Feb. 16, 2011
Iowa 59, Wisconsin 44
Carver-Hawkeye Arena • Iowa City, Iowa
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| 1st | 2nd | Final | | Iowa (20-7, 8-6) | 24 | 35 | 59 | | Wisconsin (14-11, 9-4) | 11 | 33 | 44 | | | | | | Stats at a Glance
| IA | WIS | FG Percentage
| .407 | .333 | | 3-Point FG Percentage | .300 | .321 | | FT Percentage | 1.000 | 1.000 | Offensive Rebounds
| 11 | 6 | | Defensive Rebounds | 30 | 21 | | Total Rebounds | 41 | 27 | Turnovers
| 14 | 13 | Assists
| 14 | 7 | Blocks
| 2 | 6 | | |
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Box Score | Box Score 
MADISON, Wis. -After scoring only 11 first-half points, the Wisconsin women's basketball team fell at Iowa 59-44 on Thursday night. The loss drops the Badgers to 14-11 overall and 9-4 in the Big Ten Conference, remaining in third place.
Fast Facts
| • Badgers tie school record with just 11 first-half points
| • Alyssa Karel leads UW with 15 points
| • Senior Tara Steinbauer injures leg in first half
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The Badgers tied a school record by scoring only 11 points in the first half, tallying just two points in the final 14:07 of the period. Wisconsin led 9-7 on a 3-pointer from Jade Davis with 14:07 left in the half but didn't score again until 5:35 when Alyssa Karel hit a jumper. The Hawkeyes only led 14-11 at that point but Iowa (20-7, 8-6) went on a 10-0 run to lead 24-11 at the half.
"I thought the game was exactly how we wanted to play it," said Stone of the first six minutes of play. "It was 9-9, 11-9, 13-11 but then for a three-minute period, we lost our minds in terms of not going over screens, giving (Kamille) Wahlin open shots and a lot of that had to be due the fact that we let them get some confidence and we panicked a bit.
UW's leading scorers Karel and Lin Zastrow each had just two points in the first half and the Badgers were playing without the services of senior Tara Steinbauer, who injured her leg in the first two minutes of play. The starter did not return for the rest of the game with junior Anya Covington and freshman Cassie Rochel taking over Steinbauer's minutes.
"We came into locker room and talked about how our men were here, in the same situation at the half," said Stone. "At Minnesota, (we were in) the same situation - we have to get stops (and) our shots are going to start falling.
"We came out in the game and boom, boom, boom. We cut the lead to four a couple of times and came up empty."
Wisconsin outscored the Hawkeyes 18-9 to start the second half, pulling within four (33-29) with 14:08 remaining. Zastrow had seven points and Karel has six points to lead the surge.
But Iowa scored seven straight to take a 40-29 lead with 12:26 to play. The Badgers rallied again, cutting the lead to four (44-40) with 8:23 left in the game but the Hawkeyes rose up again, upping their lead to 53-42 with 3:35 to play.
Wisconsin would score only one more basket in the game, as it shot 33 percent (18-of-54) from the field, including 23.1 percent (3-of-13) from 3-point range. The Badgers hit just 19.2 percent (5-of-26) of its shots in the first half.
"They responded every time we made a run," said Stone of the Hawkeyes. "They turned us over in the first half, which set the tone for our shooting woes. Second half though we did a much better job. It's too bad we can't play another half but we can't."
Wisconsin had only one player in double figures as Karel led the team with 15 points. Zastrow added nine points and Taylor Wurtz seven.
Wahlin was one of three Iowa players in double digits with a game-high 19 points. Morgan Johnson chipped in 13 and Jaime Printy 12 as the Hawkeyes shot 40.7 percent (22-of-54) from the field, including 30 percent (6-of-20) from behind the arc.
Both teams were perfect from the free throw line with Iowa going 9-of-9 and the Badgers 5-of-5.
Iowa outrebounded the Badgers 41-27 as Kachine Alexander led all players with 11 boards. Wisconsin was led by Wurtz with seven rebounds. Rochel played a career-high 19 minutes in place of the injured Steinbauer and added a career-high seven rebounds and four blocks.
"We hold them to 59 points, well below their average, but we have to score the ball," said Stone. "We had nine turnovers in the first half, many of them came from inside, but we took care of that in the second half."
The Badgers finished with just 13 turnovers, compared to the Hawkeyes 14 giveaways, but Wisconsin had just seven assists while Iowa had 14.
"This is a tough one when you look at the schedule. Our team was so focused. I feel bad for them that we couldn't get this done. But credit Iowa, they did a great job. We just can't let one loss turn into two."
Stone will find out tomorrow what the Steinbauer's status is as she will be evaluated further by a doctor.
Wisconsin returns to action on Saturday, hosting Michigan at 12:30 p.m. in the Kohl Center in its annual Senior Day salute.
