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Varsity - January 24, 2013

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INSIDE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BadgerWBBall SCHEDULE (9-10, 1-5) Last Five Jan. 6 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Minnesota L, 55-60 RV Iowa L, 56-65 at RV Michigan L, 43-54 at #8 Penn State L, 40-84 Ohio State W, 68-49 This Week Thursday at RV Iowa 7 p.m. Next Five Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 14 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. #8 Penn State Illinois at Ohio State Indiana #15 Purdue Two Badgers close in on record Badgers pick up first Big Ten win in style UW beats Ohio State for first time in 10 years T he last time the Badgers beat Ohio State, most of the UW team was still in grade school. With a dominating 68-49 win over the Buckeyes on Sunday, Wisconsin ended its longest Big Ten losing streak. Prior to Sunday's win, the Badgers had not beaten Ohio State since Feb. 25, 2001, a 48 » VARSITY JANUA RY 24, 2013 streak of 20 straight losses. After trailing 29-25 at the half, Wisconsin won the game with a strong secondhalf performance. UW outscored Ohio State 43-20 in the second period, shooting 60 percent from the field (18of-30) while limiting Ohio State to just five field goals after halftime (5-of-25/.200). » Junior Morgan Paige was a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line against the Buckeyes on Sunday to up her streak of consecutive free throws made to 23. She needs only three more to break the UW record of 25 consecutive free throws made set by Michele Kozelka over three games from Dec. 1-12, 1989. Sophomore Jacki Gulczynski has also been near perfect from the free throw line this season and has made her last 22 charity shots, dating back to the Marquette game on Dec. 5. That's a lot of minutes! » Four of the Badgers' five starters (Cassie Rochel, Paige, Stephen, Gulczynski) played all 40 minutes against Ohio State on Sunday. UW did not sub in the second half and went to its bench for only three minutes the entire game.

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