INSIDE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERWBB
SCHEDULE (3-0, 0-0)
LAST WEEK
Nov. 10 Drake
W, 66-41
Nov. 14 at Milwaukee
W, 85-60
Nov. 17 Northern Illinois W, 71-51
UP NEXT
Thursday at Alabama
7 p.m.
Nov. 29
vs. Mercer *
6:30 p.m.
Nov. 30
Vanderbilt/Elon *
TBA
* at Vanderbilt Tournament
Junior transfer Michala
Johnson is averaging a
double-double this season.
UW undefeated to start
third season under Kelsey
Badgers open 3-0; best start since 2009-10
isconsin has its best
start under thirdyear head coach
Bobbie Kelsey and its best
start since 2009-10 with a 3-0
record.
"We are happy to be undefeated at this point in the season," said Kelsey. "I know the
last two years we struggled in
the beginning, but we finally
have some pieces that we need
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to compete on the level that
we are expecting ourselves to
compete on.
"We still have a long way
to go (and we're) just going
to take it game by game, and
hopefully we can continue on
this streak."
The main piece is powerful inside presence in junior
transfer Michala Johnson, who
is averaging a double-double.
JOHNSON AVERAGES DOUBLE-DOUBLE
● Junior transfer Michala Johnson leads
the Badgers with 16.3 points and 10
rebounds per game this season. She is
also shooting 57.5 percent (23-of-40)
from the field.
The 6-3 transfer from Connecticut
recorded her first career double-double with a then-career-high 16 points
and a career-high 16 rebounds against
Drake. She also added a double-double against Northern Illinois with 12
points and 10 rebounds.
Johnson upped her career high in
scoring to 21 points, leading the Badgers over Milwaukee.
ALL-AROUND IMPROVEMENT
● Wisconsin has won its first three
games by an average of 23.7 points
and is averaging 74 points per game,
an improvement of 16 points per
game from last season's scoring average.
The Badgers are also averaging
49.3 rebounds per game, which leads
the Big Ten, upping last season's average by 12.4 boards per game.
UW averaged 18.4 turnovers per
game in 2012-13 but that has turned
around dramatically as the Badgers
average just 11.3 giveaways per game
this season, a Big Ten best.
