INDIANAPOLIS — Kelly Karlis scored a career-high 24 points and Marsha Howard added 23 and 13th-seeded Wisconsin dominated the fourth quarter to defeat fifth-seeded Ohio State in the second-round of the Big Ten Conference tournament.
Carmen Grande scored 12 points for the Buckeyes and Carly Santoro made a pair of threes to finish with 11 points.
Dorka Juhász scored 10 points and pulled down a game-high 16 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the year.
Howard also had 11 rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Badgers (15-17), who face fourth-seeded Michigan in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Purdue held off Nebraska’s late rally for a 75-71 victory.
No. 10th seed Indiana beat seventh seeded Minnesota 66-58.
Michigan State beat Northwestern 68-52 and Purdue downed Nebraska 75-71 in the day’s other games.