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Published January 04, 2010, 09:04 AM

Bad ending leads Illinois over UW women's hoops 53-52

Wisconsin Sports
- Karisma Penn made a lay-up at the buzzer to give the Illinois women a 53-to-52 home win over Wisconsin.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Karisma Penn made a lay-up at the buzzer to give the Illinois women a 53-to-52 home win over Wisconsin.

The Badgers got sloppy near the end, committing three turnovers in the final six minutes. And they missed 4-of-7 free throws in the last four minutes.

Taylor Wurtz scored 14 points, and was the only Badger in double-figures. Rae Lin D’Alie had a career-high nine rebounds for Wisconsin, which narrowly lost the battle-of-the-boards 29-27. Jenna Smith had 18 for Illinois, which improved to 2-1 in the Big Ten and 10-3 overall.

Wisconsin dropped to 1-3 in the conference and 11-4 overall. The Badgers will host Purdue on Thursday.

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