Giving her the benefit of the doubt, maybe senior guard Kelly Mazzante is trying to break the Big Ten career scoring record at home.

More likely, the two-time All-American simply followed up a 30-point showing against Iowa with a poor shooting afternoon yesterday at Wisconsin.

However, another Lady Lion, senior forward Jess Brungo, picked up the slack and scored 19 points, shooting 8-of-16 to lead the Penn State women's basketball team (11-3, 4-0 Big Ten) to a 60-59 victory against the Badgers (5-7, 0-3).

"It's a great Big Ten win to be quite honest," Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland said in a press release. "There's an energy about Wisconsin basketball that they should be pleased with."

Mazzante, who is 28 points away former Ohio State Buckeye Katie Smith's record, tallied 15 points in the game and shot just 4-of-19 from the field and 2-of-10 from the three-point line.

While Brungo was consistent throughout, Mazzante seemed to save her best work for the start and the finish. Her two three-pointers were the impetus in a 22-6 run by the Lions to start the game.

In the team's fourth consecutive conference victory, the win was once again not a pretty one, as the Lions allowed the Badgers to close the gap several times, giving up second-half double-digit leads.

In the closing minutes, Penn State needed two free throws from Mazzante to weather a 13-2 run Wisconsin made to close the game.

With time running down after Wisconsin's Ebba Gebisa hit a three-pointer with 19 seconds remaining in the game, the Badgers' intentional foul put Mazzante on the line.

Mazzante hit both, and after allowing another last second three-pointer from Wisconsin, the Lions hung onto the ball and their lead as time ran out.

"They [Wisconsin] shot the ball extremely well in the second half," Portland said. "The bottom line is we had a better game, and we're thrilled to be 4-0 in the conference."

A better game but only in certain aspects.

Penn State was both out-rebounded, 37-35, and out-shot, 42 percent to 36 percent from the field. Turnovers proved to be the saving grace however, as Wisconsin gave up the ball 21 times in comparison to the Lions' 14.

The position battle between Reicina Russell and Ashli Schwab continued, as Schwab turned in her best game of the season, recording 11 points and four rebounds splitting time with Russell.

This surprise contribution from Schwab only seemed fitting. The Lions had to look to some unlikely faces to pull out a win in this game -- its second on the road in the Big Ten.