ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Wisconsin women's basketball team (8-8, 1-5 B1G) lost to Michigan (12-5, 3-2 B1G), 76-52, in its game Saturday, Jan. 13 played inside the Crisler Center.

Sania Copeland struck first, driving to the basket and shooting a crafty layup. Michigan came back with some fire, raising the score to 7-2 after a quick 5-0 run, but the Badgers sought out a response. A mirage of three-pointers from Copeland and Halle Douglass brought the Badgers within two, before Michigan drained another three. Serah Williams followed up with a layup with 4:20 left on the clock, but after that, the Badgers did not score again and finished the quarter down 17-10. 

Copeland drained a three-pointer to kickoff the second quarter, her eighth point of the contest and her second triple. Following this, the Badgers unfortunately fell into a bad scoring spell. Michigan just kept knocking down baskets and left UW with little response. Wisconsin headed into the locker room down 36-21 at half. 

Wisconsin came out in quarter three with a much stronger look than the ten minutes prior, squaring away its offense early on. The Badgers drained nine points in the first three minutes, with contributions from Williams, Douglass and Ronnie Porter, who knocked down a triple. Wisconsin notched 14 points this quarter, but Michigan went off and recorded 23, leading 59-35 with ten minutes remaining. Wisconsin was simply outmatched by Michigan's strength of offense in the fourth quarter, and despite leading in field-goal percentage, 46% to 41%, Wisconsin was dominated, 76-52.

Wisconsin shot 48.7% (19-39) from the field range, and 35.5% (6-17) from 3-point range. The Badgers shot 72.7% (8-11) from the free-throw line. 

Michigan went 39.7% (29-73) from field-goal range, including 33.3% (6-18)  from behind the arc. The Wolverines were 54.5% (12-22)  from the free-throw line. The team was led in scoring by Cameron Williams, who dropped 16 points (6-15 FG, 4-4 FT) and collected 10 rebounds. 

Notes to know

• Serah Williams led the team in scoring for the 10th time this season, notching her sixth double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.

• Sania Copeland grabbed 8 points (3-3 FG, 2-2 3FG) to lead the team in the first half.

• Ana Guillen grabbed her first-ever three-pointer late in the game.

• The Badgers shot 46% from the field compared to the Wolverines' 41%. Wisconsin also led from the free throw line, shooting 73%

Up next

Wisconsin remains on the road as they face No. 3 Iowa. The game will be played Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m., with streaming on Peacock and radio broadcast on 1070 WTSO-AM.