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Varsity - February 16, 2012

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INSIDE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL BY DIANE NORDSTROM @BadgerWBBall SCHEDULE (8-16, 4-8) Last Five Jan. 26 Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 6 Feb. 9 This Week Thurs. at Minnesota Michigan Iowa W, 78-72 W, 66-60 L, 79-85 OT at #10 Ohio State L, 59-72 at #18 Penn State L, 54-69 Michigan State Sunday at #16 Nebraska Next Three Feb. 23 Feb. 26 at Indiana Illinois Mar. 1-4 at Big Ten Tourney 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. TBD (Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis) Wisconsin shares eighth place with Minnesota. The top four teams in the standings receive a first-round bye in the tour- nament, while the remaining eight teams must play on the first day of competition. Badgers counting down to Big Ten tournament Wisconsin looking to improve seed O nly four games are left in the regular sea- son for the Badgers. Teams are counting down to the Big Ten tournament, which will be held on March 1-4 at Bankers Life Field- house (formerly Conseco Fieldhouse) in Indianapolis. Only two games sepa- rate the top four teams 54 » VARSITY FEBRUARY 16, 2012 in the current standings. Penn State has won its last four games to take over the Big Ten lead, while Ohio State and Purdue are tied for second. Nebraska is a game back in fourth place, while Iowa has won five straight to move into fifth. Michigan and Michigan State are tied for sixth, while Welcome back, Anya! » Senior Anya Covington returned to the Badgers' lineup after missing two games due to a medical proce- dure. The 6-foot-2 post came off the bench at Penn State on Feb. 9 to score a game-high 20 points, hit- ting 9-of-12 (75 percent) from the field. She also pulled down five re- bounds while adding one block and one steal in 24 minutes. On the season, Covington ranks second on the team with 10.5 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. She is also second on the team, shooting 47.6 percent from the field.

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