Associated Press
Wisconsin Badgers (10-9, 1-7 Big Ten) at Minnesota Golden Gophers (17-3, 5-3 Big Ten)
Minneapolis; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST
Bottom Row: Wisconsin visits No. 23 Minnesota after Serrala Williams scores 20 points in Wisconsin’s 91-60 loss to the Nebraska Cornuskers.
The Golden Gophers are 11-1 in home games. Minnesota is 13-1 in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Badgers are 1-7 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin is giving up 67.4 points to opponents and is being outscored by 1.8 points per game.
Minnesota is shooting 44.5% from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points higher than the 42.6% Wisconsin is allowing to opponents. Wisconsin is averaging 9.9 more points per game (65.6) than Minnesota is giving up to opponents (55.7).
The Golden Gophers and Badgers square off Sunday in Big Ten Play for the first time this season.
Top performers: Amaya Battle is averaging 11.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals for the Golden Gophers. Grace Groholski is averaging 13.1 points and 4.9 rebounds while shooting 43.3 percent over the past 10 games.
Williams is averaging 18.7 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for the Badgers. Tess Myers is averaging 1.7 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Last 10 games: Golden Gophers: 7-3, averaging 77.9 points, 34.4 rebounds, 16.6 assists, 7.9 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.5 percent from the field. Their opponents are averaging 65.0 points per game.
BADGERS: 3-7, averaging 61.5 points, 31.3 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 5.4 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 40.6 percent from the field. Their opponents are averaging 73.0 points.
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The Associated Press produced this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.