Iowa
79, Michigan 71
IOWA
CITY, Iowa -- University
of Iowa women's basketball players Samantha Logic and Melissa Dixon have
three seasons remaining in the black and gold uniforms, but the way the two
freshmen played in Sunday's regular-season finale against Michigan, you would
think it was their final home game. Logic recorded a triple-double with 13
points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists and Dixon scored a career-high 22 points on
six 3-pointers in a 79-71 win over Michigan on Mediacom Court inside Carver
Hawkeye Arena. Kachine Alexander's two triple-doubles in 2009 and Cara Consuegra's in 2000 are the only other triple-doubles
in school history. The eighth-straight win for the Hawkeyes improves their
record to 19-10 overall, 11-5 in the Big Ten Conference and guarantees the
third seed in next week's Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis. RECAP
Michigan State 76, Northwestern 57
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Michigan State
women's basketball team closed out the Big Ten regular season on Sunday
afternoon, beating Northwestern 76-57 at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Spartans, who
has won seven of their last eight games, finish in a four-way tie for second in
the conference at 11-5. MSU will be the fifth seed in the upcoming Big Ten
Tournament, playing Indiana on Thursday night at approximately 8:30 p.m.
MSU has finished second or better in each of the last four seasons - winning
the outright title last year, and placing second in 2008-09, 2009-10 and
2011-12. RECAP
Purdue 90, Indiana 58
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Brittany Rayburn scored
24 points to lead No. 22 Purdue to a 90-58 victory over Indiana in a
regular-season finale Sunday. KK Houser had 15 points and seven assists for
the Boilermakers (21-8, 11-5 Big Ten), Alex Guyton scored 11 and Sam Ostarello added
nine rebounds. Rayburn, who hit four three-pointers, reached double figures for
the 89th time and passed the 1,700-point mark for her career with 1,718. Sasha
Chaplin led the Hoosiers (6-23, 1-15) with 15 points. Aulani Sinclair scored 14
and Candyce Ussery a career-high 10. Purdue, which shot 48 percent, turned a
29-19 lead into a 41-19 edge with a 12-0 run late in the first half. It was not
close thereafter. The Boilermakers forced 21 turnovers while committing only
nine. RECAP
Nebraska
71, Ohio State 57
Lincoln - Freshman Emily Cady tied her career high with 24 points
to power the No. 23 Nebraska women's basketball team to a 71-57 victory over
No. 8 Ohio State in the Huskers' home finale Sunday. With the
victory, Nebraska improved to 21-7 overall and 10-6 in the Big Ten, picking up
its second win in its last three games. The Huskers secured the No. 6 seed in
next week's Big Ten Tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and
will play No. 11-seed Northwestern in the second game of the tournament at
approximately 1 p.m. central on Thursday, March 1. Ohio State secured the No. 2
seed in the tournament and will earn a first-round bye. The Buckeyes slipped to
24-5 overall and 11-5 in the Big Ten. RECAP
Penn
State 74, Minnesota 51
With 13,849 fans, including a record 505
survivors, filling the Bryce Jordan Center, the No. 11/15 Penn State Lady Lions
(23-5, 13-3) defeated Minnesota (14-16, 6-10), 74-51, Sunday afternoon in the
Sixth Annual WBCA Pink Zone game. The Lady Lions clinch the Big Ten
regular-season championship outright for the fourth time in school history and
sixth regular-season crown overall. The 13,849 fans in attendance account for
the fourth-largest crowd in school history and the largest to witness a Pink
Zone game. The preliminary fundraising total for this year's Pink Zone is
$159,795.93, which does not include donations from single-game ticket sales,
t-shirt sales or the CharityBuzz.com online auction. Penn State's 13
conference wins are the most wins since the 2004-05 season as they enter the
2012 Big Ten Tournament as the top seed. RECAP
Wisconsin
72, Illinois 60
MADISON,
Wis. -- A stepped-up second half fueled the Wisconsin women's basketball team
to a 72-60 win over Illinois at the Kohl Center on Senior Day. The Badgers
outscored the Illini 43-26 in the second half to end their regular season 9-19
overall, 5-11 in Big Ten play. Sophomore Morgan Paige recorded a career high,
scoring 29 points for Wisconsin, 18 of which came in the last 20 minutes of
play. Junior Taylor Wurtz tallied her second straight double-double, with 21
points and 12 rebounds. The Badgers shot 64 percent from the field in the
second half and had only six turnovers. RECAP





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