MADISON, Wis. - Senior all-America candidate Zane Teilane just missed a double-double with 15 points and nine rebounds as she helped lead the Western Illinois women's basketball team to a 70-61 win over Wisconsin for its third-straight victory.Western Illinois (8-2) matched Wisconsin (5-6) point-for-point as the two teams traded the lead nine times in the first half. Western jumped out to a 6-2 lead, only to see the Badgers tie it up, 6-6, with 15:28 to go on a pair of free throws from Danielle Ward. Western regained the lead on a DeeDee Murphy lay-up, 8-6, and took a three-point lead, 9-6, as she converted a three point play with 15:20 to go. The two teams fought back and forth until Wisconsin took a three-point lead on a trey from Christine Spencer, 25-22, with 5:11 left in the half, But a three from Laura Reeves tied the game back up, 25-25, sparking a 6-4 Western run that kept them ahead the half, 30-29.Western opened the second half with a 12-5 run to take a 42-34 lead with 14:20 on the clock. But Wisconsin battle back putting up a 6-0 run, sparked by a Jolene Anderson three-pointer, cutting Western's lead to just two, 42-40, with 11:39 to go. However, Western Illinois maintained its composure and use a 17-8 run to take a 12-point lead, 59-47, with 4:54 left in the game. Western was able to keep at least a five-point lead en route to the 70-61 win.Western Illinois outscored the Badgers 57.5 (23-40) percent to 35.0 (21-60) percent from the floor. Western held the advantage in the paint, 32-18, and won the battle of the boards, 32-29.Teilane shot 5-for-8 from the floor and 5-for-6 from the line for her 15 points, to go along with nine rebounds, five blocked shots, two assists and two steals. Senior Laura Reeves scored 13 points on 3-for-6 shooting from the floor, 3-for-5 from beyond the arc and a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line. Senior Samantha Greer added 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting from the field and five rebounds, and junior Rachel Reed scored 10 points and added four assists in the win.Jolene Spencer led all players with 18 points and added nine rebounds, thee assists and two steals in the effort for Wisconsin.Western Illinois will open Mid-Continent Conference action when it hosts Centenary on Saturday, December 31 at 1 p.m. in Western Hall.Western Illinois Postgame QuotesHead coach Leslie CraneOpening statement:"Probably the biggest stat for us is that we out-rebounded this team ? and Wisconsin is a great, great rebounding team. They've been outrebounding all of their opponents throughout this first semester. That was probably one of our biggest concerns, because that hasn't been this year one of our strong suits. Even though we had 18 turnovers, when you outrebound people, that takes care of a lot of ills. I'm very pleased with that. I'm very pleased with how we maintained some composure. We had one or two kids out there that did not when the times got a little tough there toward the end, which are some things that I'll work on.""We knew coming in that this was going to be tough game, but Wisconsin mirrors two or three of our teams within the Mid-Con Conference, so we knew this would be a very good measuring stick for us going into second semester and starting our conference play next week."On their defense:"Our system and our program is known for its defense and the things that we do ? our quickness and speed on the perimeter ? we get in a lot of pathways. It's a half court game and it is defense and rebounding. We just make sure that we do a lot of that and we create some of the offense out of our defense. I'm very pleased with the things we were able to accomplish today."On the key to ending Wisconsin's run:"Defensively we made some stops. We got the rebounds when we needed to. Teams are going to make runs. You know that. You've got to be able to withstand that. Our kids kept their poise and their composure. We've been in these situations with big crowds?.Defensively we stayed right in there, we made some plays happen offensively, and I think that was probably the difference."Western Illinois Postgame Notes- Western Illinois is just the second team to outrebound the Badgers, pulling down 32 boards to Wisconsin's 29. Notre Dame is the only other team to grab more caroms than Wisconsin.- Western Illinois heads into Mid-Con action on a three-game win streak (Dec. 10, Saint Louis, 57-44, Dec. 18, Illinois-Springfield, 109-38, Dec. 23, Wisconsin, 70-61).- Western Illinois head coach Leslie Crane improved to 125-83 at Western with the win at Wisconsin. She is the all-time winningest coach in school history and currently boasts a winning percentage of .600.- Senior Zane Teilane moved up to seventh on Western's all-time scorers list with her 15 points. She currently has 1,230 career points.- Teilane also moved up in Western's free throw records book after her 5-for-6 performance against Wisconsin. She is currently ranked fourth with 279 career free throw made, sixth with 367 career free throws attempted and third with a career free throw percentage of .760.