MADISON -- Led by Jolene Anderson's season-best 28 points, the Wisconsin women's basketball team won its 10th game of the year with a 75-46 victory over Albany Sunday at the Kohl Center. Janese Banks also earned her first double-double of the year with 13 points and 12 rebounds.
"Jolene and Janese are really coming in on the glass and doing a nice job. Jolene ended up with six steals, 28 points, four assists, a bunch of rebounds, and only one turnover. That's a pretty solid game for quite a good player. Janese Banks had a double-double, so we're getting good perimeter play."
Wisconsin, who is allowing just 50.7 points per game, continued its strong defensive efforts against Albany. The Great Danes shot just 34 percent from the field (18-of-53) and were outrebounded by the Badgers 27-50, including an 18-5 deficit in offensive boards. UW also finished with nine steals, including a season-best six from Anderson.
Anderson and Banks were the only players to reach double figures in the scoring category for the Badgers (10-1), but eight other players were able to put up points. Junior Caitlin Gibson had six scores and four rebounds while point guard Rae Lin D'Alie finished with five points and six rebounds. Danielle Ward also added five points and seven boards.
Amanda Ward led Albany (2-7) with 16 points.
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The Badgers opened the game on a 16-4 run which included a 9-0 Wisconsin scoring streak. Wisconsin would lead by as many as 13 points with 4:27 to play in the first stanza. Just before the one-minute mark, a 3-pointer from Anderson gave the Badgers a 16-point lead, 36-26, which the team would take into the locker room at the break.
Wisconsin hits the road for a 7 p.m. game at UW-Green Bay Wednesday.
ALBANY (2-7)
Ward, Amanda 5-13 6-6 16; McGee, Britney 3-8 0-1 7; Higy, Kristin 3-8 0-0 6; Mikus, Sherri 3-6 0-2 6; James, Tanya 1-1 2-4 4; Sanders, Gia 1-7 0-0 3; Iromuanya, Charity 1-4 0-0 2; Tanacan, Devran 1-2 0-0 2; Lindsay, Ashley 0-0 0-0 0; Martinson, Kelly 0-3 0-0 0; Peterson, Kirsten 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-53 8-13 46.
WISCONSIN (10-1)
Anderson, Jolene 11-19 3-3 28; Banks, Janese 5-11 3-3 13; Gibson, Caitlin 2-3 2-3 6; Ward, Danielle 2-6 1-2 5; Dunham, Mariah 2-5 0-0 5; D'Alie, Rae Lin 2-6 0-0 5; Gant, Teah 1-2 2-4 4; Ingison, Sarah 2-4 0-0 4; Heins, Brittany 1-4 1-3 3; Mijalcevic, Ivana 1-2 0-0 2; Engen, Ericka 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 29-63 12-18 75.
Albany 20 26 -- 46
Wisconsin 36 39 -- 75
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3-point goals--Albany 2-10 (Sanders, Gia 1-1; McGee, Britney 1-4; Mikus, Sherri 0-1; Martinson, Kelly 0-2; Ward, Amanda 0-2), Wisconsin 5-14 (Anderson, Jolene 3-8; Dunham, Mariah 1-3; D'Alie, Rae Lin 1-1; Ingison, Sarah 0-1; Banks, Janese 0-1).
Fouled out--Albany-None, Wisconsin-None. Rebounds--Albany 27 (McGee, Britney 5), Wisconsin 50 (Banks, Janese 12). Assists--Albany 7 (Ward, Amanda 3), Wisconsin 22 (Banks, Janese 4; Anderson, Jolene 4). Total fouls--Albany 19, Wisconsin 15. Technical fouls--Albany-TEAM, Wisconsin-None. A-5,043.
