MADISON, WIS.- The Badgers fell to the Michigan Wolverines on Thursday night. The final score was 56-68.
Imani Lewis led Wisconsin with 17 points, six rebounds, five blocks and three steals. She went 7-8 on the free-throw line. Lewis has scored in the double-digits during 15 games this season.
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Following Lewis, both
Niya Beverley and
Sydney Hilliard scored in the double-digits, shooting 11 and 10, respectively.
This game saw the return of forward
Courtney Fredrickson, who had not played since sustaining an injury early in the 2018-19 season.
On a record watch,
Abby Laszewski swatted two blocks and is now one block away from hitting the top ten for career blocks. She has 103.
Michigan was led in scoring by Naz Hillmon with 21 points. Amy Dilk, Hailey Brown and Kayla Robbins all score 12 points. Akienreh Johnson led in rebounds with nine.
The Badgers stay home as they host Iowa at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 19.
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From the court
"I thought in the second half, offensively, we played with aggression. We put the ball on the ground and we got to the free throw line. We got to the rim. And again, that helped all the movement offensively."- Head coach
Jonathan Tsipis
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