#HLWBB Standings Tighten Up on Thursday

#HLWBB Scoreboard:
UIC 65, Detroit 51
Milwaukee 59, Cleveland State 58 (OT)
Oakland 87, Valparaiso 77
Green Bay 69, Youngstown State 35

A Tale of Two Halves, Flames Win 65-51
On field trip day at Detroit it was definitely an adventure for the visiting UIC Flames who came away with a 65-51 win in the early morning contest. The win snapped a two-game skid and pushed the Flames over the .500 mark. Read more

Titans Fall in Front of Large Field Trip Day Crowd
More than 1,600 exuberant fans were on hand Thursday morning for the inaugural Field Trip Day at Calihan Hall, but the University of Detroit Mercy women's basketball team fell 65-51 to visiting UIC. Read more

Milwaukee Fends Off CSU In Overtime
The junior hit a tough jumper in the lane with 6.7 seconds left on the clock to give the Milwaukee women's basketball team a thrilling 59-58 overtime victory over Cleveland State University Thursday afternoon in front of over 2,000 fans inside the Klotsche Center. Read more

Vikings Come Up Short In Overtime At Milwaukee
The Cleveland State women's basketball team played its second straight overtime game Thursday afternoon, falling at Milwaukee, 59-58 in Horizon League action. The Vikings are now 5-17 on the season and 2-10 in league action. Read more

OAKLAND ROLLS PAST VALPARAISO, 87-77
Oakland had four players in double-figures with Olivia Nash (25), Taylor Jones (20), Elena Popkey (16) and Taylor Gleason (16) accounting for 77 points as the Golden Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing skid with a 87-77 win over Valparaiso on Thursday. Read more

Franklin, Hamlet Spearhead Second-Half Surge, but Crusaders Fall at Oakland
Dani Franklin (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/George Washington) and Meredith Hamlet (McBain, Mich./McBain) turned in record-setting offensive performances Thursday afternoon, but a turnover-laced first half made a late Crusader comeback attempt too tall of an order. The underclassmen combined for 47 points on 17-of-29 shooting, but Oakland prevailed in an 87-77 contest at the Athletics Center O'rena. Read more

Lindstrom's Double-Double Lifts Green Bay to 20th win
Sophomore forward Jessica Lindstrom scored 13 points and collected a career-high 17 rebounds as Green Bay held Youngstown State to just 20.4 percent (10-of-49) from the field to collect its 20th win of the season over the Penguins, 69-35, on Thursday night at the Kress Center. With the victory, Green Bay has now won at least 20 games in 17-straight seasons dating back to 1999-2000. Read more

YSU Starts Road Trip With Loss at Green Bay
Green Bay scored 20 consecutive points in the first half and dominated the paint in a 69-35 victory over the Youngstown State women's basketball team on Thursday evening at the Kress Center. Read more