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By Angela Kelm
Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
Northampton, Mass. — Warhawk Women’s Basketball Falls in Sweet 16 |
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team’s run in the NCAA Division III Tournament came to a close in the Sweet 16 Friday night. The Warhawks fell to Trinity (CT) in a quarterfinal contest hosted by Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
UW-Whitewater ends their season 23-7 after making the team’s 21st appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament including 14 trips to the postseason since 2007. UWW won its 11th Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season title in 2023, following it up with a WIAC Tournament crown for the championship sweep – a feat accomplished twice in program history.
In the first meeting between the two squads, the Bantams won the bookends while UW-Whitewater owned the second and third quarters. Both teams struggled from long range, but Trinity held the advantage from the field and free throw line.
Kacie Carollo hoped to set the tone with the first bucket of the game – a triple less than a minute in. However, threes would be hard to come by from either squad the rest of the way.
Trinity ran off the next ten before ending the period with five straight give the Bantams an eight-point lead at the end of the quarter, 17-9.
Carollo took over in the second quarter scoring six of the first seven points of the period to pull UWW within one, 17-16. From that point, the teams traded small runs with Renee Rittmeyer hitting a bucket as time expired to send the Warhawks into the intermission down three, 27-24. After a 10-point quarter, Carollo had 17 at the break.
On the other side of halftime, the Warhawks battled back from a six-point deficit to tie the game at 35 on a free throw by UWW’s number 35, Abi Baumgartner. The Bantams responded with back-to-back buckets before Baumgartner dropped in a pair of free throws and Maggie Trautsch hit a layup to knot the game at 39 with less than two minutes left in the period.
Trautsch struck again, this time from beyond the arc with under a minute to go. That triple reclaimed the lead for UW-Whitewater 42-41 heading into the final 10 minutes of play.
An 8-1 run to open the fourth for Trinity opened up a seven-point gap, 50-43. Carollo once again took over, sparking a run with an old-fashioned three-point play. She hit a jumper next then knocked down a three-pointer for eight straight points from the sophomore. Just like that, the game was tied at 52 with 5:47 left.
The Bantams hit a pair from the charity stripe, but Abby Belschner elevated over a defender banking a jumper home on Whitewater’s end. On the next trip on offense, Belschner drew a foul and hit the second of the two free throws to give UWW a 55-54 lead halfway through the quarter.
The squads traded single free throws down to the 3:09. Trinity hit back-to-back buckets while the Warhawks went cold offensively. Forced to foul facing a three-point deficit with under a minute remaining, the Bantams were able to seal the game from the charity stripe.
Carollo led all scorers with 28 adding eight rebounds. Baumgartner added 10 points and five boards for the Warhawks.
Update: In a hard fought game where they were rarely ahead but usually not far behind, UW-W’s women lost to Trinity (CT) by 63-56. See the sports section for details on this game.
By Angela Kelm
Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Information
Ashland, Va. — Still Dancing … Warhawk Men Advance to Elite 8 | Box Score
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team continues their journey in the postseason after defeating Johns Hopkins 83-82 in overtime in an instant classic.
Tipoff for the Elite 8 game in Ashland, Va. Is slated for 6 pm CT Saturday. The Warhawks seem to be at home on the road this season at 12-1 in away games. Update 3/11 @ 3:40 p.m.: They will face Oswego State, which earned its first trip ever to the Elite 8 by ending Randolph Macon’s 64 home-game winning streak on Friday evening, 74-63. The game may be viewed online here.
The game was close throughout as you’d expect a quarterfinal game to be. Still the Warhawks held the lead for the majority of the contest. The tide seemed to turn a bit at the 7:41 mark in the second half when JHU knocked down a triple from the wing to claim their first lead of the half since the opening minute.
From that point, the teams traded small runs until the Blue Jays went up five with just over a minute in regulation remaining. Forced to foul with just 41 seconds left, Johns Hopkins made one of two but hauled in the offensive board. A quick foul led to a pair of missed free throws and this time Trevon Chislom secured the rebound.
Miles Barnstable got the ball up the court quickly and created space with a step back move knocking down the three-pointer with 29 seconds on the clock. Head Coach Pat Miller immediately signaled for the timeout.
Seven seconds ticked off clock after the inbounds until UWW was whistled for the foul. Dropping in one of two, UW-Whitewater capitalized on the Blue Jays’ poor free throw shooting down the stretch. Barnstable missed a triple, but Carter Capstran cleaned up the offensive glass to cut the deficit in half and pull the Warhawks within two, 73-71, with 11 seconds remaining.
Delvin Barnstable fouled JHU with barely any time coming off the clock and once again Johns Hopkins only hit one of the pair. Chislom pulled down the board and outleted to Miles Barnstable who went coast-to-coast for the layup to make it 74-73 with eight seconds to go.
Following the next UWW foul, the Blue Jays made the second of the double bonus giving the Warhawks less than three seconds to go the length of the court trailing by two.
JHU pressured the near guards forcing the inbounder to heave the ball near the sideline at midcourt. Capstran acted as a receiver, hauling in the catch inbounds and tossing it toward the three-point line before falling out of play. Delvin Barnstable did a fantastic job coming back for the ball and his hustle paid off as JHU was called for a foul on the catch.
With just three-tenths of a second left, Barnstable’s first free throw bounced off the rim, hit the backboard and dropped through. He drained the next one to send the game into overtime. The Barnstables combined for 26 points in the second half for UWW.
The majority of points scored in the five-minute overtime came from the charity stripe. The Warhawks won that battle hitting 6-8 in overtime compared to 3-4 for JHU. Still the Blue Jays captured the lead late after back-to-back buckets from turnovers gave Johns Hopkins an 82-81 lead with 12 seconds to go.
Jameer Barker drew a shooting foul with six seconds on the clock to head to the line. He knocked down both to give UWW the lead. A last chance heave for Johns Hopkins was no good as the Warhawks keep dancing in the NCAA Tournament.
Barker posted 19 bolstered by 6-8 from the free throw line including the final two that sealed the win. Both Barnstables posted 17 each as Delvin notched a double-double with 12 boards. Chislom and Capstran rounded out the double figure scorers with 13 each.
For the first time since the 2013-14 season both UW-Whitewater Warhawk Men’s Basketball and UW-Whitewater Women’s Basketball have advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament!
Women to play Trinity (CT)
The Warhawk women beat Gustavus Adolphus, 68-63, with 364 spectators, on Saturday, March 4 at home.
Stats are available here. The bracket is here.
The women advance to play Trinity (CT), on Friday, March 10, 5:00 p.m. CST, location to be announced. Trinity beat Cortland 64-59 in the second round.
Men will meet Johns Hopkins
The Warhawk men beat Case Western Reserve, 78-75, on Saturday evening, March 4 in Cleveland, Ohio.
The stats are available here. The bracket may be viewed here.
The men advance to play Johns Hopkins, Friday, March 10 at 3 p.m. CST, location to be announced. Case beat Hamilton, 84-75.
Huge win in Cleveland as the Warhawks take down the Little Giants of Wabash! Survive and advance — back at it tomorrow against host Case Western Reserve or Arcadia. [Case Western Reserve] Tipoff [in Cleveland] is slated for 5:20 p.m. Central [Saturday, 3/4.]
The bracket is here. Stats are available here.
UW-Whitewater Women’s Basketball
Great game … great crowd … great win! Back at it tomorrow [Sat., 3/4, 7:30 p.m. at home] against Gustavus Adolphus!
Stats are available here. The bracket is here.
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