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By Caleb Lynn | @CalebLynn1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Kaila Charles’ free throws with 10.3 seconds to play sent the Maryland Terrapins into the championship game of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament for the fifth consecutive year with a 73-72 victory over the Michigan Wolverines.

By DeSherion McBroom | @dvo_maximus Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – In a game of runs, Rutgers won the race defeating Purdue 64-49 as they have now advanced to every semifinal since joining the Big Ten, making it their 5th consecutive trip to the semifinals. Rutgers (22-8), will face No. 2 seed Iowa on Saturday in …

By Caleb Lynn | @CalebLynn1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Just before each game in this memorable University of Iowa season, seniors Megan Gustafson and Hannah Stewart come together to remind each other of their plan. Demonstrative is the word they use. The assertiveness of Gustafson, a 6-foot, 3-inch center and Big Ten Player …

By DeSherion McBroom | @dvo_maximus Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Just five days after their previous meeting, fourth-seeded Michigan outlasted No. 13 Wisconsin in a 73-65 double-overtime victory that advanced the Wolverines to their first Big Ten semifinal since 2001. The fifth multi-overtime in the 25-year history of the tournament came soon after Michigan’s …

By Caleb Lynn | @CalebLynn1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The Purdue Women’s basketball team has won the Big Ten tournament four times under coach Sharon Versyp, and her victory total is the most in the history of the event. The total reached 24 on Thursday night as the young, 11th-seeded Boilermakers upset No. …

By Caleb Lynn | @CalebLynn1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – In the past four years, a 13th-seeded team never won a game in the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament. On Thursday, Wisconsin did it for the second consecutive day. The Badgers defeated fifth-seeded Ohio State, 73-63, for their fifth victory in the last ten …

By DeSherion McBroom | @dvo_maximus Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State used a 16-0 run, with six players contributing, to advance to a quarterfinal of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament with a 68-52 victory over Northwestern on Thursday afternoon.

By Ryan Gregory | @Ryan_Gregory_ Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa avenged its 2017 Big Ten Tournament loss to Northwestern with a 55-45 victory over the Wildcats in the second round on Thursday afternoon. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes (25-6), who will meet fourth-seed Minnesota Friday afternoon, were successful without much reliance on their best player. …

By Jerome Bingham Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – She had already advanced one more step among the greatest players in Rutgers basketball history. Earlier in the second round of the Big Ten tournament against Purdue, senior guard Tyler Scaife had passed Cappie Pondexter to become the greatest scorer in Rutgers history not named Sue …

By Cynthia Maldonado Perez | @CDMP427 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Purdue Boilermakers earned the chance to play for a record tenth Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament championship when they ended top-seeded Ohio State’s 12-game win streak with a 71-60 victory on Saturday evening. The fifth-seeded Boilermakers (22-11) held Ohio State junior Kelsey …