Wisconsin
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Even though its rotation was down to its bare bones due to a couple of first half injuries, Wisconsin managed to make a run at Maryland Thursday.
The Badgers women’s basketball team cut Maryland’s 22-point lead early in the third quarter to six on two occasions in the fourth before losing steam and falling to Terrapins, 79-63, in front of 6,608 at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland.
The loss dropped UW to 13-14 overall and 6-11 in the Big Ten, but it remains in 10th place and in position to have a bye for the first round of the conference tournament. Maryland (17-11, 9-8) strenghtned its hold on sixth place.
Sophomore Serah Williams (14 points, 10 rebounds) extended her double-doubles streak to 14 for Wisconsin. Senior Natalie Leuzinger (16 points) fell two points shy of her career high and sophomore Ronnie Porter added 15 points, four rebounds and five assists.
BOX SCORE: Maryland 79, Wisconsin 63
All three logged heavier minutes than usual to compensate for the losses of sophomore guard Sania Copeland, who suffered an apparent ankle injury less than 2 minutes into the game, and freshman guard D’Yanis Jimenez, who appeared to suffer an ankle injury with about 6 minutes left in the half. Neither player returned.
As a result, Wisconsin went with Williams, Porter, Leuzinger and seniors Halle Douglass and Brooke Schramek for the entire third quarter. Coach Marisa Moseley didn’t sub in the second half until the 5:14 mark of the fourth quarter.
Despite playing shorthanded UW whittled down that deficit by cutting down on its turnovers, finding space for Williams to operate after Maryland smothered her in the first half and connecting from three-point range and the free throw line.
Wisconsin went 3 for 6 in the quarter from three-point range after going 1 for 9 in the first half and hit eight of nine from the free throw line after getting no attempts during the first two quarters. Overall the Badgers shot almost 54% (7 for 13) in the third quarter after hitting 34.6% of its attempts in the first half.
Those improvements helped Wisconsin cut a 41-19 deficit at the 8-minute 47=second mark of the third quarter to 54-48 with 8:25 remaining in the game. Maryland, however, scored six straight points to push the lead back to double-digits and that is where it stayed the rest of the game.
The Badgers trailed by as many a 18 before the final buzzer.
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Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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Farmstead damage in Franklin
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How Aleksas Bieliauskas has grown in first season with Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin coach Greg Gard has high praise for Aleksas Bieliauskas about a month into the Lithuania native’s freshman season.
MADISON – One of Wisconsin men’s basketball’s departing transfers is headed to an SEC program with some connections to the Badgers.
Ex-UW forward Aleksas Bieliauskas has committed to South Carolina, he announced on April 17.
Bieliauskas left the Badgers after appearing in all 35 games as a freshman and making 28 starts. He averaged 4.9 points and 4.4 points in 20.2 minutes, and highlights of his freshman year included his five 3-pointers in UW’s upset over eventual national champion Michigan.
He’ll join a program with plenty of Wisconsin ties. South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 2010-17 on Bo Ryan and Greg Gard’s staffs. South Carolina assistant coach Tanner Bronson and director of video services Roman DiPasquale also are UW alumni.
Bieliauskas is the second of UW’s four departing transfers to commit to a new school. Reserve forward Jack Robison committed to North Dakota State on April 15. Starting guard John Blackwell and reserve forward Riccardo Greppi have not announced their next schools yet.
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