Box Score

STEVENS POINT, Wis. - After trailing the entire first half, the Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball team used a big second half to pull away from Wisconsin-Stevens Point for a 70-59 win on Saturday Nov. 22.

With the win, IWU improves to 3-0 on the season while the host Pointers fall to 2-2 overall. IWU has now started 3-0 for the second straight season, with all three wins this season coming on the road. 

The Titans were held to only 24 points in first half, facing a deficit as large as 12 with 2:54 left in the first half. IWU would cut the lead to 10 at halftime, thanks to a team-leading 15 points by Gabrielle Holness in the first half. 

The Titans would come out with a quick start to the second half, quickly erasing the 10 point lead to tie the game at 36 with 15:28 left to go in the game. IWU would take its first lead off of a Holness 3-pointer with 14:21 left in the game and would hold the Pointers scoreless for a stretch of 5:37 to take an 11 point lead.

IWU's pressure defense caused the Pointers to turn the ball over 26 times, building a 25 point lead with 5:36 left in the game before UW-Stevens Point would go on a 19-5 run to end the game. 

Illinois Wesleyan Statistics and Leaders
Field goal percentage: 50.9 (27 of 53)
Three-point percentage: 45.5 (5 of 11)
Free throw percentage: 61.1 (11 of 18)
Holness- 22 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist
Freshman Rebekah Ehresman- 11 points, 6 assists
Freshman Molly McGraw- 11 points, 2 rebounds

UW-Stevens Point Statistics and Leaders
Field goal percentage: 38.6 (17 of 44)
Three-point percentage: 29.4 (5 of 17)
Free throw percentage: 66.7 (20 of 30)
Allie Miceli- 13 points, 8 rebounds
Kaitlyn Jacobs- 7 points, 4 rebounds
Joann Wolfenberg- 5 points, 5 rebounds

Who's Next?
IWU will open their 2014 home campaign against  No. 11 Wisconsin-Whitewater on Tuesday, Nov. 25. Tip-off from the Shirk Center is set for 5 p.m. A link to live stats and live video is available here.