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Cold shooting leads to Badger women’s basketball loss

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Despite leading after the first quarter, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team wasn’t able to hold on to the advantage, falling to Northwestern, 72-46, on Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Illinois.

Wisconsin (10-9, 1-6 BIG) came out hot in the first quarter using a 7-0 run with 3:06 left in the period, making it an early eight-point game, 15-7.  The Badgers scored 12 of their 15 points in the paint.

Northwestern turned the corner late in the first and early in the second quarter, using a 15-0 run to take a 22-15 lead with 4:11 left in the half.  The Wildcats held the Badgers to just two points in the second quarter as senior Marsha Howard connected on UW’s only basket at the 3:34 mark in the second quarter.

Howard and junior Suzanne Gilreath led the Badgers with 11 points, but the Badgers shot a season-low 24.6 percent (16-65) from the field, including just 12.5 percent (3-24) from 3-point range.

The Badgers return to the Kohl Center for a two-game home stand beginning with a re-match against Penn State on Thursday night.

 

Badger women upset Green Bay

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Suzanne Gilreath

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team earned their biggest win of the season, upsetting in-state rival Green Bay 54-53 at the Kress Center on Thursday night.

It was just the second loss of the season with the first coming against then number-1 ranked Notre Dame by four points.

The Badgers (5-8) trailed by four points with 1:09 left to play.  Suzanne Gilreath drained a three-pointer and the Badgers trailed 53-52 with 45 second to play.

Following a Green Bay miss, the Badgers had the ball back with 28 seconds left.  The Badgers called timeout and found Malayna Johnson inside.  Her left handed shot at the basket gave the Badgers a one-point lead with 17-seconds left to play.

Another miss by the Phoenix at the end gave the victory to Wisconsin.

Gilreath had 17 points and Cayla McMorris 15 for the Badgers.  Mehryn Kraker had 18 points to lead Green Bay.

The Phoenix shot just 31% from the field and fell to 8-2 on the season.

 

Slow start costs Badger women

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bucky-badger-logoThe Wisconsin women’s basketball team got off to a slow start and fell to North Carolina 72-59 at the Kohl Center on Thursday night.

The Tarheels jumped out to a 23-11 lead in the first 10 minutes, then cruised to victory.

The Badgers (2-6) outscored North Carolina (6-1) 34-25 in the second half but couldn’t overcome their slow start.

Avyanna Young led the Badgers with 12 points and 13 rebounds.  Suzanne Gilreath and Cayla McMorris both added 11 points in the loss.

 

Wisconsin dials long distance in exhibition win

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Suzanne Gilreath

Suzanne Gilreath

Freshman Suzanne Gilreath hit eight three-pointers and poured in 28 points, leading the Wisconsin Badgers to a 103-45 exhibition win over UW-Stout.

Gilreath connected on four three-pointers in the third quarter and made three more in the final quarter, scoring 23 of her 28 points in the second half.

The win was Wisconsin’s first 100-point game since 2004 when UW defeated Santa Clara at the Kohl Center, 104-91.

Three other Badgers also scored in double figures.  Avyanna Young had 19 points, Cayla McMorris had 12 points and Kendall Shaw added 10 points, as the Badgers shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent (11-of-22) from three-point range.

Coach Jonathan Tsipis will take his team on the road for their first game of the season.  They’ll open up at Charlotte at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.