Celeste Hoewisch scored 23 points to lead underdog No. 12 Wisconsin-Green Bay in a nail-biting 69–67 win over No. 5-seeded Virginia at Hilton Coliseum on Sunday night.

Green Bay becomes the lowest seed to win in the 28 women’s NCAA Tournament games this year.

Kayla Tetschlag added 14 points and six rebounds for the Phoenix (28–4), a them that is coming off a disappointing overtime loss to Cleveland State in the Horizon League Tournament semifinals on March 12. The win is their 10th in their previous 11 games.

Down 20–11 early in the first half, Green Bay used a 17–3 run in the middle stages of the half to pull ahead and grab a 34–27 lead at halftime. An early surge right after the break catapulted the lead to 49–33, Green Bay’s biggest lead of the game.

Virginia cut the Green Bay deficit to one in the final minute, but the Phoenix never relinquished the lead they had held since the 5:18 mark of the first half. Virginia’s struggles from the free-throw line ultimately led the Cavaliers to their demise, as they missed 5-of-6 attempts from the charity stripe in a crucial two-minute span at the end of the game.

On the other side of the spectrum, Green Bay made 34 of its 40 attempts from the free-throw line, which helped the Phoenix negate the 31 glaring turnovers they made in the contest.

ACC Player of the Year Monica Wright led the Cavaliers (21–10) with 34 points, eight rebounds, and six steals in the losing effort, as Virginia lost four of its final five games of the season.