MADISON – All it took was a 3-minute stretch for Wisconsin’s hopes of an upset to be put on life support Thursday night.

The Badgers women’s basketball team trailed No. 9 Ohio State by as many as 11 points in the third quarter before Serah Williams sparked a 14-6 run that cut the deficit to three points.

Ohio State’s response, however, was the difference. The Buckeyes scored 14 of the next 17 points, a run that proved critical in their 80-69 victory over UW at the Kohl Center.

Williams, a 6-foot-4 junior, finished with 20 points, grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds and tied a career-high with six assists. Graduate student Tess Myers finished with season-high 18 points and was 6 for 14 from three-point range. Junior Lily Krahn added 16 points and was 4 for 8 from three-point range.

Freshman guard Jaloni Cambridge finished with 27 points on 11-for-16 shooting for the Buckeyes. Chance Gray, a junior guard, added 22 points. Junior Cotie McMahon added 17 points and shared the team lead with Cambridge with eight rebounds.

The decisive run allowed Ohio State to increase a 54-51 lead with 2 minutes 12 seconds left in the third quarter to 68-54 just 33 seconds into the fourth quarter. Key to that run was a sequence during the final seconds of the third quarter when McMahon appeared to get away with a double dribble before junior Gray drew a foul on  three-point attempt with .7 seconds to play.

Gray hit all the three free throws and opened the fourth quarter with a three-pointer. Just like that UW’s deficit went from six points to 66-54.

The loss was Wisconsin’s sixth straight, though for the second straight game it showed promise vs. a top 10 opponent. The Badgers lost to then-No. 8 Maryland Saturday.

Check jsonline later for more on the game.

MENOMINEE, Mich. (WBAY) – Two people suspected in a number of car thefts in Wisconsin were captured Thursday morning after a high-speed chase in and around Menominee, Michigan.

The Menominee County Sheriff says agencies were looking for a stolen vehicle involved in a gas drive-off in Marinette just after 9 a.m.

Menominee City Police spotted the vehicle and tried to pull it over, but the car didn’t stop and led a high-speed pursuit through the city. The car stopped near Highway 41 and Elmwood Rd. in Menominee Township and two people, one with a firearm, ran into a wooded area.

Multiple law enforcement agencies arrived and started a search with K9s and drones. A 15-year-old boy, who wasn’t armed, was found quickly. The second suspect, another teenager, was spotted by a drone and chased through a wooded area. When officers caught up with him, he had self-inflicted injuries and was taken to a hospital. We don’t know his condition.

The sheriff says the pair is suspected in “numerous vehicle thefts spanning multiple counties in Wisconsin.”

The sheriff didn’t provide any further details on the suspects, including where the teens are from. There’s no word on potential criminal charges.

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Wisconsin transfer guard A.J. Storr saw increased playing time in No. 7 Kansas’ loss to No. 2 Iowa State on Wednesday.

The former Badger saw 10 minutes of action in the 74-57 defeat and totaled five points, two rebounds, two assists and a block on two-of-six shooting and zero-of-two from three.

 Takeaways from Wisconsin basketball’s narrow win over Ohio State

The performance is a step forward for Storr, whose role had dwindled significantly over the last several weeks. Head coach Bill Self called him out publicly after a Dec. 31 loss to West Virginia, which preceded the star transfer playing just four minutes in the Jayhawks’ 19-point win over Arizona State on Jan. 8.

Those minute totals are back in double digits, first in a Jan. 11 win over Cincinnati and now against the Cyclones. He played well in the 10 minutes of action, even igniting a mini-run to cut Kansas’ deficit from 11 to five late in the second half. In succession, Storr blocked a layup attempt, grabbed the defensive rebound, then assisted a layup on the other end. One minute later, he missed a three-pointer that would have brought Kansas to within three points.

Storr stayed on the court for the last seven minutes of the game as Kansas dealt with foul trouble to its big men. In the end, his contributions weren’t enough to keep pace with an Iowa State team that seems poised for a deep run in March.

The former Badger’s performance, while a step in the right direction, did not help his season-long averages. Those totals currently sit at 17.7 minutes, 6.7 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists on 39.8% shooting and 29.7% from three. They are all lower than his production as a freshman at St. John’s, plus far from his outputs from a stellar 2023-24 campaign with the Badgers.

Storr and the Jayhawks are back on the court on Jan. 18 against Kansas State. He’ll look to carry momentum from this performance, continuing to battle for a consistent role in Kansas’ deep lineup.

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