UW Women's Basketball

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press release: Wisconsin hosts No. 15 Northwestern on Wednesday at 3 p.m. from the Kohl Center in its first of four-straight games against ranked opponents. Tune into the game on Big Ten Network as well as U-100.9 FM radio.

Sophomore Julie Pospisilova dropped a new career high in scoring but it wasn't enough as the Wisconsin women's basketball team fell in overtime to Minnesota, 88-83, Sunday afternoon at the Kohl Center.  

The Badgers (3-4, 0-3 B1G) trailed by as many as 12 points in the second quarter but staged a second-half comeback, outscoring the Gophers (2-4, 1-3) in the third and fourth periods to force overtime. Minnesota led 41-30 at the half before Wisconsin began its rally. 

Freshman Brooke Schramek hit a 3-pointer with 3:33 to play in the third quarter to cut the Gopher lead to two (50-48). Minnesota got its lead back up to six points several times, including with 8:38 to play in regulation, when the visitors led 62-56. A Sydney Hilliard drive and two free throws by Estella Moschkau tied the score at 64 with 3:59 remaining.

Every time the Badgers would tie the score, UM would respond with a basket. The Gophers led 70-68 with 23 seconds to play but Wisconsin's Imani Lewis drove the lane and scored in the paint with six seconds on the clock. Moschkau came up with a crucial block as time ran out to send the game into overtime.

Minnesota scored the first seven points of OT before UW responded with four straight to make it 77-74 with 2:54 to play. A Pospisilova triple cut the lead to two (82-80) with 1:01 to play but the Badgers were assessed a technical foul after calling a time out when they had none remaining. The Gophers went 6-6 from the FT line over the last 23 seconds as UW was forced to foul.

The Badgers shot a season-high 58.2 percent (32-55) from the field, including a season-best 53.3 percent (8-15) from 3-point range. The Gophers hit just 38.8 percent (31-80) from field goal range but made 10 triples. Minnesota also outrebounded UW 39-36 and recorded nine steals as Wisconsin had 21 turnovers. UM scored 25 points off Badger giveaways.

Leading all scorers was Pospisilova, dropping a career-high 28 points in 42 minutes on the court. The sophomore guard spearheaded the Badgers' second half comeback, scoring 19 of her 28 points in the second half and overtime. She also added seven rebounds, five assists and three blocks in the game.  

Wisconsin's guard play continues to dominate as Hilliard notched 21 points, marking her fifth game this season that she has scored 20 or more points. She also dished off a career-high 11 assists for the second double-double of her career.

The Badgers also got 13 points from Lewis, who shot 67 percent (6-9) from the field, and seven points from Moschkau, who went 4-4 from the free-throw line.

Wisconsin men's and women's basketball and men's and women's hockey home games will be played this season without fans in the stands for an indefinite period of time, UW Athletics announced in November.

Similar to the approach Wisconsin Athletics is taking with Camp Randall Stadium, fans will not be allowed into the Kohl Center for basketball or LaBahn Arena for hockey due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UW had announced earlier in the fall that there would be no season tickets for basketball or hockey this season and season ticket holders have already been refunded or are in the process of being refunded.