MEQUON, Wis.- Sammi Beyer (Appleton/Appleton East) and Paige Seckar (Oshkosh/Oshkosh West) both scored double-digit points on Wednesday night (Nov. 12) as UW-Oshkosh women's basketball held Concordia University Wisconsin to three single-digit quarters in the 71-30 win at the Falcons' R. John Buuck Fieldhouse in Mequon.
 
Twenty Titans played in the contest and 13 scored at least one point. Beyer paced all scorers with 15 points, shooting 6-of-13 from the field, including 2-of-5 from three, and 1-of-1 from the line while recording a team-high four assists and four rebounds (two offensive). Both Beyer and Seckar stole two possessions. Seckar pulled down a team-best six rebounds (three offensive) and blocked a shot while registering 12 points with two field goals and a career-best eight free throws on eight attempts.
 
As a team, UW-Oshkosh (3-0), ranked third in the nation by D3hoops.com and fifth by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, shot 40.4 percent (19-of-47) from the field, 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from three, and 77.1 percent (27-of-35), scoring 30 points off turnovers, 25 bench points, 24 points in the paint, and 11 second chance points.
 
The Titans held Concordia Wisconsin (0-2) to 26.7 percent (12-of-45) from the field, 27.3 percent (3-of-11) from three, and 50 percent (3-of-6) from the charity stripe, forcing 22 total turnovers with 11 steals.
 
Oshkosh scored at least 10 points in each quarter with 10 in the first, 24 in the second, 15 in the third, and 22 in the fourth, while limiting the Falcons to 7, 8, 10, and 5, respectively.
 
Seckar sank a pair of free throws at 8:15 in the first quarter to hand the Titans a lead they never relinquished. Beyer tacked on a three-pointer under a minute later to increase the lead to five points before Concordia Wisconsin got on the board. Concordia Wisconsin got within a point at 6:21 and tied the score (7-7) with a three at 2:26, however it was held scoreless for the remainder of the period while Avery Poole (Cottage Grove/Monona Grove) made a free throw and Mallory Hoitink (Hartford/Slinger) hit a jump shot to make the score 10-7.
 
The Falcons scored the first points of the second quarter with a layup and the Titans responded with 13 points in a row over the next 3:07, bumping the deficit up to 14 points at 23-9. Kate Huml (Janesville/Janesville Craig) started the run with a three and Beyer led the Titans with five points across the streak with a jumper, a layup, and a free throw. Sarah Hardwick (Green Bay/Notre Dame Academy), Seckar, and Huml combined for six points following two more Falcon points and Oshkosh closed out the half with three straight free throws, heading into the break up 34-15.
 
UW-Oshkosh opened the third quarter by going on an 8-2 spurt and held Concordia Wisconsin to a second half-best run of five consecutive points between 5:32 and 4:52. The Falcons cut the lead down to 19 points with a minute to play in the period before Mayah Holzhueter (Cambridge/Cambridge) made a shot from behind the arc and Abbey Inda (Cottage Grove/Monona Grove) made a layup. Concordia Wisconsin grabbed a missed free throw with 26 seconds left in the quarter, but turned the ball over before clock hit zero, giving the Titans possession at the start of the fourth quarter.
 
Holzhueter made her second three of the night just 12 seconds into the final 10-minute period. The Falcons tallied points just twice in the quarter and committed eight of their 22 turnovers while Oshkosh notched five of their 11 steals. Along with their stellar defense, the Titans had an 11-0 run before closing out the game with each of the last eight points on four free throws by Ella Francois (De Pere/West De Pere) and layups from Megan Geason (Franklin/Oak Creek) and Addie Post (White Bear Lake, Minn./White Bear Lake Area).
 
The Titans will head to Illinois on Friday (Nov. 14) to play Eureka College (Ill.) (0-0) for the first time in program history at 6 p.m.