Demming's sets the Horizon League women's all-time scoring record

Senior guard Kim Demmings is now the all-time leading scorer in Horizon League women's history with 2,345 points, but the milestone was bittersweet on Thursday evening as Wright State women’s basketball team fell short against the Milwaukee Panthers 82-60.

“We just got to get back in the gym and get to work tomorrow,” Demmings said. “We got another big game coming up so that’s the next focus.”

“Dialing in on Saturday, because we got another big game coming up,” she said.

Demmings hit a mid-range jumper with 6:55 remaining in the first quarter to give the Raiders their first points of the game. She immediately followed that up with another basket on their next trip down the court.

Freshman guard McKenzie Taylor connected for a three pointer with 3:15 remaining in the first quarter to give the Raiders a 14-12 lead, but that would be the last time they would hold a lead for the rest of the game.

Milwaukee went on an 11-4 run to end the first quarter to put them ahead of the Raiders 23-18.

The Panthers opened the second half with six quick baskets in the midst of a 13-0 run to increase their lead to 15 points with 6:05 remaining in the second quarter.

Demmings connected for two to end the run by the Panthers, scoring again with 3:02 left in the quarter, giving her ten points for the half. WSU headed into the locker room trailing the Panthers 47-26.

UWM continued to find the basket beginning the third quarter on a 17-3 run, which was finally snapped by a free throw from senior guard Symone Denham, leaving the Panther’s lead at 34.

The Raiders only managed to shoot 13 percent in the third quarter, while Milwaukee shot 69 percent. The score at the end of the third quarter was WSU 34 – UWM 66.

Demmings nailed a three, tying her for the all-time leading scoring record in women’s Horizon League history with Milwaukee’s Traci Edwards (2,340 points from 2005-09) .

She downed a short jumper with 5:59 remaining in the game to propel her into sole ownership as the all-time leading women’s scorer in the history of the Horizon League.

“She deserves all of the accolades she gets,” Raiders head coach Mike Bradbury said. “I’m happy for all that’s been accomplished and hopefully we can accomplish some more things and bigger things as a team.”

The Raiders scored 26 points in the fourth quarter, but were out-matched and out-played, they just didn’t seem to have an answer for Milwaukee.

The Panthers were led in scoring by sophomore forward Steph Kostowicz with 20 points joined by four other teammates scoring in double-digits.

Junior forward Antania Hayes did not play for the Raiders due to what is being called a coach’s decision.

“She didn’t feel like she was healthy enough to play," Bradbury said. “In the biggest game of the year.”

“I don’t know when she’ll be back, I know she will not play on Saturday,” he said. “That I do know”

“You can’t get it going when you’re not ready,” Bradbury said. “This game wasn’t lost today, this game was lost on Tuesday.”

“When you start listening to people that are not part of the family (players and coaches), only bad things happen.” he said.

Wright State (15-4; Horizon 5-1) looks to bounce back this Saturday at home as they take on Green Bay (16-2; Horizon 6-0) for a shot at first place. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.