State Basketball Roundup: Michigan St. extends winning streak over Wisconsin to five

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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Wisconsin was eliminated from the Big Ten men’s basketball title chase last night, after losing at Michigan State 58-43.

The 22nd-ranked Badgers shot just over 29-percent – their lowest since 1999 – as they dropped to fifth place in the conference at 11-6 with only one game left. 10th-ranked Michigan State pulled away with a 16-0 run early in the second half. Wisconsin committed 17 turnovers – almost double its season average of almost nine-and-a-half, which led the nation. The Badgers did not have a scorer in double figures until 1:22 left, when Ben Brust made two free throws. He had 10. Keith Appling scored all but five of his 19 points after the break, to help Michigan State move into a three-way tie for second place, one game behind front-running Indiana. The Spartans are now 12-5 in the Big Ten, and 23-7 overall. Badgers’ coach Bo Ryan has now lost five straight to Michigan State. Stats LLC says it’s his longest losing streak to a single team since he took over at Wisconsin 12 seasons ago. The Badgers are now 20-10 overall, and will close out their regular season at Penn State on Sunday.

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The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team upset Illinois 58-57 yesterday in the first round of their Big Ten Tournament near Chicago. Morgan Paige made two free throws with three seconds left, to give the 11th-seeded Badgers their victory. Number-six Illinois came back from 10 points down to go up by three with 3:42 left, but they couldn’t hold on. Wisconsin made all 21 of its free throws. Paige went 10-for-10 from the line. She scored 18 on the afternoon, and Jacki Gulczynski added 15. The Badgers out-rebounded Illinois 41-29. Cassie Rochel pulled down 13 boards and scored 10 for Wisconsin, which improved to 12-18. Ivory Crawford scored 14 for the Illini, which dropped to 16-13. The Badgers will play Purdue this afternoon in the quarterfinals. Tip-off is at 2 p.m.

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The UW-Green Bay women won their 20th straight game last night, 63-37 at home over Loyola of Chicago. The 20th-ranked Phoenix jumped out by 10 points early. They led by 13 at the break, and then opened the second half with a 17-3 run to go up by 27. The Ramblers only shot 29-percent, as they fell to 1-28 lifetime against nationally-ranked teams. Megan Lukan scored 19 for Green Bay, which improved to 15-0 in the Horizon League and 25-2 overall. Simone Law had nine points and nine rebounds for Loyola, which ended a seven-game winning streak and dropped to 9-6 in the conference and 14-14 overall. Green Bay plays at UW-Milwaukee tomorrow.

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The UW-Milwaukee women ended four straight losses to Illinois-Chicago with a 72-63 home victory last night. The Panthers led by seven at the half, and as many as 13 after that. Milwaukee shot 44-percent, while out-rebounding the Flames 39-33. Ashley Green had 18 points and seven rebounds, as UWM improved to 5-10 in the Horizon League and 9-18 overall. Rachel Story scored 20 for Illinois-Chicago, which dropped to 5-10 in the conference and 9-19 overall. Milwaukee will close out its regular season tomorrow by hosting Green Bay.

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Today, the Marquette women will open their Big East Tournament play against Pittsburgh. The Green Bay men will face Illinois-Chicago in the second round of the Horizon League tourney. And the UW- Parkside women play Quincy tonight in the Great Lakes Valley quarter-finals.

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SCORES

In the Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s basketball tournament…

Quarterfinals

UW-Parkside 65, Kentucky Wesleyan 56

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