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Badgers women’s basketball seniors prepare for 2024-25 campaign

The Wisconsin women’s basketball team showed off seniors Serah Williams, Halle Douglass and Natalie Leuzinger during their first practice session of the offseason on Tuesday.

Wisconsin began off-season training weeks ago, but the Badgers have yet to show how their three most experienced players have honed their skills this summer.

Williams, a junior from Brooklyn, New York, averaged a team-best 17.4 points per game during her 2023-24 season. She also won 2024 Big Ten Defensive Player of Year honors and earned 2024 Big Ten First Team nods during her sophomore season.

Leuzinger, a student, averaged 7.7 points and played 9.5 minutes per game in 2023-24, while Douglass played in 25 games and scored 3.8 points per game.

As a team, the Badgers will compete in the 2024 Cancun Challenge from November 28-30, along with Providence, San Diego State, VCU, BYU, Idaho State, Iowa, Rhode Island, Rice and Vermont.

Wisconsin also hosts eight Big Ten opponents, including new conference foes UCLA and USC. Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Minnesota and Rutgers round out the list.

Away games against Washington, Oregon, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Nebraska, Purdue and Minnesota are also on the schedule for UW.

While Williams, Douglass and Leuzinger make up the veteran trio on this roster, UW welcomes four new players this fall. International guard Alba Martin Mesa, walk-on Reese Jaramillo, former Northern Kentucky center Carter McCray and former Duquesne guard Tess Myers will play their first games as Badgers during the 2024-25 slate.

Marisa Moseley’s group will look to build on last season’s 15-17 mark and Great 8 appearance in the WNIT.