Box Score Milwaukee -- Brandi Brown
notched her 14th double-double and added seven steals in the
regular-season finale as the Youngstown State women's basketball
team lost 73-39 at Milwaukee on Saturday.
Brown finished with 12 points and 16 rebounds
to go with her seven steals, which were the most since Brianne
Kenneally had seven on Dec. 16, 2000, against Cleveland State. The
freshman had a chance for a triple-double as she had six steals at
halftime, but she had just one in the second half.
Amanda Viehauser countered with 16 points and
11 rebounds for Milwaukee.
The Panthers opened up the second half on an
11-2 run, and Youngstown State went without a field goal for nearly
11 minutes as UWM built a 52-28 lead. The Panthers outscored the
Penguins 38-16 in the second half after the deficit was a
manageable 35-23 at halftime.
Kaitlyn
March added 11 points for YSU, which shot 19.4 percent from the
game (13-for-67). Milwaukee made 29-for-60 for 48.3 percent. The
Guins were 4-for-26 from 3-point range.
YSU had 15 steals as a team and forced
Milwaukee into 22 turnovers.
After Milwaukee hit on its first two shots to
take a 5-0 lead, YSU scored the next five points to square things
up at 5-5 with 17:06 remaining. Brown became the third player in
school history to grab 300 rebounds in a season with her board with
18:15 remaining.
A Dimitrov triple made the score 9-8 in favor
of Milwaukee, but the Panthers went on a 10-1 run to go ahead 19-9
with 11:28 left. Of UWM's first 17 points, 12 were off offensive
rebounds. YSU scored the next five points and held UWM without a
field goal for almost six minutes, and the Penguins trailed just
20-16 on a Kenya
Middlebrooks bucket with 6:39 left.
UWM scored the next five points as part of a
12-4 run to take a 12-point lead with 1:20 left in the half, and
March and Viehauser traded 3-pointers in the final 20 seconds.
Viehauser scored the final 12 points of the
first half for Milwaukee and finished with 16 points and nine
rebounds in 11 minutes. Brown had six points, 10 rebounds and six
steals in 15 minutes in the first period.
Milwaukee shot 38.2 percent in the first half,
but YSU was held to 21.6 percent. The Penguins were 3-for-18 from
behind the arc in the period.
The Penguins will play at Wright State in a
first round game in the 2010 Speedway Horizon League Women's
Basketball Championship. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. Coverage on 570
WKBN will begin at 6:40 p.m.