Five newcomers got to make their debuts on the Kohl Center floor for the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team on Sunday.
Each of them had moments to savor in the Badgers’ 79-51 exhibition victory over UW-Oshkosh, but none more so than Alex Luehring.
Luehring, a 6-foot-2 redshirt freshman from Verona, scored 11 points, hitting a game-high three 3-pointers, in her first game. It was a special, emotional experience for Luehring, who transferred to UW from UW-Green Bay to be closer to her ailing father, Lester, who passed away in August at age 54 from kidney cancer.