DE PERE, Wis. – The Northland College Women's Basketball team fell to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 83-17 at the Nicolet National Bank Tip-Off Tournament Saturday afternoon in De Pere, Wisconsin.
 
The Titans scored five points in the first minute but the Jills responded back with a pair of layups from Madison Mendoza and Tianna McKinley to make the game 5-4. UWO kept its pace as Northland could not keep up with them and Titans ended the first quarter up 26-6.
 
In the second quarter, the Jills held the Titans to only 16 points, the lowest-scoring quarter in the game. Northland could not capitalize on the low-scoring quarter by only putting one point from a free throw from Katelyn Altaha.
 
Down big coming out of the half the LumberJills' deficit was too big to come back falling 83-17.
 
Even in the low-scoring affair McKinley still puts up double figures with 11 points. She shot 5-for-15 from the field and 1-for-2 from the free-throw line. The Jills could not convert from deep going 0-for-14 from behind the three-point arc. Coming off the bench Jojo Lowmaster led the team in rebounds with four.
 
Next week Northland will be at the UW-La Crosse Thanksgiving Tournament. On Saturday the Jills will face the University of Wisconsin-River Falls at 5 p.m., followed by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse on Sunday at 3 p.m.
 
Northland College is an NCAA Division III institution located in Ashland, WI. The LumberJacks and LumberJills sponsor 14 varsity sports and compete in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, Midwest Lacrosse Conference, and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.