Eagles fly past ‘Hawks; Thunder keep rolling

No. 3 UW-Oshkosh continued its unbeaten start to the season, UW-La Crosse rolled past No. 7 UW-Whitewater on the road, Trine kept its MIAA streak rolling along and Mary Schleusner moved closer to Division III all-time marks in Division III women’s basketball action on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026.

Sammi Beyer and Paige Seckar combined for 32 points as No. 3 UW-Oshkosh improved to 15-0, defeating No. 19 UW-Platteville on the road, 56-44. Each team shot just 5-for-19 from three-point range, or 26 percent. Ella Mackiewicz led Platteville (13-2, 3-1) with 23 points. Oshkosh is 15-0, 4-0 in conference play.

Mary Schleusner put up 25 points and 19 rebounds as No. 6 Washington and Lee defeated Hollins 78-61, handing Hollins just its third loss of the season. The win marked the 14th straight victory for the Generals, tying the program record set by the 2023-24 squad from Jan. 20, 2024, to March 8, 2024. Schleusner now ranks second all-time in Division III history in career rebounds with 1,675 and is just 36 rebounds shy of becoming the division’s all-time leading rebounder. She also moved into fourth place in Division III women’s basketball history with her 80th career double-double, moving past Johns Hopkins 1998 D3hoops.com All-America selection Julie Anderson on the career list.

UW-La Crosse went on a 33-10 run over the final 14 minutes of the game and the result was a huge win for the Eagles, as they downed No. 7 UW-Whitewater by a 77-54 score. It’s just the sixth win in 30 games for UW-La Crosse over a team ranked in the D3hoops.com Top 25, which was started in the 1998-99 season. Malia Nelson made three free throws down the stretch in the first half to help the Eagles (9-6, 2-2 WIAC) tie the game at the half and finished with a game-high 17 points. Grace Knupp added 16.

Olivia Marks delivered a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds to lead Trine to its 24th consecutive MIAA win, defeating Albion 78-58. Madison Wagner led Trine (12-3, 6-0 MIAA) with 14, Ally Capouch had 13, Annika Southworth scored 12 and Zoe Willems added 11. Albion (10-5, 3-3) trimmed a double digit deficit down to five points with just under three minutes left in the third before Willems scored the next five points and Wagner and Marks extended the run to nine consecutive points.

Marissa Nudd tied the 33-year-old Eastern Connecticut State women’s basketball single-game record of 36 points and the Warriors exploded for 47 second-half points in pulling away for an 82-52 Little East Conference victory over Vermont State University Castleton. Since an 0-4 start, Eastern (7-8, 4-2 LEC) has won seven of 11, averaging over 76 points in its last four victories. Nudd’s 36 points ties the program record set by Alumni Hall of Famer Missy Kowolenko at Rhode Island College on February 11, 1993. Nudd, ranked third in the LEC with an 18.3 scoring average, has now posted the program’s second straight 30-point game.

Catholic rallied from an 11-point second half deficit at Susquehanna as the Cardinals got past the River Hawks on the road, 66-62. The Cardinals led for just the last 44 seconds of the game, pulling ahead on a 9-1 run that included five points from Anna Scoblick and four from Amelia Kennedy.  Carly Catania led the Cardinals with 12 points, while Scoblick added 11 and Kennedy 10 in the win, which lifted Catholic to 10-4, 7-0 in Landmark Conference play. The Cardinals keep pace with No. 2-ranked Scranton, which rolled to an 88-36 win a few dozen miles up U.S. 15 at Lycoming.

Concordia-Moorhead rallied from a fourth quarter deficit, finishing the game on a 13-3 run as the Cobbers got past Gustavus Adolphus 70-66. The Gusties (8-6, 4-3 MIAC) led by as many as nine points midway through the fourth quarter and led by six after Ella Peters hit a three-pointer with just under four minutes to play. From there, Maya Metcalf hit three free throws and Molly Musland nailed a three to tie it, then did the same to tie it again at 66 with 1:23 left. Gustavus got just three shots the rest of the way as Concordia-Moorhead (12-2, 6-1) pulled away for the win. Metcalf led the Cobbers with 19 points, while Kaia Gack added 15 off the bench.