46 // VARSITY February 20, 2014
INSIDE
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
'Almost' wins wearing on
Kelsey and her Badgers
Wisconsin looking for signature win this week
BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BADGERWBB
A
fter two close losses to
top-25 teams, the Bad-
gers are getting tired of
almost winning.
"But the 'almost' is killing
me ― the close and the right
there, I can't even stand it,"
Wisconsin head coach Bobbie
Kelsey said. "When you take
over a program and you're
trying to build it, that's what
you're going to have, those 'al-
most' games."
Wisconsin took then-No. 22
Nebraska to overtime on Feb.
5 and also battled then-No. 11
Penn State to the end, losing
both contests.
UW has two more opportu-
nities to get a signature win
this season as it hosts No. 23
Michigan State on Thursday
before traveling to No. 21 Pur-
due on Sunday.
PAIGE IS UW'S IRON WOMAN
● Senior Morgan Paige will play in her
100th straight game against Michigan
State on Thursday. The 6-foot-0 guard
has played in 114 games in her career,
including the last 99 in a row. She has
not missed a game since her freshman
season, when she did not play against
Purdue on Jan. 13, 2011. Her 100
straight games will tie her for 10th on
Wisconsin's all-time tally.
Paige has started 93 games in her
four seasons, including the last 75 in
a row. Her 75 straight starts ranks
ninth on the UW career record list.
Fifth-year senior Taylor Wurtz has
played in 122 games in her career,
which ties for ninth on the all-time list.
DOUBLE-DOUBLES RANK HIGH
● The Badgers have 16 double-doubles
this season, the most for UW since the
2001-02 season when the Badgers
had 18 double-doubles.
Taylor Wurtz leads the team with
seven double-doubles while Michala
Johnson adds five. Jacki Gulczynski
chips in four double-doubles.
Wurtz has 15 double-doubles in
her career, which ranks ninth on the
UW career record list, while Gulczyn-
ski has 10, which ties for 13th.
SCHEDULE (10-15, 3-10)
LAST FOUR
Feb. 5 #22 Nebraska L, 70-71
OT
Feb. 8 at Indiana L, 69-76
Feb. 12 Minnesota L, 50-63
Feb. 16 at #11 Penn State L, 68-78
NEXT FOUR
Thursday #23 Michigan St. 8 p.m.
Sunday at #21 Purdue 1 p.m.
March 2 Northwestern 1 p.m.
March 6 at Big Ten Tournament,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Senior Morgan Paige
has played in 99
straight games in the
Cardinal and White.