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Wisconsin women’s basketball: Badgers earn first Big Ten win of the season over Illinois

The Wisconsin Badgers (1-11 Big Ten, 4-11 overall) stopped their losing skid and earned their first conference win of the season with a 69-57 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini (0-9 Big Ten, 2-10 overall). Wisconsin had lost their last nine games coming into Sunday afternoon’s contest, but some big time performances across the team led to their first victory.

. @ballislifee_34 is on lately

22 pts, 16 rebs today!
Only one point off career high and ties career in boards. pic.twitter.com/mgvsJiVcfP— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerWBB) January 31, 2021

Junior forward Imani Lewis had her fifth-straight double double as she finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds, leading the team in both categories.