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Badger women suffer loss at No. 17 Iowa

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The Wisconsin Badger women’s basketball team fell to the 17th ranked Iowa Hawkeyes 71-53 in Iowa City on Monday night.

Badger freshman Imani Lewis collected her fifth double-double, scoring a career high 22 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in the loss.

Wisconsin (10-6, 1-3 Big Ten) trailed by just six points at 40-34 with 5:18 left in the third quarter, but the Hawkeyes (11-3, 2-1) went on a 11-0 run to break the game open.

The Badgers out-rebounded Iowa 40-36.

Iowa got 21 points and 12 rebounds from reigning Big Ten Player of the Year Megan Gustafson (Port Wing, Wis.).

Wisconsin returns home to host Indiana on Sunday afternoon (2 p.m.) at the Kohl Center.

Badger women fall to Arkansas but win Challenge in Music City

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The Wisconsin Badger women’s basketball team lost for the first time this season, falling to Arkansas 69-68.  But the Badgers were still crowned champions of the Challenge in the Music City Music Row Bracket with a 2-1 record.  UW won the tie-breaker by giving up the fewest points in the tournament.

Senior Marsha Howard was named the tournament MVP and junior Kendra Van Leeuwen was named to the all-tournament team.

Wisconsin (6-1) got off to a slow start in the first quarter, falling behind 14-7.  The Badgers took their first lead in the second quarter at 24-22.

Wisconsin’s biggest lead came in the third quarter at 50-35 with 4:12 left in the third.

The Badgers trailed by one with 11 seconds left and had a chance to win, but they turned it over in the final seconds.

Freshman Imani Lewis led the Badgers with 13 points and 12 rebounds.

Wisconsin returns home on Wednesday night, hosting Duke at 8 p.m. at the Kohl Center as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.