MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Senior guard Felicia Anderson hit a three-pointer at the buzzer on Sunday, giving the Omaha women's basketball team a 64-61 win against Milwaukee at the Klotsche Center. With the win, the Mavericks improve to 4-4 (0-0 Summit League), while the Panthers drop to 2-5 (0-0 Horizon League).
Junior guard Brianna Bogard led all scorers with 20 points on 3-of-8 shooting from the field and a 13-for-16 effort at the free throw line. Felicia Anderson added 11points, including three 3-pointers. Sami Pawlak added eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the floor. Three other Mavs scored six points: Lanese Bough, Taijhe Kelly, and Victoria Trowbridge. Bough added a game high nine rebounds and four assists. Mikaela Shaw was held to a season-low five points, but grabbed six rebounds. Madi Robson added two points and had four assists.
Milwaukee was paced by 16 points from Jordyn Swan, who was 6-of-11 from the floor and 3-of-4 from the free throw line. Jenny Lindner finished with 15 points and three rebounds, and Ashley Green had 10 points with eight rebounds and five assists.
As a team, Omaha outshot the Panthers, 40.4 percent (21-of-52) to 33.9 percent (19-of-56). The Mavericks shot 81.8 percent (18-of-22) from the free throw line, which marked their second straight game of 18 or more free throws made. Omaha also won the battle on the boards, outrebounding Milwaukee 38-36.
Omaha led a majority of the opening 10 minutes before Milwaukee grabbed the lead. Anderson nailed a 3-pointer to give Omaha a 9-6 lead at the 16:03 mark. The Mavs stretched the lead to six points (14-8) with 12:34 remaining in the first half. Milwaukee went on a 15-6 run to retake the lead (23-20) with under eight minutes left in the half. The Panthers had stretched the lead to four points with 2:29 remaining before the Mavs Bogard went to work. Bogard sank four free throws and drained a three pointer in the final minute to give Omaha a 33-30 lead at the half.
Milwaukee tied the game early in the second half, but consecutive buckets by Pawlak gave the lead back to Omaha, 37-33. The Mavs stretched the lead to as many as eight points four-times in the second half, but Milwaukee kept coming back. Bogard sank a pair of free throws with 2:08 remaining in the game to make the score 59-51 in favor of Omaha. Milwaukee's Linder and Swan hit a pair of 3-pointers to cut the Mavs lead to three points with 28 seconds to play. Linder added a lay-up and two free throws to tie the game at 61-61 with seven seconds left on the clock. Bough brought the ball down court and found Anderson in the corner. Anderson caught the pass and put up her shot over a Milwaukee defender before the final buzzer sounded. The shot was true and gave Omaha the win over Milwaukee, 64-61.
Omaha returns to action on Thursday, Dec. 11, hosting Bakersfield. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.at Sapp Fieldhouse.
