POSTGAME NOTES
Michigan State
• Michigan State is now 11-14 in Big Ten Tournament games with the loss to the Badgers, including 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
• The Spartans are 4-2 as the No. 2 seed. The last time they were the No. 2 seed was 2005, when they won their only Big
Ten Tournament title.
• MSU is now 1-1 against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament, defeating the Badgers 87-79 in the 1995 quarterfinals.
• The Spartans lead the all-time series with Wisconsin, 33-23, but Wisconsin gets the 2-1 advantage this season with the
win today. The two teams each won on their home courts during the regular season.
• The Spartans fall to 16-2 on the year when their opponents score under 60 points.
• MSU held Wisconsin to 35 percent shooting from the floor, while the Spartans shot 37 percent. The Spartans drop to 18-3
when shooting a higher percentage than their opponents.
• Junior center Allyssa DeHaan recorded four blocks and is now the Big Ten’s all-time leading shot blocker. She now has
387 career blocks, passing Ohio State’s Jessica Davenport (384). DeHaan became the fastest in conference history to
reach the 300-blocks plateau, needing only 72 games. Nationally, DeHaan is 10th all-time and only 93 blocks shy of the
NCAA record.
• DeHaan scored nine points with six rebounds against the Badgers.
• Redshirt junior forward Aisha Jefferson had 15 points, leading the scoring for the Spartans and marking her 16th doublefigure
scoring game of the season and the 42nd of her career. She shot 7-0f-10 from the free throw line.
• Michigan State out-rebounded the Badgers, 38-31.
• The Spartans’ loss against the Badgers is the first time in the last six years that MSU have not won at least one Big Ten
Tournament game.
Wisconsin
• Wisconsin is now 2-8 in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal games with the win against the Spartans. The Badgers’ only
other quarterfinals victory came in 2002, a 74-64 win over Minnesota.
• Wisconsin advances to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament for just the second time in program history. The Badgers
lost, 76-62, to No. 2 seed Penn State in the semifinals of the 2002 Big Ten Tournament.
• Wisconsin’s win against MSU is just the fourth No. 7 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament since 1995.
• Wisconsin is now 18-0 when holding its opponent under 65 points.
• The Badgers are a perfect 12-0 when shooting more free throws than their opponents. Wisconsin made 15-of-19 free
throws, while MSU shot 13-of-20 from the line.
• Junior gurad Rae Lin D’Alie had a season-high with six steals against the Spartans. The six steals is the most by any
Badger in the Big Ten Tournament. D’Alie now has 11 steals overall in the tournament after grabbing five against
Northwestern in the first round. The 5-3 guard has tallied four or more steals in five of her last seven games.
• D’Alie had ten points, marking the eighth time she has hit double figures in scoring this season.
• D’Alie recorded eight rebounds, while adding two assists. The eight rebounds ties her career-high. Over her last seven
games, she has totaled 29 assists while turning the ball over only 17 times.
• Sophomore forward Tara Steinbauer led the way with 15 point for the Badgers. It is the fourth time this season the
sophomore has led scoring for UW. Steinbauer also recorded two steals, tying her career-high.
• The Badgers are 5-0 on neutral courts this season. The Badgers won the Paradise Jam in Nov. with a 3-0 mark, sweeping
their opponents, including then-No. 6 Baylor.
• Sophomore forward Lin Zastrow recorded 11 points. Nine of her points and four rebounds came in the second half alone.
• UW forced 15 turnovers in the first half, while forcing another ten in the second.
• UW went on an 11-5 run in the last 7:29 of the first half to make it a 26-20 score at halftime. The Badgers’ first lead of the
game came with 10:22 remaining in the game with the score 36-35 in UW’s favor. The No. 7 seed led for the rest of the
game after that mark.
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