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Lauren Peterson, who tallied seven points and three assists, brings the ball up court against the Blue Angels.
Lauren Peterson, who tallied seven points and three assists, brings the ball up court against the Blue Angels.

Titans Set Program Record In Win Over Blue Angels

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The UW-Oshkosh women's basketball team allowed the fewest points in program history as the nationally ranked Titans rolled to a 67-19 victory over Mount Mary University on Friday (Dec. 4) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh's previous record for points allowed was established during a 61-22 win over Ripon College on Nov. 27, 1993.

The Titans, ranked sixth in the NCAA Division III by D3hoops.com, improved their record to 6-0 for the second time in three seasons by limiting Mount Mary University to 19 percent (8-42) shooting from the field.

The Blue Angels, who were held to their fewest points since a 97-17 defeat to Indiana University Northwest on Nov. 17, 2010, made their first field goal at the 8:19 mark of the second quarter and trailed, 40-5, at halftime.

UW-Oshkosh, which ended the game with a 46.8 (29-62) field goal percentage, also held advantages in rebounds (41-27), assists (17-3), turnovers (23-8), blocks (5-3) and steals (13-5).

Marissa Selner led 13 UW-Oshkosh scorers with 10 points on 5 of 6 shooting from the floor in 11 minutes played.

The Titans reserves scored 42 points, including eight by Isabella Samuels and seven apiece by Lauren Peterson and Madeline Staples. None of UW-Oshkosh's starters played more than 13 minutes.

Ashley Neustifter, Alex Richard, Melanie Schneider and Staples each collected a team-leading five rebounds. Neustifter and Taylor Schmidt led all players with four assists and three steals, respectively.

UW-Oshkosh scored the first 14 points of the contest and held a 21-1 lead after the first quarter as Mount Mary University committed turnovers on its first five possessions and ended the period 0-for-5 from the field.

The Blue Angels notched their first basket on a layup by Becky Onan, but the Titans scored 19 of the last 21 points on 8-for-12 shooting from the floor before intermission.

A jumper by Mount Mary's University's Taylor Yordt made the score 29-5 with just over four minutes to play in the second quarter, but UW-Oshkosh answered with 11 straight points, including consecutive 3-pointers by Emma Melotik and Peterson in the final minute of the period.

The Blue Angels were held to two field goals on 20 attempts during the first half.

UW-Oshkosh opened its largest lead of 49 points at 54-5 on a layup by Staples that capped a 25-point run with 4:29 remaining in the third quarter. Mount Mary University's scoreless drought lasted more than 10 minutes before a layup by Ariel Oviedo made the score 54-7 with 4:03 to go in the third period.

The Titans have allowed 53 points or fewer in all of their games this season, yielding just 42.7 points per contest.

Onan led Mount Mary University (1-5) with eight points and a game-high seven rebounds.

Oviedo had three steals for the Blue Angels, while Jess Runge had all three of her team's assists.

UW-Oshkosh remains at home to face Loras College (Iowa) on Wednesday (Dec. 9) in Kolf Sports Center.