The 2020 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by SoFi starts today at 2 p.m. in Banker’s Life Field House.
Our crew of Brad Gossett, Rex Crabtree, Randy Beckett, myself and the return of Rick McIntyre will be on hand each and every day for coverage of this great event!
Check in this afternoon for stories and photos from the event at this site.
The 2020 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by SoFi action opened up when 12th seeded Wisconsin (11-18, 3-15) went head to head with 13th seeded Illinois (11-18, 2-16) at Banker’s Life Field House in Indianapolis.
Neither team lit it up in the first quarter as the Illinois battled to a eleven to eleven tie.
Illinois shot 22 percent from the field while Wisconsin shot 23.8% percent.
Wisconsin would find the basket with regularity in the second quarter when they hit nine of their thirteen while Illinois struggled at 33% percent.
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Wisconsin would pull away in the third quarter with another strong shooting quarter, 61.5% and after three stanzas had a 52 to 39 advantage.
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Wisconsin would win 71 to 55 led by Senior Abby Laszewski’s 24 points and ten boards and three blocks with help from Imani Lewis 14 points and nine boards, Freshmen Sydney Hillard’s eleven points and five assists and Niya Beverly’s ten.
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Kendra VanLeeuwen and Beverly led the Badgers with six assists a piece.
Illinois was led by Senior Ali Andrews 15 points, Kennedi Myles 13 and Jada Peebles 10.
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Game Two featured a former BiG Ten sensation in Minnesota Head Coach Lindsay Whalen and Penn State headed up by Carolyn Kieger, former Marquette Head Coach in her first year at the helm of the Nittany Lions.
A good strong effort by both teams equated into a Gopher lead of 22 to 19 over a game Penn State team that accounted for only one BiG Ten conference win.
Penn State would take the momentum and give the Gophers some uneasy moments in the second quarter as they claimed a 42 to 37 lead.
Whatever Whalen said to her Gophers resonated as they would hit eleven field goals in the third quarter out of sixteen floor shots (68.8%) and claim their way to a 67 to 55 lead.
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The Gophers closed the game out by outscored Penn State 18 to 10 to claim a Day One win by the score of 85 to 65.
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Minnesota was led by five in double figures led by Jasmine Brunson’s 20, Taiye Bello and Jasmine Powell’s 16 along with Gadiva Hubbard’s 16 and Masha Adashchyk’s 11.
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Minnesota had 20 assists to Penn State’s ten.
Penn State was led by Kamaria McDaniel’s 22 followed by Siyeh Frazier with 15 and Freshman Anna Camden’s 12.
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Officials: Felicia Grinter, Cameron Inouye and Mark Resch.
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