Tag: Marisa Moseley

Wisconsin women’s basketball adds Duquesne transfer guard

Wisconsin women’s basketball adds Duquesne transfer guard

The NCAA transfer portal remains very active and the Wisconsin women’s basketball team added another athlete Friday, reeling in Duquesne transfer guard Tess Myers.

Myers will join Marisa Moseley’s squad after four years with the Dukes in Pittsburgh, most recently averaging 7.9 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists while shooting 36.8 percent from the field in 2023-2024.

With one year of eligibility remaining, the 5-foot-9 guard will join a Wisconsin program that went 15-17 this past season, playing in the WNIT — their first postseason action in over a decade.

By choosing the Badgers in the portal, Myers became the second transfer addition for Wisconsin this offseason. Former Northern Kentucky standout Carter McCray announced that she would be transferring to Wisconsin earlier this week.

With Serah Williams returning to Madison after winning the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year award, as well as upperclassmen like Halle Douglass and Natalie Leuzinger coming back for the upcoming season, Wisconsin is in a strong position to build off of their strong 2023-2024 campaign.

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Wisconsin approves contract extension for men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard

Wisconsin approves contract extension for men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard

The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved a contract extension for men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard on Friday.

The extension is a procedural move and was done for all of the organization’s winter coaches. It extends Gard’s contract through May 31, 2029. He remains one of the highest-paid coaches in the sport.

Related: An updated look at Wisconsin basketball’s 2024-25 roster after Chucky Hepburn’s departure

Gard will enter his 10th season manning the sidelines for the Badgers during the 2024-2025 campaign. Since taking over for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bo Ryan, Gard has led Wisconsin to six NCAA Tournament appearances and was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2020 and 2022.

Wisconsin Athletic Director Chris McIntosh previously expressed a vote of confidence in Gard after the conclusion of the team’s 2023-24 season.

The Cobb, Wisconsin native boasts the third-highest winning percentage (.635) in program history, trailing only the aforementioned Ryan (.737) and Walter Meanwell (.712).

The Badgers has experienced a seismic shift in personnel over the past few weeks. Chucky Hepburn, AJ Storr, Tyler Wahl and Conor Essegian are among eight Badgers to depart Madison via graduation or the transfer portal.

Gard is firmly in place to guide the program through a turbulent offseason.

Alongside Gard, the UW Athletic Board approved the extensions of five other winter head coaches — Marisa Moseley (women’s basketball), Yuri Suguiyama (swimming and diving), Mike Hastings (men’s hockey), Mark Johnson (women’s hockey) and Chris Bono (wrestling).

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Wisconsin women’s basketball falls to Saint Louis, is eliminated from WNIT

Wisconsin women’s basketball falls to Saint Louis, is eliminated from WNIT

Wisconsin’s women’s basketball program fell to Saint Louis University 65-60 in its Great 8 round of the 2024 Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Monday, April 1. 

With a 15-17 overall clip before yesterday’s action, the Badgers conquered both the University of Southern Indiana and Illinois State University in the first two rounds of their postseason gauntlet.

Wisconsin’s leading scorer and rebounder Serah Williams exited with an injury in the first minute of the Badgers’ contest against Saint Louis. The Billikens capitalized and orchestrated an 8-0 scoring surge to open the contest. 

The Badgers responded with four straight layups and a pair of jumpers to cut the deficit to two, but Saint Louis maintained a four-tally advantage heading into the second stanza.

UW’s offense sputtered in the second quarter – Wisconsin registered nine total points and surrendered nine unanswered points before the break. The Billikens marched into intermission up eight. 

Moseley’s crew appeared to find new life towards the tail end of the third period with a flurry of layups from Halle Douglass, Ronnie Porter and D’Yanis Jimenez. The momentum proved true, and Wisconsin pulled within a point with 6:24 to spare in the contest.

Guard Ronnie Porter knotted the game at 53 apiece off a free throw, and the Badgers seemed to command the Kohl Center crowd when crunch time commenced. Badgers freshman Tessa Grady went on to drill a three-point field goal to put UW ahead 58-57 in the final minutes, but Saint Louis forced a pair of key turnovers late to clinch a 65-60 win.

Wisconsin’s season ends with a 17-18 record after the brief postseason surge.

Wisconsin women’s basketball advances to WNIT Great 8 to face Saint Louis

Wisconsin women advance to Great 8 in WNIT, facing Saint Louis

The Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team beat Illinois State 86-61 on Thursday, advancing to the Great 8 in the WNIT on Monday night versus Saint Louis.

Playing in their first postseason action as a program in over a decade, Marisa Moseley’s squad continued their WNIT run against the Redbirds. Led by Sania Copeland and Serah Williams, both of whom chipped in 18 points, Wisconsin won in dominant fashion.

They’ll now get another home game at the Kohl Center in Madison, hosting the Saint Louis Billikens on Monday night at 7pm Central. Saint Louis is coming off of an 82-78 victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Friday night.

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Wisconsin guard wins Freshman of the Week

Another Badger wins freshman of the week

Wisconsin women’s basketball guard D’Yanis Jimenez was selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday.

The Badgers defeated St. Thomas on Wednesday night 78-55 and Jimenez had a career-high 20 points (7-13 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 5-5 FT) while also recording three steals, a rebound, an assist and a block over 29 minutes.

On the season, the Florida-native is averaging 10.7 points per game in her first year with Marisa Moseley’s squad in Madison and the team is out to a 6-4 start to the 2023 campaign.

Wisconsin’s next contest will come Thursday night at the Kohl Center, hosting Eastern Illinois at 6:30. Jimenez will look to build off of her career night when her squad takes on the Panthers.

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Badgers women’s basketball game officially sold out

Kohl Center set to be full Sunday

The Badgers women’s basketball team (5-3) is set to host Iowa (8-1) on Sunday at 1:30 and the Kohl Center has officially sold out for the contest. The nation’s best player, Caitlin Clark will be in town and fans from across the area will come to see her square off with Wisconsin.

Marisa Moseley’s squad is coming off of a narrow 59-51 loss to Butler this past Sunday, which snapped their two-game win streak. So far through eight contests, sophomore forward Serah Williams has averaged 15.6 points and 8.5 rebounds while recording 25 blocks, all of which lead the team.

Wisconsin will look to make a statement when they host the Hawkeyes on Sunday.

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Wisconsin WBB Big Ten schedule released

After a strong conference season, how many Big Ten games will the Badgers women win?

The 2023-2024 college women’s basketball season is around the corner and the Wisconsin WBB Big Ten schedule was released Thursday. The Badgers are coming off of a 2022-2023 campaign where they went 6-12 in conference matchups, their highest win total since 2010-2011.

Head coach Marisa Moseley is entering her third season at the helm and her squad will look to build off of last year with a slightly different roster. Most notably, Julie Pospisilova (team-high 14.1 PPG), Maty Wilke (transferred to Utah) and Avery LaBarbera (starting point guard in 2022) are no longer part of the team.

Serah Williams was one of the best freshman in the conference last season and she’ll look to improve upon her impressive 12.7 PPG, 5.4 REB and 1.9 BLK that produced in 2022-2023.

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LOOK: Badgers legends visit WBB team

Three legends visit the WBB team

The Wisconsin women’s basketball season is still a couple months away, but the team was visited by three former legends this week. LaTonya Sims, Cassie Rochel and Amy Poole visited the squad.

Sims was a member of the Badgers’ WBB team from 1998 to 2001, earning many honors including Big Ten Freshman of Year. She was also the team’s Most Valuable Player twice and currently ranks sixth on the all-time UW career scoring list with 1,857 points.

Rochel was a part of the Wisconsin roster from 2010 to 2015. The forward most notably ranks second at UW in career blocks with 181 and third with 1.64 blocks per game.

Poole was a member of the Badgers from 1995 to 1999 and she’s a member of the WBCA Hall of Fame after he high school career at Randolph.

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WATCH: Wisconsin WBB team visits RMHC Madison

As the Badger women’s basketball team starts to prep for their 2023-2024 campaign, they spent a day giving back to their community.

As the Badger women’s basketball team starts to prep for their 2023-2024 campaign, they spent a day giving back to their community. Head coach Marisa Moseley’s athletes visited the Ronald McDonald House in Madison on. Monday.

Players and coaches were able to interact with the sick children and their families, preparing food, playing basketball and more! The athletes were able to certainly able to brighten the day of some of those around them and also do something meaningful as a team.

Wisconsin is coming off of a 2022-2023 season where they went 11-20, but their 6-12 conference record was their best in almost a decade.

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Wisconsin WBB adds class of ’24 commit

The Wisconsin WBB team gained their second class of 2024 commitment in 6-foot-4 forward Alie Bisballe from Lake City High School in Michigan

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team gained its second class of 2024 commitment Wednesday, adding 6-foot-4 forward Alie Bisballe from Lake City High School in Michigan.

Bisballe led her high school to a 24-2 record and district championship this past year, averaging 11.1 points per game during her junior campaign. She added 7.4 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.8 blocks and 1.8 steals per contest.

This is a massive recruiting win for head coach Marisa Moseley and her staff in Madison as Bisaballe selected her squad over more than a dozen other Division I offers.

The forward joins Notre Dame (Green Bay) guard Gracie Grzesk in the Badgers’ class of 2024.