Dorja Zaja's best game of season helps UW win in WBIT first round
The Badgers earned their first victory since Jan. 23 and will face Miami in the second round.
The Wisconsin women's basketball team hadn't won a game in almost two months. But the Badgers kept their season going by beating Oregon State, 62-58, in the first round of the WBIT on March 19 in Corvallis, Oregon. UW (14-17) will face Miami (18-14) in the second round on March 22.
The time will be announced later. The win over the Beavers (23-13) snapped a 10-game losing streak for the Badgers that included the final nine games of the regular season and a quick exit in the Big Ten tournament courtesy of Illinois. UW hadn't won a game away from the Kohl Center since Jan.
1. Despite the skid, UW looked like an improved team under first-year coach Robin Pingeton . Nine of the losses in that skid came against teams that made the NCAA Tournament.
Dorja Zaja, a 6-foot-3 freshman center scored a season-high 18 points on 8-for-10 shooting. A late-season push showed that Zaja is a key player to UW's future. The Badgers looked like they were going to pull away after taking a 57-47 lead with just under seven minutes remaining.