Peanut butter and jelly. Milk and cookies. Badgerball and overtime.

Needing an extra frame yet again, the University of Wisconsin women's basketball team defeated Northeastern in double overtime on Sunday, 81-80.

The Badgers, who already own the NCAA all-time record for overtimes in a season, relinquished a double-digit point lead to the Huskies at the Coca-Cola Classic in Piscataway, N.J.

After losing to eighth-ranked Rutgers on Saturday, UW started strong and jumped out to a 35-16 haltfime lead. With 16:45 left in the second half, the Badgers led 43-25.

But fatigue set in and Northeastern mounted a 36-9 run to tie the game at 54 with 4:18 left in regulation. Each team scored twice before Northeastern's Tesha Tinsley knocked down a three to give the Huskies a 59-56 lead with 13 seconds remaining.

Then, with only half a second left, UW guard Kyle Black banked in a three-pointer to send the game into the familiar overtime frame.

"I knew we needed a three-pointer,"Black said. "I was open, so I took the shot and prayed it went in. I couldn't believe I made it because I thought it was the ugliest shot I ever took."

The Badgers had to come from behind in the first overtime as Northeastern took a 63-59 lead with 3:21 remaining. UW's LaTonya Sims hit back-to-back buckets, including a short jumper in the lane to tie the game with under a second left.

In the second overtime, the Badgers took a 78-75 lead on a three-point play by center Jessie Stomski with 2:16 left. Northeastern countered with five straight points to take the lead at 80-78. UW guard Tamara Moore converted one of two free throws to leave the Badgers down 80-79 with 15 seconds left.

Moore then forced a Huskie turnover -a play that set up the winning shot. Sims, who scored a season-high 22 points, converted a layup that was the game-winner. NU's final attempt to win the game was unsuccessful.

"One of the hardest things you have to do is ask your team to play a Final Four-type team, and the next day play a team that won its conference," head coach Jane Albright said. "I am really proud of our heart and the fact that we found a way to win this one."

Wisconsin played without a full deck the second half after freshman center Nina Smith fouled out with over 11 minutes remaining in regulation. Senior captain Kelley Paulus did not play at all Sunday after suffering a concussion in Saturday's loss to Rutgers. As a result, three Badger starters were forced to log in 40 or more minutes against Northeastern - Stomski (44), Sims (40) and Moore (40).

"It was a really big win for us and we might not know how big until later in the year," Albright said. "It would have been really easy to throw it in. I think we had a lot of poise and some key rebounds and a steal. It certainly wasn't a lack of effort. We shot 28 percent in the second half - that alone tells anybody that we were tired."

Despite Wisconsin's familiarity with overtime, it was only the third double overtime game in Badgerball history. The last double overtime for Wisconsin was on Jan. 26, 1996, when the Badgers beat Purdue 98-95 in Madison. Albright's overtime record at Wisconsin is now 10-1.

The victory moved Wisconsin's record to 3-1, while Northeastern dropped to 2-3. With Sunday's victory, the Badgers have already equalled the number of road wins (3) that they had all of last season.

The Badgers have one more road game at UW-Green Bay on Wednesday before returning for their regular season home debut. The debut will see national powerhouse Tennessee visit the Kohl Center on Sunday.