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Badgers ready to Think Pink

zastrow: Freshman forward Lisa Zastrow scored 15 points and added five rebounds against Ohio State earlier this season.

Badgers ready to Think Pink

Normally, washing whites with the Badger reds produces quite the undesired result.  

 

But for this Sunday afternoon's game against No. 19 Ohio State, Wisconsin women's hoops fans are asked to Think Pink"" as part of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's nationwide campaign for breast cancer awareness. 

 

The ""pink-out"" will also be televised live on ESPN2 - center stage for the streaking Badgers.  

 

""We're playing a quality team, a quality opponent, but we have some confidence right now,"" head coach Lisa Stone said. ""And knowing that we went there, did what we did, brings some positive energy coming into this week."" 

 

The first time around, OSU squeaked by the Badgers 79-74 in Columbus, Ohio. But behind what Coach Stone called a ""breakout game"" by forward Lin Zastrow, the freshman totaled 15 points and five rebounds against the bigger Buckeyes. 

 

""She's young, but she's really growing,"" Stone said. ""She has great basketball sense ... She took the ball hard to the basket inside, she went out and hit a three. In transition, she's rebounding with more authority. Her aggressiveness ... her maturity has picked up its pace right now, and that's what we need."" 

 

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Despite three Wisconsin players scoring double figures, OSU senior guard Marscilla Packer stole the show at Value City Arena, scoring a career-high 32 points.  

 

""We'll do a better job on Marscilla Packer, my hope is this time,"" Stone said. ""I mean, she got loose for [six] three's. That can't happen.""  

 

Wisconsin, over halfway through its Big Ten season, is trying to get into the upper half of the incredibly tight conference standings. For the Badgers, who currently rest in 10th place but just four games out of first, using recent momentum is necessary.  

 

""I think the way we played at Ohio State certainly was a momentum builder for us coming back to play Penn State and Northwestern at home,"" Stone said. ""Although we didn't win the game, we played very, very well there and found a little bit of resolve. The toughness stepped up.""  

 

Wisconsin is one of 753 universities in all three divisions of women's basketball that is participating in the WBCA's ""Think Pink"" campaign.  

 

The 'Think Pink' initiative is a unified global effort for the WBCA's nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. 

 

This Sunday, ESPN has dedicated its annual ""February Frenzy"" of regionally televised women's basketball games to the WBCA's message. The game at the Kohl Center will be just one of 50 overall games honoring the ""Think Pink"" campaign.  

 

- uwbadgers.com and wbca.org contributed to this report.

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