MADISON - Tessa Grady announced Thursday that she is taking a leave of absence from the Wisconsin women’s basketball team. The news comes almost a week after the 6-foot-2 sophomore forward seemed to voice support on social media for former Badger Tessa Towers’ allegations of mistreatment against UW coach Marisa Moseley and her staff and alluded to no longer being on the team herself.

Former Wisconsin women’s basketball player Tessa Towers alleged mistreatment by the women's basketball program in a TikTok posted Monday. “My freshman year experience was completely ruined,” Towers wrote in the post, which included pictures of her during her time as a Badger.

Wisconsin Badgers sophomore forward Tessa Grady announced on Thursday that she is taking a leave of absence from the team for a personal matter. Grady, a 6’2 sophomore from Dublin, Ohio, hadn’t played in a game since January 7th,