As the back of the conference schedule trundled along, Billie Andrews had seemed, while not necessarily slumping, to slide a little - except she really wasn’t. While her average dropped some, her eye was still fine as evidenced by the .443 OBP entering the first game of the Big 10 tournament. There seemed to be a little bad luck - having her 16th home run of the year taken off the board against Northwestern in an unfinished rain cancellation for example - and some solid shots being snagged here and there.
She was still hitting the ball hard.