Badgers Earn 10th Win
December 10, 2006 | Women's Basketball
Led by Jolene Anderson's season-best 28 points, the Wisconsin women's basketball team won its 10th game of the year with a 75-46 victory over Albany Sunday at the Kohl Center. Janese Banks also earned her first double-double of the year with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Wisconsin, who is allowing just 50.7 points per game, continued its strong defensive efforts against Albany. The Great Danes shot just 34 percent from the field (18-of-53) and were outrebounded by the Badgers 27-50, including an 18-5 deficit in offensive boards. UW also finished with nine steals, including a season-best six from Anderson.
Anderson and Banks were the only players to reach double figures in the scoring category for the Badgers (10-1), but eight other players were able to put up points. Junior Caitlin Gibson had six scores and four rebounds while point guard Rae Lin D'Alie finished with five points and six rebounds. Danielle Ward also added five points and seven boards.
The Badgers opened the game on a 16-4 run which included a 9-0 Wisconsin scoring streak. Wisconsin would lead by as many as 13 points with 4:27 to play in the first stanza. Just before the one-minute mark, a 3-pointer from Anderson gave the Badgers a 16-point lead, 36-20, which the team would take into the locker room at the break.
Amanda Ward led Albany (2-7) with 16 points.
Wisconsin hits the road for a 7 p.m. game at UW-Green Bay Wednesday.
Post-Game Notes
' Today's attendance was 5,043.
' Today was the first meeting between Wisconsin and Albany.
' Wisconsin is an undefeated 7-0 in the Kohl Center this season. The last time the Badgers were 7-0 at home was the 2001-02 season. That team won its first nine games at home.
' Stone's team reached 10 wins faster than any other squad coached by the fourth-year head coach at Wisconsin. The previous fastest Stone team reached 10 wins in 21 games in 2004-05. The 2003-04 team took 25 games and the 2005-06 squad took 26 games. It was the 2001-02 Badger team that also took 11 games to reach the 10-win plateau. That year was UW's most recent appearance in the NCAA tournament.
' With a 47-26 advantage on the glass against Albany, Wisconsin has outrebounded all 11 opponents this year.
' The Badgers are on record pace in allowing opponents the fewest points scored in program history. The lowest season average was 53.3 during the program's first season in 1974-75. Following the game with Albany, Wisconsin is allowing 50.7 points per game. Five opponents have scored 50 points or less this year.
' Wisconsin led Albany 36-20 at halftime. The Badgers are 10-0 when leading at the break this season.
' With her season-high 28 points vs. the Great Danes, Jolene Anderson scored more than 20 points for the 27th time of her career and the fourth time this season.
' Anderson also set a season high and tied her career high with six steals against Albany.
' Janese Banks finished with 13 points and a career-high tying 12 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. It was the third of her career.
Post-Game Quotes
Wisconsin Head Coach Lisa Stone
On the UW's 7-0 home record: 'It sounds great to be undefeated at home. At this great place here, we need to do that. We owe it to our fans to play and win games, and we've done a good job of that so far.'
On Albany's effort: 'We give Albany a lot of credit, they hung in there. They used a lot of timeouts in the first half, and as many as they could in the second half to try and stay in it. They made us play a little ugly. We were tentative, and obviously they made us turn the ball over. They forced us into 22 turnovers, and that's something that we'll certainly discuss, but again, it's another win. You can't discount that we're 10-1, and it feels good. We're just going to have to tune some things up before Wednesday.'
On the solid play from Wisconsin's guards: 'Jolene and Janese are really coming in on the glass and doing a nice job. Jolene ended up with six steals, 28 points, four assists, a bunch of rebounds, and only one turnover. That's a pretty solid game for quite a good player. Janese Banks had a double-double, so we're getting good perimeter play. We need our post players to step up a little more, continue to rebound, and continue to be a dominating force, because I know they can, that's just the bottom line.'
