Yellowjacket basketball teams sweep Whitewater

SUPERIOR — The University of Wisconsin-Superior men’s and women’s basketball teams pulled off a double upset Saturday, sweeping the UW-Whitewater Warhawks.

The men opened play with a 69-66 victory, and the UWS women handed the Warhawks their first loss in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference this season, 67-59.

The Yellowjacket men (7-9, 3-4) led 32-29 at halftime and held off a late charge by UW-Whitewater (12-3, 5-2).

“The men’s game was a huge precursor,” said Don Mulhern, UWS women’s basketball head coach. “The men played great; they didn’t back down, and our girls saw that.

“Our team and the men’s team support each other. That was real good seeing that for what we needed to do. They set the bar.”

The Yellowjacket women trailed for all of the first half and were down 36-30 at halftime before coming back to take their first lead of the game at 7:39 in the second half.

Senior Connie Urmanski led the comeback with back-to-back baskets to tie the game at 52-52. Her first shot came from the left side with a defender in her face, and on the next possession Urmanski faked a 3-pointer and sunk a pull-up jumper.

Sally Linzmeier then gave Superior its first lead of the game when she spun around a defender in the paint and put in a layup.

From that point on the Yellowjackets outscored UW-Whitewater 13-7 to pick up their first win over the Warhawks in recent memory.

“It is a great feeling,” Urmanski said. “At halftime we talked about the last time we were that close at halftime with Whitewater; it was a long time ago — before any of us have been here.

“Our main thing this year is to be competitive and to play to win, not to keep close, and that was our mentality. We had a little rough start in the second half, but we came back and we pushed through it and worked as a team to come out on top.”

Linzmeier and Urmanski both finished with 23 points to lead UWS (13-3, 5-2).

Courtney Kumerow led UW-Whitewater (12-4, 6-1) with 13 points, followed by Mary Merg with 11 and Megan Theune with 10.

UW-SUPERIOR 67, UW-WHITEWATER 59

UW-WHITEWATER (12-4)

Kumerow, Courtney 4-8 5-5 13; Merg, Mary 4-12 2-2 11; Theune, Megan 4-8 1-2 10; Thill, Kaitlyn 1-11 5-7 7; Reeves, Abbie 2-9 0-0 6; McCullick, Emily 3-4 0-0 6; Palmer, Lisa 1-1 0-0 2; Mandrell, Amy 0-1 2-2 2; Quandt, Sam 0-6 2-2 2; Glynn, Steff 0-1 0-0 0; Burton, Katie 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 19-63 17-20 59.

UW-SUPERIOR (13-3)

Sally Linzmeier 6-17 11-14 23; Urmanski,Connie 9-12 2-4 23; Nett,Kristen 3-10 0-1 7; Lindberg,Allyssa 2-4 2-2 6; Peterson,Hillary 2-4 0-0 4; Blake,Britnee 1-1 1-3 3; Mcdonald,Kailee 0-4 1-2 1; Lebens,Vanessa 0-0 0-0 0; Watson,Carmen 0-2 0-0 0; Kennedy,Grace 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-55 17-26 67.

UW-Whitewater 36-23—59

UW-Superior 30-37—67

3-point goals—UWW 4-21 (Reeves, 2-8; Theune, 1-3; Merg, Mary 1-4; Quandt, 0-2; Thill, 0-4), UWS 4-10 (Urmanski, 3-5; Nett, 1-3; Linzmeier 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—UWW 38 (Kumerow, 10), UWS 44 (Linzmeier 16). Assists—UWW 7 (Thill, 3), UWS 12 (Linzmeier 6). Total fouls—UWW 21, UWS 16. Technical fouls—None. A-220

Men’s Basketball

UW-SUPERIOR 69, UW-WHITEWATER 66

UW-WHITEWATER (12-3)

Knoble, Luke 7-13 7-8 21; Young, Quardell 4-12 3-4 11; Harris, Darnell 3-9 2-3 9; Bryson, Eric 2-6 2-2 7; Evans, KJ 2-5 2-3 6; Hearn, Reggie 2-3 2-2 6; Merg, Alex 1-2 4-4 6; Fischer, Charlie 0-0 0-0 0; Souter, Patrick 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 22-26 66.

UW-SUPERIOR (7-9)

Peterson, Jarrod 6-9 6-7 20; Byrne, Bronson 7-8 2-2 16; Bauer, Brendan 6-10 3-4 15; Cahill, Austin 2-3 0-0 5; Corry, Aaron 1-5 3-4 5; Brooks, Johnquez 1-4 2-3 4; Davis, Trent 0-5 2-2 2; Charlton, Walter 1-1 0-0 2; Schreiner, Cole 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 24-46 18-22 69.

UW-Whitewater 29-37—66

UW-Superior 32-37—69

3-point goals—UWW 2-12 (Bryson, 1-3; Harris, 1-5; Merg, 0-1; Souter, 0-1; Young, 0-2), UWS 3-10 (Peterson, 2-4; Cahill, 1-1; Corry, 0-1; Brooks, 0-1; Davis, 0-3). Fouled out—UWW-Bryson, UWS-Brooks. Rebounds—UWW 23 (Harris, 5), UWS 32 (Peterson, 7). Assists—UWW 2 (Knoble, 1; Merg, 1), UWS 10 (Brooks, 3). Total fouls—UWW 21, UWS 20. Technical fouls—None. A-212.

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