WISCONSIN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 10 FIRST-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN SELECTIONS . 23 1,000-POINT SCORERS . 14 POSTSEASON TOURNAMENTS . 5 WNBA PLAYERS . 5 HALL OF FAMERS WISCONSIN (3-5, 0-0) VS. GREEN BAY (5-2, 0-0) 2015-16 SCHEDULE DEC. 13 . 2 P.M. CT . KOHL CENTER . MADISON, WIS. 3-4, 0-0 BIG TEN DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT) TV Location ................................ Madison, Wis. WISCONSIN BADGERS Site ............................................ Kohl Center Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR NOV. 14 LOUISIANA TECH W, 79-65 Capacity ............................................17,142 2015-16 Record (Big Ten) ..................... 3-5 (0-0) NOV. 18 DRAKE L, 89-70 TV ......................................................BTN Plus Head Coach .................................. Bobbie Kelsey Years ..................................................................5 Nov. 22 at Dayton L, 87-64 Radio .........................................1070 WTSO (Jon Arias) GREEN BAY PHOENIX SDSU Thanksgiving Classic (San Diego, Calif.) Live Stats ..........................UWBadgers.com Rankings (AP/Coaches) ............................NR/NR Nov. 27 vs. Delaware W, 54-52 All-Time Series ................ UW leads 19-12 2015-16 Record (SEC) .........................5-2 (0-0) Last Meeting.........................Dec. 13, 2014 Head Coach ...................................Kevin Borseth Nov. 29 at San Diego State L, 63-57 Years ..................................................................4 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Dec. 2 at Wake Forest W, 64-51 HOME SWEET HOME Dec. 6 at Marquette L, 77-61 Wisconsin returned home for the first time since Nov. 18 after a five-game road stretch. The Badgers hosted Florida DEC. 10 FLORIDA L, 91-75 on Dec. 10 and lost, 91-75. DEC. 13 GREEN BAY 2 p.m. The Badgers are 1-2 at home this season. UW opened the DEC. 16 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 7 p.m. season with a big 79-65 win over Louisiana Tech (Nov. 14) DEC. 31 INDIANA 2 p.m. but closed out a two-game homestand with an 89-70 loss Jan. 3 at Michigan State 1 p.m. to Drake on Nov. 18. Jan. 7 at Rutgers 6 p.m. FASTBREAK FACTS JAN. 10 PENN STATE 3 p.m. BTN Wisconsin dropped its first-ever loss to Florida, making the JAN. 13 IOWA 7 p.m. series 3-1 in Wisconsin’s favor. Jan. 17 at Illinois 2 p.m. The Badgers jumped out to their highest points in the first JAN. 20 MARYLAND 7 p.m. half as they led Florida, 44-43. It was the second-largest first half score by a Florida opponent this season. JAN. 23 MINNESOTA 11 a.m. BTN Senior Dakota Whyte had a season- UW had its season’s highest field goal percentage in the high 18 points against Florida on Jan. 27 at Nebraska 7 p.m. first half after shooting 54.8 percent (17-31) in the field. Thursday. The Toronto, Ontario, native JAN. 31 MICHIGAN STATE 3 p.m. It was also the highest field goal percentage by a Florida has been in double digits in five games Feb. 4 at Ohio State 6 p.m. opponent in a first half in the 2015-16 campaign. this season. Feb. 8 PURDUE 6 p.m. BTN Seniors Dakota Whyte and Nicole Bauman have both been in double digits in the last three games. Bauman leads the team in double-digit scoring Feb. 11 at Michigan 6 p.m. games by scoring in double figures in seven of eight games while Whyte is close behind with Feb. 14 at Indiana 1 p.m five double-digit games. FEB. 17 ILLINOIS 7 p.m. Bauman led the Badgers with 19 points and five assists against UF. She has led the team in scor- FEB. 20 NORTHWESTERN 1 p.m. BTN ing on five occasions and in assists in four seperate games. Feb. 25 at Maryland 5:30 pm Bauman also hit the 900-point mark in her career and now has 913 points in her career. Feb. 28 at Purdue 1/3 p.m. Whyte added a season-high 18 points against the Gators, just two shy of her career high. She also notched a season-best seven made field goals and four rebounds. Mar. 2-6 at Big Ten Tournament TBA Junior Avyanna Young led the Badgers in rebounds for the second time this season vs. Florida. FOLLOW THE BADGERS . WEBSITE: UWBadgers.com . TWITTER: @BadgerWBB . INSTAGRAM: @BadgerWBB . FACEBOOK: /WisconsinWomensBasketball 7 900 19 . SNAPCHAT: officialbadgers Senior Nicole Bauman has sco- Senior Nicole Bauman hit the The Badgers lead the all-time ried in double figures in seven 900th point of her career in the series 19-12 against Green Bay. of the eight Badgers’ games. The game against Florida. Bauman now Their most recent win was an over- New Berlin, Wisconsin, native is has 913 points in her career with time thriller in 2013 when Nicole Wisconsin’s leading scorer with an a career average of 9.9 points per Bauman’s 3-point buzzer beater average with 15.9 points per game. game. sent the two teams into extra time. Women’s Basketball Contact: Diane Nordstrom . Office: 608-262-9024 . Cell: 608-658-3644 . E-mail: [email protected] . Twitter: @DKNordstrom Secondary Basketball Contact: Kelli Grashel . Office:608-262-8216 . Cell: 608-445-4086 . E-mail: [email protected] . Twitter: @KelliGrashel Athletic Communications Office . University of Wisconsin . Kellner Hall . 1440 Monroe Street . Madison, WI 53711 WBB_Release_Kelli_151212.indd 1 12/12/2015 8:29:11 PM GAME 9: WISCONSIN VS. GREEN BAY GENERAL NOTES SHARING IS CARING After not shooting a single free throw vs. San Diego State for the first time in Seniors Dakota Whyte and Nicole Bauman QUICK FACTS program history, UW went 16-21 (76.2 rank 13th and 15th, respectively, in the Big GENERAL INFORMATION percent) from the free-throw line. Seniors Ten Conference for assists. City/State: Madison, Wis. Nicole Bauman and Tessa Cichy both went Population: 245,691 Whyte leads the team with an average of a perfect 4-for-4 from the courtesy stripe. Founded: 1848 3.7 assists per game (26 total) and Bauman WISCONSIN (3-5, 0-0) VS. GREEN BAY (5-2, 0-0) The Badgers outrebounded the Demon Enrollment: 43,193 (Undergraduates: 29,302) is close behind with an average of 3.5 dimes DEC. 13 . 2 P.M. CT . KOHL CENTER . MADISON, WIS. Deacons 44-39. The Badgers’ efforts on the Nickname: Badgers per game (28 total). Bauman has led the boards were led by junior Avyanna Young Colors: Cardinal (PMS 200) and White Badgers in assists in four games this season who led all players with 12 rebounds. Affiliation: NCAA I and Whyte has led in three contests. Conference: Big Ten Bauman led all players with four assists Chancellor: Rebecca Blank ACTIVE SCORING LEADER while fellow senior Michala Johnson led all players with two blocks. The Badgers Athletic Director: Barry Alvarez Senior Nicole Bauman is part of an elite racked up 14 assists and four blocks. Senior Women’s Administrator: Terry Gawlik group in the Big Ten as one of the league’s Athletic Dept. Phone: 608-262-1866 active career scoring leaders. Bauman is at The Badgers are now tied 1-1 in the all-time Website: UWBadgers.com No. 14 on the list with 913 career points. series with Wake Forest. HEAD COACH BOBBIE KELSEY Hometown: Decatur, Ga. 1-94 ISSUE FOLLOW THE LEADER Alma Mater: Stanford, 1996 Marquette snapped a three-game losing Senior Nicole Bauman has been the Career Record: 40-80 (5 years) streak to the Wisconsin women’s basketball Badgers’ leading scorer in five of the eight Record at Wisconsin: 40-80 (5 years) team with a 77-61 win on Sunday afternoon games this season. at the Al McGuire Center. Bauman has also been the team’s assists ASSISTANT COACHES leader in three games and the blocks leader . From the second the Golden Eagles stepped Jayme Stewart (4th season) in four games. Sasha Palmer (1st season) on the court, they came out ready to put . Anya Covington (1st season) some points on the board. Marquette jumped out to a 12-2 lead off of a 7-0 run NICOLE NOTCHES 900 SUPPORT STAFF early in the first quarter and just kept fir- Senior Nicole Bauman reached the 900- . Jill Jameson (Director of Operations) ing. The Golden Eagles extended that to point mark in her career on Dec. 10 against . Katie Baker (Graduate Assistant) a 15-0 run that was finally stopped by a Florida. Stefanie Arndt (Athletic Trainer) layup accompanied by an and-1 from senior In 2014-15, Bauman, the Big Ten’s most . Renee Zernicke (Strength and Conditioning Coach) Michala Johnson. improved scorer, more than doubled her . Sue Genske (Program Assistant) Marquette used 31 second-chance points previous season’s points by collecting 413 points compared to her previous 171. TEAM INFORMATION while UW only collected seven second- 2014-15 Overall Record: 9-20 chance points and was outrebounded by the 2014-15 Big Ten Record (Finish): 5-13 (11th) Golden Eagles, 50-35. SHAKE IT UP The Badgers are 2-2 with a starting lineup 2014-15 Final Rank: Not Ranked The game was high in turnovers as that consists of seniors Nicole Bauman, Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2 Wisconsin committed 17 and Marquette Tessa Cichy, Michala Johnson, junior Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/3 turned the ball over 16 times but the Avyanna Young and sophomore Cayla Newcomers: 3 Golden Eagles capitalized on their oppor- McMorris. TEAM HISTORY tunities, grabbing 27 points off turnovers compared to 18 for the Badgers. The Badgers returned to the previous start- First Year of Women’s Basketball: 1974-75 ing lineup of Bauman, Cichy, Johnson, Record (Years): 663-483-53 (126) Bauman led all players with 18 points while Young and Dakota Whyte against Florida Big Ten Record (Years): 351-366-41 (119) Johnson also chipped in 17.