After dropping five consecutive games, Marisa Moseley and the Wisconsin Badgers (3-9, 0-2 Big Ten) defeated Kristen Gillespie and the Illinois State Redbirds (3-7, 0-0 Missouri Valley Conference) 70-60 at the Kohl Center on Thursday, Dec. 16.
The Badgers came out firing, hitting their first three shots and establishing an early eight-point advantage off a Halle Douglass look from deep. Gillespie’s group went 0-6 from behind-the-arc and did not tally an assist within the first ten minutes of regulation. With four steals and five points off turnovers along with 58.3% from the hardwood, the University of Wisconsin held a 16-8 lead following the opening period of play.