This Week in Women's Basketball: Dec. 15- Dec. 20


Nov. 9	UW-RIVER FALLS (Exh.)	W, 94-55
Nov. 12	MINNESOTA DULUTH (Exh.)	W, 80-60
Nov. 16	ILLINOIS STATE	W, 71-60
Nov. 20	VANDERBILT	L, 67-58
Nov. 23	at Drake	L, 89-77
Nov. 27	Junkanoo Jam vs. South Carolina	L, 67-43
Nov. 28	Junkanoo Jam vs. East Carolina	L, 61-43
Dec. 4	at Miami	L, 66-54
Dec. 6	MARQUETTE	W, 89-64
Dec. 10	at Florida	W, 51-48
Dec. 13	at Green Bay	L, 53-43
Dec. 20	ORAL ROBERTS
Dec. 28	MICHIGAN
Jan. 1	at Northwestern
Jan. 4	MINNESOTA
Jan. 6	PENN STATE
Jan. 11	at Indiana
Jan. 15	at Purdue
Jan. 18	RUTGERS
Jan. 22	NEBRASKA
Jan. 25	at Michigan State
Jan. 29	OHIO STATE
Feb. 1	at Illinois
Feb. 8	IOWA
Feb. 11	at Minnesota
Feb. 15	at Nebraska
Feb. 19	MARYLAND
Feb. 22	NORTHWESTERN
Feb. 26	at Iowa
Mar. 1	at Penn State
Mar. 4	Big Ten Tournament
• Printable Schedule


00	Shannon Malone	Jr.	F
1	Dakota Whyte	Jr.	G
3	AnnMarie Brown	Sr.	G/F
4	Nicole Bauman	Jr.	G
5	Roichelle Marble	Fr.	G
22	Tessa Cichy	Jr.	G
23	Cayla McMorris	Fr.	G
24	Malayna Johnson	So.	F/C
25	Michala Johnson	RS Sr.	F/C
30	Carly Truesdale	So.	G
32	Michaela Crall	RS Fr.	F
35	Jacki Gulczynski	Sr.	F
40	Avyanna Young	Jr.	F
41	Rosanna Gambino	RS Jr.	C
43	Cassie Rochel	RS Sr.	F/C
• Printable Roster

Wisconsin Women's Basketball Online
• Women's Basketball Blog \| Facebook • @BadgerWBB on Twitter • U.S. Cellular Text Alerts \| Mobile UW App • InsideBadgerSports.com • Photos • Game Notes \| Record Book • Merchandise \| Gameday Programs • Kohl Center \| Visitors Guide

Team photo

UP NEXT:
• Wisconsin (3-6) wraps up the non-conference season with a game against Oral Roberts (5-6) on Saturday. Tip time is 5 p.m. from the UW Field House due to UW commencement in the Kohl Center.

• Saturday's game is the Badgers' annual "Roll Back the Clock" game. Wisconsin plays a game in the historic UW Field House, which was the home of the team from 1974-98, for the third straight year. General admission tickets are only $1 while hot dogs and sodas are also only $1.

• The Badgers split in road action last week. Wisconsin picked up its first road victory of the season at Florida (51-48) on Wednesday before falling at Green Bay (53-43) on Saturday.

• Wisconsin has struggled from 3-point range its last two games, shooting just 17.1 percent. The Badgers shot 21.4 percent (3-of-14) from deep at Florida on Dec. 10 while shooting a season-low 14.3 percent (3-of-21) at Green Bay on Saturday.

• UW had its largest rebounding advantage of the season at Green Bay on Saturday. The Badgers outrebounded the Phoenix 42-31, including a career-high 11 rebounds from senior AnnMarie Brown.

• The Badgers have had two-or-more players score in double figures in all nine games this season.

• Wisconsin has pulled down 40-or-more rebounds in its last three games to up its season average to 35.4 boards per game.

• UW ranks third in the Big Ten, allowing opponents to shoot just 25.2 percent (37-of-147) from 3-point range. Three foes have shot below 20 percent while seven have beenbelow 30 percent. Only two opponents have shot better than 30 percent from deep.

• Since earning a starting role at Miami on Dec. 4, junior Tessa Cichy has turned up her play. The 5-11 guard is averaging 8.0 points per game while shooting 41.4 percent from the field. She also adds 4.3 rebounds per game and has dished off nine assists.

LAST TIME OUT
The Badgers split in road action last week. Wisconsin picked up its first road victory of the season at Florida (51-48) on Wednesday before falling at Green Bay (53-43) on Saturday. UW held Florida to its lowest point total of the season as the UF made a season-low 20 field goals. Wisconsin struggled with its shooting and turnovers in its loss at Green Bay. The Badgers shot just 34.8 percent (16-of-46) from the field against the Phoenix, including a season-low 14.3 percent (3-of-21) from 3-point range. UW also had 25 turnovers.

Oral Roberts
Date	Saturday, Dec. 20
Location	UW Field House \| Madison, Wis.
Mobile App	Badger Gameday
Video
Radio	Listen Live
Live Stats	Live Stats
Social Media	@BadgerWBB \| Facebook

OTHER AREA STRUGGLES
In addition to shooting and turnover struggles at Green Bay on Saturday, the Badgers failed to record a block against the Phoenix. Wisconsin also had a season-low eight assists.

STRUGGLING FROM 3-POINT RANGE
Wisconsin has struggled from 3-point range its last two games, shooting just 17.1 percent. The Badgers shot 21.4 percent (3-of-
14) from deep at Florida on Dec. 10 while shooting a season-low 14.3 percent (3-of- 21) at Green Bay on Saturday.

Despite the recent struggles, UW is
still shooting 32.3 percent (42-of-130)
from behind the line.

Game Notes
Complete women's basketball game notes in printable PDF form

STOPPING THE LONG BALL
UW ranks third in the Big Ten, allowing
opponents to shoot just 25.2 percent (37-
of-147) from 3-point range.

Three foes (Vanderbilt, Marquette and
Green Bay) have shot below 20 percent
while seven have been below 30 percent.
Only two opponents (Drake and East Carolina) have shot better than 30 percent from deep.

REBOUNDING IMPROVING
UW had its largest rebounding advantage
of the season at Green Bay on Saturday.

The Badgers outrebounded the Phoenix 42-31, including a career-high 11 rebounds from senior AnnMarie Brown. Wisconsin has pulled down 40-or-more rebounds in its last three games to
up its season average to 35.4 boards per
game.

Fifth-year senior Cassie Rochel leads the team with 5.3 rebounds per game while senior Jacki Gulczynski adds 4.6 rebounds per game. All eight players who average at least 12 minutes per game, average 2.4-or-more rebounds per game.

UW has outrebounded only three opponents this season as foes average 37.6 rebounds per game.

CICHY SCORES
Junior Tessa Cichy has been a contributing factor since joining the starting lineup at Miami on Dec. 4. She is averaging
8.0 points, shooting 41.4 percent from the field, and 4.3 rebounds per game over the last four games.

She scored a season-high 10 points at Florida on Dec. 4, making a career-high five field goals on a career-best 14 attempts. Cichy also added a career-best three assists at Green Bay on Saturday.
On the season, the 5-11 guard is averaging 5.8 points, 2.7

SCORERS IN DOUBLE DIGITS
UW has had at least two players score in double figures in all nine games this season.

On the season, junior Nicole Bauman leads the team with 12.4 points per game. Junior Dakota Whyte chips in 9.6 points per game while senior Jacki Gulczynski adds 9.4 points per game. Freshman Cayla McMorris ranks fourth with 7.4 points per game.

GIVING UP THE BALL
After two games with improved ball control, the Badgers turned the ball over 25 times at Green Bay on Saturday. It marked the third game this season with 20-plus turnovers.

UW had a season-high 28 giveaways at Miami on Dec. 4 and 23 turnovers against East Carolina on Nov. 28.

Wisconsin is averaging 18.3 turnovers per game, which ranks 13th in the Big Ten. Opponents are averaging just 11.9 turnovers per game, ranking the Badgers 14th in the Big Ten with a minus 6.5
turnover margin. The Badgers manage just 5.3 steals per game while opponents average 10.4 steals per contest.

Opponents have taken advantage of UW turnovers, averaging 17.9 points per game off Badger giveaways.

KEEP HER IN COACH
Three players average 30-or-more minutes per game this season.

Senior Jacki Gulczynski leads the Badgers with 33.7 minutes played per game. Junior Nicole Bauman averages 31.6 minutes per game while junior Dakota Whyte is averaging 30 minutes per game.

DISHING IT OUT
Wisconsin is averaging 14.2 assists per game this season after dishing off 12.2 assists per game in 2013-14. UW is holding
opponents to 11.2 assists per game.

Junior Nicole Bauman has a team-best 4.3 assists per game as she notched a career-high nine assists against Illinois State. The 5-10 guard has four-or-more assists in four games.

Junior Dakota Whyte adds 3.6 assists per game.

BADGERS IN THE BIG TEN
Junior Nicole Bauman ranks 26th in the Big Ten with 12.4 points per game. She also ranks 10th in assists per game at 4.3 while junior Dakota Whyte is 15th with 3.6 dimes per game.

Bauman also ranks 14th in 3-point field goal percentage at .375 and ninth in 3-pointers made at 2.1. She is also 11th with her 1.5 assist/turnover ratio.

Fifth-year senior Cassie Rochel ranks seventh with 1.9 blocks per game.

Wisconsin ranks third in the conference in 3-point defense at .252. The Badgers also rank fifth in the Big Ten with 5.0 blocks per game. UW is seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.323) and
seventh in rebounding defense (37.6).

ROCHEL RANKS AMONG TOP PLAYERS
Senior Cassie Rochel ranks among the top UW players all time in blocks.

The 6-4 post has 129 career blocks at UW, one block away from tying for third place. She also ranks third with 1.44 blocks per game over her career.

This season, Rochel leads the team and ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 1.9 blocks per game. She has four-or-more blocks in three games this season.

Rochel has also shot better than 50 percent from the field all four seasons, hitting a season-

BECOME A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK

• Check out all of the social news of the Badgers by becoming a friend of Wisconsin Women's Basketball.

FOLLOW THE BADGERS ON TWITTER
• Do you Tweet? If you do, be sure to sign up and follow the Badger volleyball team on Twitter at @BadgerWBB.

University of Wisconsin Athletics