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UW women’s basketball: Anderson picked in second round of WNBA draft

As is her way, Jolene Anderson didn’t get emotional Wednesday afternoon when quite possibly the biggest moment of her life arrived.

The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program’s all-time leading scorer didn’t shed any tears when her name was called as the Connecticut Sun’s selection in the second round of the WNBA draft, capping an incredible rise from her small town beginnings.