INSIDE WOMEN���S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BadgerWBBall
SCHEDULE (11-13, 3-8)
Last Five
Feb. 3
Feb. 7
Feb. 10
Feb. 14
Feb. 18
Illinois
at Ohio State
Indiana
#18 Purdue
at Illinois
L, 56-64
L, 59-65 2ot
W, 65-53
L, 48-58
L, 53-60
This Week
Saturday at Northwestern
Next Five
Feb. 28
March 3
Mar. 7-10
���We don���t have a lot,
but we have enough.���
Badgers continue to battle down the stretch
E
ven playing with only
nine athletes for most
of the season, the Badgers
haven���t given up and continues to battle. As coach Bobbie
Kelsey is fond of saying, ���We
don���t have a lot, but we have
enough.���
After finishing the nonconference season 8-5, a
marked improvement from
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Wisconsin���s 4-9 non-conference record in 2011-12, the
Badgers equaled their overall win total from 2011-12
with a win over Ohio State on
Jan. 20, their first over the
Buckeyes in 12 years and 20
games.
���We���ve surprised ourselves
with perseverance through
adversity,��� Kelsey said. ���Peo-
Noon
Nebraska
7 p.m.
at Michigan State 1 p.m.
at Big Ten Tournament
Hoffman Estates, Ill.
ple have stepped up in different ways
��� different ones at different times.
And we expect that to continue.���
Wisconsin pulled off what may be
the biggest women���s basketball upset
of the season with a 63-61 victory over
No. 7 Penn State on Jan. 31. The win
marked the highest ranked team UW
has beaten since downing No. 5 Baylor in 2008. It was also Penn State���s
only Big Ten loss of the season.
UW won its 11th game of the season
against Indiana on Feb. 10, surpassing last season���s nine-win total.
With only nine players, the Badgers
have had to rely on their starters to
play a lot of minutes. All five starters
average more than 32 minutes a game.
Kelsey has been adamant about her
team not dwelling on what it doesn���t
have. ���I think they understand that
we can���t worry about what we don���t
have,��� she said. ���Let���s worry about
what we do have. If we harp on who
can���t play, well, they still can���t play
and you are still upset about it.���
