio.

WRIGHT STATE – PLAYERS TO WATCH
Breezie Williams – 27 GP / 27 GS, 30.7 MPG, 13.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 87 AST, 58 STL
Clarie Henson – 25 GP / 24 GS, 27.6 MPG, 10.1 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 52 AST, 10 STL
Lauren Scott – 27 GP / 27 GS, 22.9 MPG, 8.7 PPG, 1.7 PPG, 34 AST, 19 STL
Rylee Sagester – 27 GP / 19 GS, 26.2 MPG, 7.6 PPG, 1.4 RPG, 28 AST, 13 STL

UP NEXT
Milwaukee will play its final road game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon, when the Panthers head to the Kress Center for a 1:00 p.m. start against Green Bay. The Panthers will host Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 25), and IU Indy (Feb. 28) to finish the regular season.

LAST MEETING
Three players scored in double figures for Milwaukee led by Jorey Buwalda with 17, Madison Fitzgibbon with 14, and Grace Lomen with 10 points as the Panthers upended Wright State by a 75-70 score at the Klotsche Center on Jan. 31.

The Panthers connected on 49.1 percent of their shots, while connecting on 52.2 percent from three. By comparison, Wright State connected on 41.4 percent overall and 37.5 percent from three. Clarie Henson led the Raiders with 13 points and six rebounds, Breezie Williams had nine points and eight assists.

ON THIS DATE
Milwaukee owns an impressive 5-1 record in games played on Feb. 18, including a win over Valparaiso in its last game on Feb. 18, 2016, by a 70-60 score. Milwaukee is 1-1 against teams from Ohio with a 67-44 win over Youngstown State in 2006, and a 70-68 loss to Cleveland State in 2012. The Panthers are 0-1 in Ohio on Feb. 18, with the loss to Cleveland State coming at the Wolstein Center.

30-POINTS FOR LOMEN
On Feb. 7, Grace Lomen scored 30 points in Milwaukee's overtime loss to Robert Morris. It was the 41st 30-point performance in Milwaukee program history and first since Anna Lutz scored 30 against Oakland on Jan. 16, 2025. The last time a Panther broke past the 30-point barrier was when Kendall Nead scored 38 points on Nov. 17, 2023, against host McNeese.

However, the last five times a Milwaukee player has ended a game with exactly 30 points, the Panthers have lost. Lomen at Robert Morris (Feb. 7, 2026), Anna Lutz vs. Oakland (Jan. 16, 2025), Megan Walstad at Cleveland State (Mar. 2, 2023), Steph Kostowicz at Northern Illinois (Nov. 16, 2016) and at Minnesota (Mar. 16, 2016). The last time Milwaukee had a player finish with 30 points exactly and win was Ashley Green on Feb. 28, 2015, vs. Cleveland State.

LOW ON THE O, STILL GOT THE WIN
Despite collecting a season-low four offensive rebounds, Milwaukee earned a 75-70 win over Wright State on Jan. 31. The last time the Panthers won a game with fewer than five offensive rebounds was Feb. 3, 2022, in a 68-48 home victory over Robert Morris.

BENCH TO THE RESCUE
Milwaukee leads the Horizon League and ranks among the top 50 nationally in bench scoring, averaging 24.6 points per game from its reserves. LSU leads the nation, averaging 39.7 bench points per contest through games played on Feb. 15.

TOPS IN THE LEAGUE
Through games played on Feb. 15, Jorey Buwalda enters the week as the Horizon League leader in double-doubles (eight), total rebounds (232), and rebounds per game (8.9).

She is ranks among the league's top 10 in free throws made (80), and percentage (.777), this season.

NORTH OF 500
Milwaukee had a season-best .520 from the field in its Jan. 22 win over Detroit Mercy. It marked the second time the Panthers have eclipsed the 50 percent mark this season, with the other coming against the Titans in Detroit on Jan. 8.

The Panthers have won nine consecutive games when shooting above 50 percent, dating back to the 2022-23 season. Their last loss under those circumstances came against Northern Kentucky on Feb. 12, 2023, despite shooting .518 (28-of-54).

NORTH OF 550
Milwaukee turned in an efficient performance from beyond the arc on Jan. 22 against Detroit Mercy, finishing 12-of-21 (57.1 percent) from three-point range.

It was the first time the Panthers shot better than 55 percent from deep since Feb. 8, 2024, against IUPUI (8-of-14, 57.1 percent). It also marked the first time Milwaukee hit more than 10 threes at that efficiency since a 14-of-24 (58.3 percent) effort at Youngstown State on Feb. 17, 2023.

Milwaukee is 4-0 in its last four games when shooting above 55 percent from three, with its most recently loss under those conditions coming at Minnesota on Nov. 14, 2019.

THREE WINS TO GO
With Milwaukee's Jan. 31 win over Wright State, head coach Kyle Rechlicz earned her 197th career victory since taking over the program prior to the 2012-13 season.

She is three wins shy of becoming just the third head coach in program history to reach the 200-win milestone, joining M.A. Kelling (284 wins, 1978-95), and Sandy Botham (245 wins, 1996-2012).

DOUBLE-DOUBLES FOR BUWALDA
Jorey Buwalda entered her junior season with two career double-doubles and has added eight more in 2025–26, recording them against Loyola Chicago, Valparaiso, Purdue Fort Wayne, Ripon, IU Indy, Cleveland State, and Detroit Mercy twice. Her 17 rebounds against Valparaiso and Ripon marked new career highs.

With double-doubles in three straight games from Dec. 10-29, Buwalda became just the 18th player in program to accomplish the feat. The school record is six consecutive double-doubles, set by Avyanna Young from Feb. 21-Mar. 12, 2014.

TEN FOR THREE
After posting just three games with 10 or more three-pointers in 2023–24, Milwaukee rebounded with eight such performances in 2024–25 and has recorded seven more during the 2025–26 season. Under Kyle Rechlicz, the Panthers have made at least 10 three-pointers in a game 78 times.

A DOZEN THREES IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES
Milwaukee knocked down 13 three-pointers on Dec. 10 at Purdue Fort Wayne and followed with 12 more on Dec. 14 against Ripon. It marked the first time the Panthers hit at least a dozen threes in consecutive games since February 2013.

The 25 combined three-pointers over the two-game stretch are the most since the 2012-13 season, when Milwaukee hit 11 at Toledo (Dec. 8), and 14 at DePaul (Dec. 11).

SEVEN THREES FOR LOMEN
Against Oakland on Jan. 24, Grace Lomen drained seven three-pointers, becoming just the ninth player in Milwaukee's Division I history to accomplish the feat. The last Panthers to do so was Sydney Levy during the 2019-20 season.

Lomen finished 7-of-8 from three, tying for the fifth-best single-game percentage in program history and the best-mark ever by a Panther with at least seven made threes (.875).

LOMEN & GOMES IN THE FOURTH
Grace Lomen knocked down four three-pointers in the fourth quarter against Oakland on Jan. 24, joining Rita Gomes as the only Panthers to record at least three fourth-quarter three this season. Gomes accomplished the feat against Northern Kentucky (Jan. 14), UC Davis (Nov. 29), and Butler (Nov. 23)

The last Panthers with at least three threes in any quarter prior to this season was Jada Donaldson on Feb. 13, 2025, at Detroit Mercy. The most recent fourth-quarter instance before this season came from Angie Cera on Jan. 26, 2024, against Wright State.

QUICK STARTS FROM DISTANCE
In Milwaukee's Jan. 8 win over Detroit Mercy, the Panthers connected on six three-pointers in the opening quarter, including three by Grace Lomen. It tied the season-high for threes in a quarter, first set against Ripon on Dec. 14.

Milwaukee has made at least five three-pointers in the first quarter four times season.

FOUR STEALS, ONE GAME
Three different Panthers have recorded four-steal performances this season:
• Sophia Rampulla vs. Marquette (Nov. 19)
• Valerie Cassidy-De Falco vs. Pacific (Nov. 28)
• Tierney Madigan vs. UC Davis (Nov. 29)

No Panther has recorded more than four steals in a game since Feb. 19, 2021, when Miquela Santoro tallied six against UIC.

BIG REBOUNDING EFFORTS
In Milwaukee's Nov. 16 win over Valparaiso on Nov. 16, Jorey Buwalda grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds, the most by a Panthers since Megan Walstad collected 16 against Robert Morris on Jan. 20, 2023. Buwalda matched the feat against Ripon on Dec. 14.

UC Davis' Megan Norris became the first opposing player to record 15 or more rebounds against Milwaukee since Nov. 13, 2022.

COMEBACK WINS
Milwaukee erased a 16-point first half deficit in its Jan. 4 win over Cleveland State, tying the fifth-largest comeback in program history.

The Panthers also overcame a 12-point halftime deficit, again tied for fifth all-time, and turned it into an eight-point victory, representing a 20-point swing. The program record for halftime turnarounds is 28.

MIXING & MATCHING
Milwaukee has used 10 different starting lineups thus far this season, while 12 of the 13 active players on the roster have made at least one start.

TRUE FRESHMAN STARTER IN SEASON OPENER
Madison Fitzgibbon became just the 18th true freshman to start a season opener for Milwaukee since joining Division I in 1990-91, and the first since 2022-23, against Loyola Chicago.

MAGIC NUMBER
Since 2016–17, Milwaukee is 123–46 (.728) when shooting at least 40 percent from the field. When shooting 43 percent or better, the Panthers improve to 106–26 (.803). When shooting below 40 percent, Milwaukee is 27–109 (.199).

BALANCING THE FIRST AND SECOND HALVES
This season, Milwaukee is shooting 38.1 percent (268-of-703) in first halves, 41.1 percent (307-of-747) in second halves, and 23.1 percent (3-of-13) in overtime.

IN THE PAINT
Since the start of the 2023–24 season, Milwaukee is 26–22 when scoring more than 25 points in the paint and 6–38 when scoring fewer than 25.

KEEPING THE FOULS DOWN
Since the 2022–23 season, Milwaukee is 13–3 when committing 11 or fewer fouls. Conversely, the Panthers are 13–36 when committing 18 or more fouls.

CLOSE GAMES
During the 2024–25 season, Milwaukee went 3–14 in games decided by nine points or fewer. In 2025–26, the Panthers are 4–7 in games decided by single digits.

ONE-POINT GAMES
With its loss to Western Michigan on Nov. 13, Milwaukee fell to 21–19 all-time in one-point games, including a 12–9 record at home. The Panthers' last one-point win came on Nov. 26, 2022, against Boise State in overtime (55–54). Their last one-point win in regulation, and last at home, was on Jan. 13, 2018, against Youngstown State (62–61).

IN OVERTIME
Last season, Milwaukee set a program record by appearing in four overtime games and now owns a 22–28 all-time record in games extending beyond regulation since joining Division I in 1990–91. Milwaukee is 1–1 in overtime so far in 2025–26.