INSIDE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERWBB
SCHEDULE (8-5, 1-0)
LAST FOUR
Dec. 13 at Washington
L, 80-67
Dec. 21 Illinois-Chicago L, 58-56
Dec. 30 Green Bay W, 65-61 (OT)
Jan. 3
at Illinois
W, 76-64 (OT)
COMING UP
Thursday at Michigan
6 p.m.
Sunday IowaNoon
Jan. 15 #22 Indiana
7 p.m.
Jan. 18 at Northwestern
2 p.m.
Senior Taylor Wurtz was
named the Big Ten Player
of the Week on Monday.
Badgers battle back to
win two straight
Overtime triumphs give UW some momentum
he Badgers have had
to come from behind
in their last two games
and that's exactly what they've
done to win both in overtime.
"These kids step up," head
coach Bobbie Kelsey said. "It's
not one person, it's not one
play. Big-time players step up
and make big-time plays."
Wisconsin trailed by as
many as 16 points against
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Green Bay on Dec. 30 before
winning in overtime. UW also
rallied from a seven-point
deficit at Illinois on Jan. 3 to
win their Big Ten Conference
opener on the road.
Despite the wins, Kelsey still
knows her team needs work.
"We have a lot of pieces that
we just need to put together
better."
WURTZ NAMED PLAYER OF WEEK
● Senior Taylor Wurtz was named the
Big Ten Player of the Week after leading the Badgers to a 76-64 overtime
win at Illinois on Jan. 3. The 6-foot-0
guard earned her first player of the
week honor after being named Big
Ten Freshman of the Week twice in
2009-10. She is also UW's first Big Ten
player of the week since Jacki Gulczynski was honored on Dec. 17, 2012.
Wurtz tallied a career-best 19 rebounds and tied her career high with
27 points against the Illini.
After only three points in the first
half, Wurtz went on a scoring tear in
the second half, putting up 14 points,
including a 3-pointer with 1:29 left in
regulation that tied the game at 58 to
force overtime. In OT, she scored 10
points, including going 4-for-4 from
the free throw line over the last 39
seconds to seal the win. Wurtz shot
60 percent (9-of-15) from the field,
including 50 percent (4-of-8) from
3-point range.
Her 19 rebounds tie her for fourth
on the UW single-game record list
and ties for first among Big Ten athletes this season. It was also her third
double-double of the season and the
11th of her career.
