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Game notes vs. Purdue
Big Ten Tournament First Round
March 4, 2015
Sears Centre Arena, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Team Notes
Wisconsin ends its season 9-10 overall and finished 11th in the Big Ten at 5-13.
The Badgers fall to 10-21 in 21 Big Ten Tournament. UW also falls to 1-5 against Purdue.
After shooting 59.3 percent (16-of-27) in the first half, Wisconsin shot just 33.3 percent (8-of-24) in the second to finish the game at 47.1 percent.
Wisconsin's shooting marked the 14th straight game it has shot 40 percent or better from the field.
The Badgers made just four 3-pointers, all in the first half, ending a streak of nine straight games with seven-or-more triples.
UW was outrebounded for the second-straight game as the Boilermakers finished with a 36-32 edge.
The Badgers also had only two scorers in double figures for the second straight game.
Wisconsin outblocked the Boilermakers 8-3, marking the seventh straight game with five-or-more blocks.
Individual Notes
Junior Dakota Whyte led the Badgers with 16 points, sharing game-high honors. The 5-8 guard was an impressive 7-of-10 from the field for 70 percent.
Junior Nicole Bauman added 14 points, her 12th straight double-digit scoring game and 23rd in 27 games this season. The 5-10 guard was a perfect 2-of-2 from 3-point range, upping her Big Ten-leading percentage from behind the arc to 48.8 percent (80-of-164) on the season.
Bauman also finished with a team-hm igh seven rebounds, marking the first time in her career as the leading Badger on the boards.
Senior Cassie Rochel set a Big Ten Tournament single-game record with seven blocks. She broke the previous mark of six blocks, set five times including in 2014 by Minnesota's Amanda Zahui B. Rochel also tied her career high with the total.
Rochel finishes her career with 178 blocks, which ranks second on the UW career record list. She also averaged 1.62 blocks per game over her four seasons, ranking third all time.
Three seniors played their final games in the Cardinal and White - AnnMarie Brown, Jacki Gulczynski and Cassie Rochel.
