Despite a career high 30 points from senior Marsha Howard, the Wisconsin women's basketball team was not able to rally from a 16-point deficit, falling to Michigan, 76-70, in its annual Play4Kay Think Pink game at the Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon.
Wisconsin (11-12, 2-8 BIG) was down by 16 points (65-49) with 7:44 to play in the game before an 8-0 Badger run cut the lead to 65-57 with 4:13 remaining. UW cut the lead to six (69-63) with 2:09 left as the Badgers' full-court press forced six Michigan turnovers.
Michigan went up by 12 points (75-63) with less than a minute to play before Wisconsin scored seven straights but it was too late as time ran out on the Badgers.
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