Women's Basketball February 17, 2016

Game notes vs. Illinois

Whyte scores career high 31 points

Women's Basketball February 17, 2016

Game Notes vs. Illinois
Feb. 17, 2016
Kohl Center, Madison, Wis.

Individual Notes

Senior Dakota Whyte scored a career-high 31 points, shooting career bests of 11-of-20 from the field. She also tied her career best with five 3-pointers while attempting a career-high 11 triples. The 5-8 guard also added five rebounds, two assists and three steals while recording only one turnover in 39 minutes of play. It was the most points for a Badger this season.

Team Notes

Wisconsin recorded 10 turnovers, its fewest since tallying 10 vs. Maryland on Jan. 20.
Badgers had a season high 26 3-point attempts.
UW's 26 rebounds were the fourth lowest on the season.
The Illini took 53 field goal attempts, which ties for second on the opponent game lows for the season. It tied Purdue for the fewest attempts by a Big Ten opponent this season.
Illinois' 10 3-pointers made ties an opponent high this season. Maryland also made 10 triples on Jan. 20.
For the 13^th time this season, the Badgers were outscored by more than 10 points in a quarter as the Illini outscored Wisconsin 25-7 in the second period.
After outrebounding two of their last three opponents, Illinois outboarded the Badgers 39-26.
Wisconsin shot just 45.5 percent (5-of-11) from the free throw line, its third-lowest percentage of the season.

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