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Varsity - February 27, 2014

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52 // VARSITY February 27, 2014 INSIDE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Badgers want to win final home game for seniors Wisconsin wraps up regular season Sunday BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BADGERWBB O nly one game remains in the regular season as Wisconsin hosts Northwestern on Sunday for the team's Senior Day. It will be the final home game for se- niors Daria Kryuchkova, Mor- gan Paige and Taylor Wurtz. "You always want to win your last game at your home court," UW head coach Bobbie Kelsey said. "(The seniors are) feeling it the most and you do want to win your last game, if possible. That's always the case, with any senior. So we're going to work hard for them to get that win." The Badgers will honor the seniors in postgame ceremo- nies on Sunday. The 20th an- nual Big Ten Tournament then begins on March 6 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. PAIGE, WURTZ TWO OF UW'S BEST ● Paige and Wurtz wrap up their ca- reers as two of the Badgers' top all- time players. Both rank in the top 20 for scoring and top 10 for 3-point shooting. Wurtz went over 1,300 career points at Penn State on Feb. 16. The fifth-year senior now has 1,336 points, which ranks her 16th on the UW ca- reer point list. The 6-foot guard also made her 200th career 3-pointer vs. Minnesota on Feb. 12, ranking third on the all-time list with 202 treys. Wurtz went over 700 career re- bounds at Minnesota on Jan. 23, be- coming just the eighth UW player to record 1,200 points and 700 rebounds in a career. She currently ranks sev- enth in career rebounds with 777. Wurtz also ranks third in the 3-point attempts with 589. Paige has 1,198 points in her ca- reer, which ranks 18th. The 5-foot-9 guard has 142 3-pointers in her ca- reer, which ranks 10th, while she ranks sixth in 3-point attempts with 514. Paige also ranks fourth on the free throw percentage list at .817, eighth in free throws made with 316 and 10th in free throws attempted with 387. She also ranks ninth in con- secutive games started with 77. SCHEDULE (10-17, 3-12) LAST FOUR Feb. 12 Minnesota L, 50-63 Feb. 16 at #11 Penn State L, 68-78 Feb. 20 #23 Michigan State L, 66-76 Feb. 23 at #21 Purdue L, 54-72 COMING UP Sunday Northwestern 1 p.m. March 6 at Big Ten Tournament, Indianapolis, Ind. The 2014 Senior Class of Daria Kryuchkova, Morgan Paige, Cassie Rochel (who is redshirting this season) and Taylor Wurtz.

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