Border battle: Gophers women’s basketball at Wisconsin preview

3 p.m. Sunday at Wisconsin • B1G Plus, 96.7-FM

Gophers replace: The Gophers (8-7, 1-3 Huge Ten) have misplaced two in a row, together with an 83-71 loss to third-ranked and unbeaten Ohio State on Thursday in a house sport they led by six coming into the fourth quarter. The Gophers are 7-1 vs. Wisconsin below coach Lindsay Whalen, the lone loss coming at house in 2020. G Katie Borowicz had 5 steals Thursday, her third such sport this season. … C Rose Micheaux has scored in double figures in 5 consecutive video games. … The Gophers are getting 50.7 factors per sport from freshmen.

Wisconsin replace: The Badgers (4-11, 0-4) have misplaced three in a row, together with a 73-61 loss at Purdue final Sunday. The Badgers and the Gophers share two frequent opponents thus far this season. The Badgers beat Wisconsin-Milwaukee by 9, the Gophers by 16. And each groups misplaced to Iowa: Wisconsin by 31, Minnesota by 23. … Wisconsin is twelfth within the Huge Ten in scoring (68.3) and 14th in rebounds per sport (33.0). … The Badgers have 5 gamers averaging between 10.4 and 13.5 factors, led by senior G Julie Pospisilova (13.5) and freshman G Maty Wilke (13.2). … Wisconsin has 4 gamers from Minnesota: senior Sara Stapleton (Centennial) and freshmen Sacia Vanderpool (Byron), Ronnie Porter (St. Paul Como Park) and Savannah White (DeLaSalle).