(UW ATHLETICS) MADISON – Wisconsin women’s basketball powered past Delaware 90-48 for its fourth-consecutive win to open the season. The Badgers have now won 12 straight non-conference home games and are 4-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season.
Including Sunday’s 97-46 win over Grambling State, Wisconsin has now scored at least 90 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 2001.
Teagan Mallegni matched her career high with 24 points, including 14 in the second quarter, knocking down a career-high four 3-pointers (4-8). She has finished as UW’s leading scorer in all four games this season.
Alongside her in double digits, Addie Deal scored her most points in a Badger uniform with 19, just one point shy of her career-high. Laci Steele also chipped in 10 points.
Freshman Alicia Courthiau continued her impressive defensive start to the season, recording five steals to go with seven points, four rebounds and four assists.
How it Happened:
Adaline Sheplee got the Badgers started with a 3-point jumper from outside the arc.
After tight start, Wisconsin went on a 16-3 run beginning at the 6:44 mark of the first quarter and carrying into the second, stretching the lead to 13 and making it 27-14.
The Badgers kept up the pressure in the second frame, and their first miss of the quarter didn’t come until the 4:20 mark. In that stretch they made seven consecutive field goals, including three 3-pointers, plus two free throws. Misses stayed scarce the rest of the way, and Wisconsin shot 72.2% from the field in the quarter.
Mallegni heated up, going from zero points in the first quarter to 14 in the second, including two 3-pointers.
The defense matched that energy, with Shay Bollin recording three steals.
Wisconsin closed the half on a 17-0 run over the final 5:33, holding Delaware to just seven second-quarter points, the fewest by an opponent in any quarter this season.
Second Half:
Deal and Mallegni set the tone in the third, each posting a 5-point quarter. Wisconsin kept up the defensive pressure recording five steals and converting six points.
In the final frame the Badgers recorded 19 points, going 58.3% from the field and 44.4% from the arc. The Badger bench contributed 13 of those points with Laci Steele shooting a perfect quarter.
Up Next:
Wisconsin will hit the road for the first time this season traveling to face Green Bay on Saturday. Tip is set for 1:00 p.m.
