Box Score Records
UW-Parkside (2-0) || Upper Iowa (0-1)
Recap
The Peacock women's basketball team dropped their season opener on the road Monday night, 65-55. The Rangers of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside outscored their guests 22-12 over the final ten minutes to break the game's fifth tie and claim the ten-point win.
Upper Iowa struggled from behind the arc in the game hitting just 6 of their 25 long range shots, while UW-Parkside made 8 of their 15 three-point attempts. The Peacocks did shoot well inside the arc converting 50% (14-28) of their two-point field goals.
The biggest difference in shooting between the two teams came at the free throw line where Upper Iowa made 82% (9-11) of their shots, while the Rangers sank just 13 of their 22 chances.
Parkside jumped on their guests early, 12-4, but UIU erased the deficit in just three minutes thanks to a 9-0 run. Four different Peacocks scored during the run highlighted by a trifecta from
Laura TerHark.
UIU stretched their lead to three points, 17-14, with seven minutes to play in the half, but UWP closed out the half outscoring the Peacocks 15-8 taking a four-point lead to the locker room at halftime.
Upper Iowa wasted little time retaking the lead in the second half. Over the first five minutes, the Peacocks got back to a three-point advantage, 36-33, fueled by a 12-4 run led by seven points from
Whitney Kieffer.
A three-pointer from
Olivia Meier at the 11:27 mark gave UIU a four-point lead, 41-37. Over the final eleven minutes, the Rangers caught fire on offense scoring 28 points, while holding the Peaocks to just 14.
The final tie of the evening, 43-43, came with 10:04 on the clock when
Ashlee Bailey dropped in a jumper. The Rangers built their lead to 13 points, 65-52, at its largest point.
One final three-pointer from
Lauren Buck, who netted eight of her ten points in the final four and a half minutes, pulled the final gap to ten points, 65-55.
UIU Standouts
Kieffer... (17 points, 3 reb, 3 assists, 2 steals), Buck... (10 points, 8 reb, 2 steals),
Sam Thrapp... (9 points),
Carly Pagel... (2 points, 8 reb).
Counting to 1,000
Junior guard Whitney Kieffer's 17 points leave her just twelve points shy of the 1,000 point club at Upper Iowa.
Next Up
The Peacocks will return home for a pair of non-conference games this coming weekend. Upper Iowa will host the Knights of Wartburg College in a match up of former Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes on Friday at 7 p.m. UIU will then face the Flyers of Lewis University on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Dorman Gym.
