The Wisconsin women's basketball team was blown out in Bloomington, Ind., losing 86-62 Thursday to the Indiana Hoosiers.
Turnovers were the Badgers' demise in the loss. The Hoosiers turned 23 Wisconsin miscues into 28 points, while committing only 12 themselves - a season low defensively for the visiting Badgers.
We had 15 turnovers in the first half and an additional five in the first five minutes of the second half,"" head coach Lisa Stone said. ""It was just too much; we built ourselves too big of a hole.
""We gave them some confidence,"" Stone added, ""and a lot of that is due to the fact that they caused us to turn the ball over so often.""
Wisconsin shot relatively well from the field, converting 41 percent of its shots. But Indiana netted 51 percent of its field goals, including 56 percent in the second half alone.
The loss - Wisconsin's 23rd in the past 25 meetings at Indiana - drops the Badgers to 10-10 overall, 3-7 in conference play. The Badgers are also winless in five tries on the road in the Big Ten.
After a scoreless first half, senior Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Jolene Anderson finished with a game-high 23 points. Anderson scored five-straight field goals in the second session to bring the Badgers to within 18, but it was not enough as Indiana secured the home rout.
""I got called out at halftime,"" Anderson said. ""I am a senior captain; I wasn't leading this team the way I should so I knew coming into the second half that I needed to pick up in every aspect: defense, offense, just do what I need to do for this basketball team to win.""
Unfortunately, Anderson's efforts were not enough for the road-ailing Badgers. Anderson was the only Badger to score double figures on the night.
Wisconsin will take on Penn State next in University Park, Pa. Sunday, a team they beat by 27 points just a week ago.
- iuhoosiers.com contributed to this report.
