It remains to be seen if this is a career night, but coach Keri Carollo can certainly hope that senior forward
Nicole Bundy stays in a groove. Bundy scored a career high 32 points, hitting 13-17 shots from the field, to lead UW-Whitewater to an 89-75 win at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa Tuesday night.
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The Warhawks jumped out to a 20-2 lead with 14:56 left in the first half and maintained their margin the rest of the way. It was 55-39 at the half. Loras cut the margin to thirteen twice in the second half, 66-53 at 12:59 and 75-62 at 9:35, but each time recovered.
What Bundy, who averaged 5.4 points per game last year, was accomplishing from the field senior center
Dana Thompson did at the line. Thompson, who finished with 22 points, hit 10 of 14 free throws. Thompson accounted for ten of Whitewater's thirteen made free throws.
Chantel Burg contributed a game high nine rebounds and
Kelsey Hendrickson led both teams with six assists and four steals.
Loras had three players in double figures, led by 15 from junior forward Sarah Pillon who was 4-4 from the line. Freshman forward Katie Wheeler contributed 14 and senior guard Lindsay Bava added 12.
The Warhawks shot 51% (34-66) shot the floor and 44% (8-18) from three point range. Loras made 20-25 free throws (80%), 7-20 from beyond the arc (35%) and shot 46% (24-52) from the floor. The Warhawks won the turnover column 21-27 and steals (15-10).
UW-Whitewater and Loras are both 1-0. Whitewater will continue the "Iowa portion" of its schedule November 25 at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The first home game for the Warhawks is December 2 at 7:00 with UW-La Crosse visiting Kachel Gym in Williams Center.
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Keri Carollo, UW-W coach