Wisconsin Women's Basketball finishes non-conference schedule with a win over NIU

with finals just around the corner the Badgers passed their first test with flying colors with an 8960 to win over Northern Illinois a 70 run in the first quarter got the Badger momentum going and gave them a 13-11 lead capped off by a Dakota white 3-pointer NIU put up a late layup in the first quarter but the Badgers came out leaving 1917 headed into the second the second quarter was more evenly matched as Northern Illinois and Wisconsin both put up 16 points freshman Rochelle marble found her groove in the second quarter hitting one from beyond the arc and driving in for a score the Badgers headed into the locker room with a 3533 lead at halftime the Badgers who have been struggling to find their rhythm and third quarters put up an explosive 36 points in just that quarter alone back-to-back bound them bombs in a layup from freshman Marsha Howard gave the Badgers a 27-point lead headed into the fourth quarter domin finished the night with 19 points to bring her career total to 947 in her quest to become the 24th badger to score 1,000 points 5 Badgers ended in double figures including Mikayla Johnson who dominated in the paint putting up 16 points just one short of her season-high I'm it feel good I've been waiting for this to come back finally um I think I know how to play the double team the triple team and I figured it out now junior avianna young also had a season-high 15 points and hit a career-high nine free throws for badgers had more than five rebounds including 8 from both Mikayla Johnson and Tessa Sochi while freshman Marsha Howard had a team-high nine rebounds I'm coach Bobby gets on me all the time about boxing now so I've been working on that make sure I'm turning the right way so that i can get enough offense over defensive on board the vagine' is returned to the Kohl Center on New Year's Eve where they open a Big Ten play against the Indiana Hoosiers