MADISON, Wis. - Lorreal Jones posted a second consecutive double-double that included a game- and career-high 16 rebounds, and Saint Louis dominated a taller Wisconsin team on the boards before the Badgers escaped the Kohl Center with a 48-46 victory Monday night.

Jones scored 13 points and tied her career high of three steals. She grabbed a game-high six offensive boards as Saint Louis (2-6) earned a 21-6 advantage in that category, part of the Billikens' 45-33 overall rebounding edge. SLU has outrebounded all eight opponents this season.

Jones, who leads the Atlantic 10 Conference in rebounding and offensive rebounding, registered a double-digit rebound total for a seventh time in eight games this season. She has three double-doubles this season and eight in her career.

Mallory Eggert netted a season-high 10 points and collected seven rebounds (four offensive), and Kim Bee equaled her season best with eight rebounds. Desirae Ball scored eight points, while Janisha Gearlds tallied a game-high five assists and tied her season rebounding high of five. Gearlds moved past Julie Goessling into sixth place on SLU's career assists chart. Jacy Bradley chipped in four assists.

The Billikens committed a season-low 11 turnovers.

"We don't believe in moral victories, so it's tough to lose this one," head coach Shimmy Gray-Miller said. "We prepared to win and came in expecting to win. It's disappointing, but I'm extremely proud of our effort. The only way I could possibly be any prouder of our players is if we had won the game."

Taylor Wurtz scored a game-high 16 points, including 11 in the second half, and gathered nine rebounds for Wisconsin (4-5). Wurtz was 4-of-6 from 3-point range. Ashley Thomas had 14 points and seven rebounds.

After Saint Louis expanded a 22-17 halftime lead to 26-19 on baskets by Jones and Ball, Wisconsin used a 24-10 run to take a 43-36 lead. However, the Billikens refused to fold and scored on five of their next six possessions to slice the margin to two points.

Eggert's layup was followed by a Courtney Webb left-side baseline jumper. Wurtz hit a trey to push the UW lead back to six, Eggert responded with two free throws, and Cassie Rochel scored what proved to be Wisconsin's final points for a 48-42 advantage at the 2:42 mark.

Gearlds drove the lane for a layup, and, after a Wisconsin miss, Jones took advantage of a SLU offensive rebound and nailed a jumper from the right wing to close the gap to 48-46 with 1:11 remaining.

Saint Louis forced a turnover but missed the front end of a 1-and-1 on its next possession with 31 seconds left. The Billikens had to commit three consecutive fouls to force Wisconsin to go to the line, and it paid off when Rochel missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with 21 seconds to play. Jones secured the rebound, but the Bills had to settle for an off-balance 3-point attempt that went wide.

Wurtz rebounded, was fouled and missed a free throw with 3.2 seconds left. Rochel rebounded, however, and Wisconsin ran out the clock.

The Billikens grabbed their first lead of the night when Jones registered a three-point play for a 10-8 SLU advantage. Wisconsin used a 7-2 run to take a 15-12 lead, but the Bills answered with a 10-2 spurt to close the half.

Ball sparked the flurry with a short baseline jumper, and Jones put Saint Louis on top with another three-point play. Bee sank a free throw, Gearlds grabbed an offensive rebound and converted, and Bradley hit a jumper just inside the top of the 3-point arc to make it 22-17 Billikens at the break.