Elle Ladine had 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists, Sayvia Sellers and Dalayah Daniels each added 15, and No. 12 seed Washington beat No. 13 seed Minnesota 79-65 on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana in its first Big Ten Tournament appearance.

Washington (19-12), which also beat the Gophers 72-62 on Feb. 26, will look for its sixth straight victory on Thursday against No. 5 seed Michigan in the second round of the tournament. The Huskies lost their only regular-season matchup with the Wolverines 82-69 on Jan. 15.

Daniels put Washington ahead 32-30 on a putback basket in the closing seconds of the first half and Ladine had a game-high 15 points at the break.

Washington used a 12-0 run to go ahead 52-38 with 2:50 left in the third quarter. Sellers made two 3-pointers during the run, and she found Tayra Eke for Washington’s fifth straight field goal.

After Minnesota closed the third quarter on a 7-0 run to get within 54-48, Hannah Stines scored five points during Washington’s 7-0 run to open the fourth for a 13-point lead.

Stines finished with 14 points for Washington, which has won the last six meetings with the Gophers.

Grace Grocholski scored 21 points for Minnesota (20-11) and Mallory Heyer added 11. All 11 of Minnesota’s losses this season came at the hands of Big Ten opponents.

The Gophers dropped to 11-32 in the tournament, with their only appearance in the final occurring in 2005.

Nebraska 84, Rutgers 60: Alexis Markowski scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the 10th-seeded Cornhuskers coasted to a win over the Scarlet Knights in the opening round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament.

Nebraska (20-10) faces seventh-seeded Illinois, a team it lost to by nine, in the second round today.

Amiah Hargrove had 13 points and Alberte Rimdahl 12 off the bench for Nebraska, which won 69-62 at Rutgers in their only other meeting this season.

Destiny Adams was 13 of 13 from the free-throw line and led the Scarlet Knights (11-19) with 25 points and 10 rebounds. Awa Sidibe and Mya Petticord both added 11. Rutgers had five 3s and shot 36% after an 8 of 14 fourth quarter when it scored 23 points.

Nebraska shot 55%, including 13 of 31 from 3-point range by eight different players. All four double-figure scorers had two 3s as did Logan Nissley.

Markowski had 14 points in the first half, including five in a late 11-0 surge in the first quarter that helped the Cornhuskers take a 22-13 lead. Markowski, Prince and Hargrove each had a 3 in the run and Nebraska, which averages eight a game, had eight triples at halftime.

Iowa 81, Wisconsin 54: Lucy Olsen scored 14 of her 19 points in the first half on 8-for-12 shooting and the Hawkeyes beat the Badgers in a first-round matchup in the Big Ten Tournament.

Sydney Affolter, Kylie Feuerbach and Taylor McCabe each scored nine points as Iowa (21-9) shot 57.4% (35 for 61) including 55% (11 for 20) from 3-point range.

Serah Williams scored 22 points for Wisconsin (13-17).

Wisconsin’s Tess Myers made a jumper with 6:37 left in the first quarter to give the Badgers a 9-6 lead. From there, Iowa all but buttoned it up by launching into a 19-0 run to close the quarter.

Olsen started and ended the run with layups and in between, McCabe, Affolter and Feuerbach made 3s for a 25-9 advantage. Iowa led by double digits the rest of the way and was up 43-23 at halftime and 65-39 at the end of the third quarter.

Iowa advanced to play sixth-seeded Michigan State today.