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Emily Miller tallied five points, four rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals during her 12 minutes of action against the Pioneers.
Emily Miller tallied five points, four rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals during her 12 minutes of action against the Pioneers.

Titans Defeat Pioneers To Retain WIAC Lead

Box Score

Isabella Samuels led all players with 14 points and Nikki Arneson added 12 as the nationally ranked UW-Oshkosh women's basketball team stayed atop the WIAC standings with a 65-43 victory over UW-Platteville on Wednesday (Feb. 6) in Kolf Sports Center.

UW-Oshkosh (19-3, 9-2 WIAC), ranked 11th in the NCAA Division III by D3hoops.com, withstood a third-quarter scoring run by the Pioneers and led by at least 17 points for the entire final period. UW-Platteville trailed, 38-19, early in the second half but cut its deficit to 39-33 at the 5:10 mark of the third quarter. However, UW-Oshkosh scored 12 of the next 14 points and entered the final quarter with a 52-37 advantage.

The Titans remain a game ahead of 25th-ranked UW-La Crosse (19-3, 8-3 WIAC) and UW-Whitewater (15-7, 8-3) in the conference standings with three contests remaining.

UW-Oshkosh, which earned its 14th consecutive win over the Pioneers, have now held 16 opponents this season to less than 50 points. The Titans' 14 straight wins over UW-Platteville is the longest active streak in the WIAC. UW-Oshkosh also defeated the Pioneers, 63-45, in the WIAC opener Jan. 2 in Platteville.

Samuels, who entered the game as the conference leader with a .656 field goal percentage, went 7-for-9 from the floor on the way to her 27th career double-digit scoring effort.

Arneson, starting for the fourth time this season, shot 5-for-9 from the field and grabbed a career- and game-high eight rebounds.

UW-Oshkosh had 12 scorers, including Brooklyn Bull with nine points and Katie Ludwig, Emily Miller and Erin Vande Zande with five each. Olivia Campbell contributed three points and a game-best four assists for the Titans while Chloe Pustina registered three points, four rebounds and two steals.

The UW-Oshkosh bench accounted for 31 points, 20 of the team's 37 rebounds and five of the squad's seven 3-pointers. Bull shot 3 of 6 from 3-point range in a reserve role. Miller, Karsyn Rueth and Jessie Rabas all collected four rebounds off the bench.

UW-Oshkosh shot 46.4 percent (26-56) from the field, 31.8 percent (7-22) from behind the 3-point arc and 50 percent (6-12) at the free throw line. The Titans recorded advantages of 37-27 in rebounds, 9-3 in offensive rebounds, 18-5 in assists, 13-14 in turnovers and 7-5 in steals.

The Titans went into the game ranked eighth in the country by allowing 48.6 points per game. They were also leading the WIAC in average scoring (+18.7) and rebounding (+7.3) margins, turnovers per game (13.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio.

UW-Platteville shot 37.5 percent (18-48) from the floor, 16.7 percent (2-12) from 3-point range and 83.3 percent (5-6) at the foul line. The Pioneers' three offensive rebounds were a season low.

Maiah Domask paced the Pioneers with 11 points and six rebounds. She entered the contest leading the conference with 9.9 rebounds per game and 10 double-doubles.

Morgan Horstman and Rachel Emendorfer chipped in 10 points apiece for UW-Platteville, which received just four points and seven rebounds from its reserves.

UW-Oshkosh reclaimed the lead for good at 13-10 following a three-point play by Arneson with three seconds left in the opening quarter. The Titans scored nine unanswered points to build a 28-16 advantage en route to closing the period with a 17-3 run for a 36-19 lead at intermission.

The Titans' second-quarter run, which spanned the final 5:21 of the period, began with a pair of 3-pointers by Bull and included long-range jumpers from both Arneson and Pustina.

Samuels scored in the lane to increase the Titans' lead to 38-19 early in the third quarter, but UW-Platteville responded with a 14-1 scoring run to pull within 39-33 midway through the period as Emendorfer hit back-to-back 3-pointers and Domask knocked down a jumper during a stretch of 41 seconds.

Rabas later drained a 3-pointer for a 46-35 Titan lead with 2:47 left in the third quarter, and UW-Oshkosh maintained a double-digit cushion the rest of the way. The Titans held their largest lead of 22 points after Ludwig made a free throw to create the final score with two seconds to play.

UW-Oshkosh travels to UW-Stevens Point on Saturday (Feb. 9). The Titans beat UW-Stevens Point by a 66-43 score Jan. 9 in Oshkosh.