INSIDE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BY DIANE NORDSTROM
@BADGERWBB
SCHEDULE (8-7, 1-2)
LAST FOUR
Dec. 30
Green Bay W, 65-61OT
Jan. 3
at Illinois
W, 76-64 OT
Thursday at Michigan
L, 62-70
Sunday
RV Iowa
L, 65-82
COMING UP
Wednesday RV Indiana
7 p.m.
Saturday at Northwestern 2 p.m.
Jan. 23
at Minnesota
7 p.m.
Jan. 26
RV MichiganNoon
Senior Morgan Paige has
made her last 15 free throws.
UW looking for quick start
to get back to winning
Badgers have trailed at half last five games
he Badgers have been a
slow-starting team their
last five games, trailing
at the half in each contest.
"I think (the players) have to
understand you have to have a
good start to the game," head
coach Bobbie Kelsey said. "You
can't wait until you're down
and then punch and fight and
come off the canvas. Sometimes we react; we don't dic-
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tate the action."
Wisconsin has come back
from double-digit deficits its
last two games but has run
out of time. UW rallied from a
28-point deficit at Michigan on
Jan. 9 to cut the lead to six. The
Badgers also woke up from a
16-point first half shortcoming to Iowa on Jan. 12 but
couldn't stop the Hawkeye offense in the second half.
PAIGE HITS FROM THE LINE
● Senior Morgan Paige has made her
last 15 free throws, upping her season
average to 87 percent (60-of-69) from
the line. The 5-9 guard ranks sixth in
the Big Ten in free throw percentage.
Paige's record for consecutive free
throw makes is 23 over a five-game
stretch in January of 2013.
The UW record for consecutive free
throws made is 29 by Michele Kozelka
in December of 1989.
ROCHEL TO REDSHIRT SEASON
●Senior Cassie Rochel has elected to
redshirt the 2013-14 season due to a
lingering back injury.
The 6-4 post led the Big Ten in
blocks per game as a junior, averaging
2.67 per contest. She also led the conference in Big Ten-only games, shooting 54.5 percent from field goal range.
The Lakeville, Minn., native started
30 games as a junior, leading the Badgers with 9.1 rebounds per game. She
also added 7.0 points per game while
shooting a team-best 50.9 percent
from the field.
Rochel has played in 82 games in
her career, starting 33. She averages
5.1 rebounds and 4.4 points per game
while shooting 51.2 percent.
