The End is Here

Coming into the conference tournament the Lady Badgers were limping off their worst loss of the season at the hands of Ohio State. On Thursday night against the 11 seeded Illini the Badgers struggled out of the gate, and were unable to recover.

To open up the game the Illini went on a 10-0 run. A scoring output the Badgers would never be able to overcome in the opening game of the Big Ten tournament.

Illinois would stretch that 10-0 lead into a 23-8 lead in the first half, and lead by 12 at the break. In the second half the Badgers would make a comeback though, but it would not be enough.

Even with 23 points by senior guard Alyssa Karel, and Lin Zastrow scoring 18 for here 1,000th point in her career, the Badgers would not find enough offense to overcome the Illini. Losing in the opening game of the conference tournament 63-56. Not to mention possibly ending all hope of the Lady Badgers making a return trip to the NCAA tournament this season.

But only time will tell with that one....