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Women's Basketball Team
Cuts Down Foresters in Dramatic Fashion

Shelby Churchill (So. • Sheboygan) capped the best day of her career with a pair of last-second free throws to give the UW-Oshkosh women's basketball team a 43-41 victory over Lake Forest College (Ill.) on Saturday (Nov. 29) in Kolf Sports Center.
After the Foresters’ (3-1) Ashley Cretacci tied the contest at 41 with a lay-up, neither team scored for one minute and 24 seconds. Churchill, who posted personal bests of 14 points and 11 rebounds, then got fouled under the basket with 1.1 seconds on the clock. She ignored the four timeouts without any time going off the clock before calmly draining both free throws to win the game.
UW-Oshkosh (2-3) did not trail after grabbing a 7-6 lead on an Erin Baganz (So. • Ashwaubenon) three-pointer with 14:19 left in the opening period. Churchill finished off the 12-2 scoring run with a jump shot for a 16-8 advantage with 11:34 on the clock.
Laura Ebbens (So. • Appleton) led the offensive attack, either scoring or assisting on 5-of-7 baskets in the middle of the first half. Her lay-up 4:34 before the intermission put UW-Oshkosh ahead, 22-14. (More)
Defenders Fight Off Men's Basketball Team

Michael Eekhoff drained a tiebreaking, mid-range jump shot with 6.8 seconds left to guide the Dordt College (Iowa) men's basketball team past UW-Oshkosh, 68-64, on Saturday (Nov. 29) in Kolf Sports Center.
The Defenders (6-2) went up, 41-30, with 16:39 remaining after consecutive lay-ups from Logan Kingma. Kingma was the key factor in leading Dordt College over the Titans (2-3), as he tallied 20 of his 24 points in the second period.
UW-Oshkosh used consecutive three-point shots from Matt Miller (Sr. • Hudson) to get back into the ballgame. Each time Miller hit a triple, however, Kingma answered with a long-range bomb of his own. Kingma’s three-pointer with 12:32 remaining put the Defenders ahead, 49-40.
Another Miller jumper from long distance started a Titans’ run of seven consecutive points. John Flanigan (Fr. • Oshkosh) ended the streak with a rebound and put-back to cut UW-Oshkosh’s deficit to 56-55 with 4:33 left in the game. (More)
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