After tangling with first-place Ohio State on Thursday at Williams Arena, the Gophers women’s basketball team will meet last-place Wisconsin on Sunday in Madison. Minnesota played the undefeated, third-ranked Buckeyes tough, taking a six-point lead into the fourth quarter, but were outscored 28-10 the rest of the way. “I thought we played well,” coach Lindsay Whalen said after she and the team watched film of the loss on Friday. “Obviously, I’m disappointed to lose, but for the most part we were in control. We have to learn to hang in and finish those games.” After coming so close to a signature win, there seems little chance the Gophers (8-6 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) will overlook a Badgers (4-11, 0-4) team that has lost nine of its past 10 games. “The big thing is there were more positives than negatives,” said freshman guard Mara Braun, the Gophers’ leading scorer (17.1 ppg).…
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