Game #27 –Milwaukee 70, Valparaiso 69
Full game recap and stats here
Player of the Game - Lindsay Laur. Laur was not selected for her shooting. She was selected because she scored seven of UWM’s last 9 points down the stretch despite playing with 4 fouls. Her last basket was a game-winning layup at 4.9 seconds to send UWM to victory.
Turning Point - 1:54/Second Half. Valpo retook a 6-point lead at 67-61. Laur then scored five-straight points to make it a 1-point game and Courtney Lindfors put UWM over the top with 2 free throws. Valpo hit a shot, then Laur got the game-winning basket.
Stat That Mattered - 8 turnovers. In a 1-point game, turning the ball over just 8 times is key.
The Notebook - All five Panther seniors got the start for Senior Day … For the first time this season, Angela Rodriguez was not in the starting lineup … Milwaukee wore its special pink jerseys for the third-straight game … Anne Breland attempted free throws for the first time since Toledo Dec. 19. She made 4 in the game and is 12-for-12 this season, 24-for-24 in Panther career … with 7 threes, Rashida Ray tied the UWM opponent record for threes in a game … Valpo set a UWM opponent record by hitting 68.8 percent from three-point range (Old Record: .632) … Lindsay Laur passed Erica Young for third in UWM’s Division I history with 758 career rebounds … she scored in double-figures for the 16th-straight game and the 26th time this season … Breland scored in double-figures for the fifth-straight game … Angela Rodriguez moved up to third in school history with 81 assists as a freshman … UWM tied school records with just 8 turnovers and just 16 combined turnovers … Milwaukee is 7-2 this season with 4+ players score in double-figures … it’s 11-4 on Senior Day under head coach Sandy Botham and 13-8 since moving to Division I … the Panthers increased their three-point shooting percentage for the ninth-straight game.
Up Next - The Panthers close out the regular season on the road, heading to Detroit and Wright State this week. UWM tips off with the Titans at 6 p.m. central time on Thursday at Calihan Hall.
