Schlegel’s 38 points rally YSU women past Milwaukee

Staff report

MILWAUKEE, wis.

Heidi Schlegel scored 38 points and Nikki Arbanas beat the shot clock with a critical 3-pointer with 10.4 seconds as the Youngstown State women’s basketball team beat Milwaukee, 79-73.

Schlegel’s outburst was the highest-scoring game by a Horizon League player this season and ranks eighth on YSU’s all-time, single-game list.

She scored six straight points in the final 3:04 as the Penguins rallied from a 73-68 deficit.

Milwaukee freshman Jenny Lindner scored 17 of her 25 points in the second half to pace the Panthers. Ashley Green had 16 points in the first half, but the Penguins (18-7, 7-5) held her scoreless in the second half. Schlegel fouled her out with 3:04 left, and the Panthers (8-16, 4-8) did not score again.

Lindner hit a 3 that allowed Milwaukee to tie its largest lead of the game at 73-68 with 3:31 left.

Moments later, Schlegel rebounded an Indiya Benjamin miss and was fouled by Green on a put-back attempt.

Schlegel converted both free throws to make it a one-possession game.

Schlegel got the Penguins within one point on a layup with 2:12 left, and she made both ends of a one-and-one with 55 seconds remaining to give YSU a 74-73 lead. The fifth-year senior had a steal on Milwaukee’s next possession, and Arbanas hit a straight-away triple off a pass from Benjamin with 10.4 seconds left to put YSU up 77-73.

Milwaukee missed a free throw and turned the ball over on its next two possessions, and Jenna Hirsch and Benjamin each made a foul shot for the final margin.

Schlegel’s 38 points came on 14 field goals,including 3-pointers, and seven free throws. She was 14-of-20 from the field, 3-of-3 from beyond the arc and 7-of-10 from the free-throw line.

Kelsea Newman and Arbanas both had 11 points, and Latisha Walker finished with eight points and nine rebounds before fouling out.

Milwaukee turned the ball over five times in the game’s final three minutes.

The Penguins outrebounded the Panthers 17-7 on the offensive glass.

YSU plays at Valparaiso on Saturday.