The women's basketball team (1-4 overall), coming off an 81-69 loss to Washington Monday, will face Ball State at home Thursday.
Ball State (3-2) heads to Wisconsin after a 94-71 win against Lehigh in the Christmas City Championship last weekend.
Senior forward Tamara Bowie leads the Cardinals in scoring, averaging 22.6 points per game. She also has an average of 9.6 rebounds per game.
For Wisconsin, sophomore guard Stephanie Rich will be the player to watch. She scored a career high 20 points against Washington, including six three-pointers, becoming only the fourth Badger to do so in a single game.
Wisconsin and Ball State will tip off at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.
Al Johnson, a senior center for the Badger football team, has been named one of five finalists for the Dave Rimington Trophy.
The trophy is awarded annually to the nation's top center, and the winner will be honored Dec. 14. Rimington was a first-team all-American at Nebraska in 1981 and 1982 and won the John Outland Trophy winner for his work as an interior lineman.
Johnson was a second-team all-Big Ten pick this season and paved the way for sophomore running back Anthony Davis, also a second-team all-American. Johnson has started in 36 games, including 31 consecutive game while at Wisconsin.
