Madison over Green Bay in the Battle of Wisconsin

#7 posting 12.12.2007
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COLLEGE REPORTS
D1
Wisconsin beat UW Green Bay 81-58. Jolene Anderson (South Shore, WI) had 20 for Wisconsin. Alyssa Karel (Cretin-Derham Hall) had 4, and Sarah Ingison (Concordia, Roseville) had 2 for the Badgers. Kayla Groh (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah) had 13 for UWGB. Staci Beckel (Waseca) added 2 to UWGB's total.
The Capital Times looks at the Badgers four guard offense. The Wisconsin State Journal looks at the Badgers defense. The Green Bay Press Gazette looks at the lack of defense on UWGB's part.

For the High Five see below

What is life like for an assistant with a family? Travis Brewster of South Dakota State gets the spotlight in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

The passion was gone for Megan Keefe at Northern Iowa and that is why she left. From the Des Moines Register.

D2
UM Duluth beat UM Crookston 80-77. UMC led by 12 until turnovers took their toll. Katy Freeman (Duluth East) had 21 for UMD. Jamie Zelinsky (Park Center) had 27 for UMC.

#25 MSU Mankato beat Bemidji State 101-74. The Mankato Free Press looks at the run and gun contest. Johnson (JWP) had 20 for Mankato. Heidi Matzke (Red Lake Falls) and Amy Lawson (Spencer, IA) had 12 for Bemidji.

#1 North Dakota beat Mayville State 73-64. Ashley Langen (Kittson Central) had 23 for UND. Cassie Leraas (Northern Cass) had 29 for Mayville. The Grand Forks Herald declares UND is not playing like they are the #1 team in the nation.

Northern State beat St. Cloud State 74-52. Noelle Hall (Lewiston-Altura) had 23 for Northern. Kayla Rengel (St. Cloud Tech) had 18 for St. Cloud.

D3
#23 UW Eau Claire beat Carleton 76-53. Amanda Zenner (Medford, WI) had 14 for UWEC. Hannah Oken-Berg (Portland Lincoln, OR) had 13 for Carleton.

UW Stout beat Finlandia 103-45. Danielle DeWitt (Bay Port, WI) and Dani Boese (Alma, WI) had 11 each for Stout.

HIGH FIVE
With only one game to examine it is pretty evident that with two Wisconsin teams battling Wisconsin would win the High Five on all ends. They did. It was their 9th win as a team which still puts them in second place, two games behind Michigan.
As far as the individual race goes Wisconsin now holds a 1.5 game lead over Michigan with their 10th win of the year. Jolene Anderson has now won 4 titles, one more than Krystal Ellis, another Wisconsin high school grad.

WISCONSIN--64
Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin (South Shore) 20 vs UW Green Bay 81-58
Kayla Groh, UW Green Bay (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah) 13 vs Wisconsin 58-81
Danielle Ward, Wisconsin (Milwaukee King) 12 vs UW Green Bay 81-58
Rae Lin D'Alie, Wisconsin (Waterford) 10 vs UW Green Bay 81-58
Rachel Porath, UW Green Bay (Luxemburg-Casco) 9 vs Wisconsin 58-81

MINNESOTA--8
Alyssa Karel, Wisconsin (Cretin-Derham Hall) 4 vs UW Green Bay 81-58
Sarah Ingison, Wisconsin (Concordia Roseville) 2 vs UW Green Bay 81-58
Staci Beckel, UW Green Bay (Waseca) 2 vs Wisconsin 58-81

Thanks for the help readers. It takes a team to get it done.

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