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Stone defends release of player

University of Wisconsin coach Lisa Stone had hoped to remain mum, prepare her team for a critical Big Ten Conference women’s basketball game Sunday at Purdue and in time help Mariah Dunham find a new program to call home.

However, that was before the junior forward from Watertown High School, who was dismissed from the UW team on Wednesday for repeated violations of team rules, publicly labeled the dismissal unfair and said she had no inkling her status with the team was in jeopardy.