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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Dont count Wisconsin out of the Big Ten West race just yet.Corey Clement ran for 134 yards and a touchdown and the 10th-ranked Badgers used a stout defense to beat Iowa 17-9 on Saturday, snapping a two-game skid.Alex Hornibrook had 197 yards passing for the Badgers (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten), who won for the fourth straight time in Iowa City.Back-to-back losses to Ohio State and Michigan put Wisconsin in a hole in its own division. But the Badgers survived a late Iowa surge -- and next week they get division favorite Nebraska at home.They persevered. They kept playing, and they did it together, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said.Backup Bart Houston threw a touchdown pass for Wisconsin, and Clements 1-yard TD run put the Badgers up 14-6 midway through the third quarter.But Wisconsin was carried by its defense. The Badgers allowed just 236 yards on 60 plays and held the Hawkeyes (5-3, 3-2) without a touchdown for the first time all season -- just a week after they scored 49 points against Purdue.C.J. Beathard had 153 yards passing for Iowa, which lost its third straight at home.There were some plays that we left out there. That certainly didnt help our cause, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said.THE TAKEAWAYWisconsin: Chryst wasnt just giving lip service to Wisconsins perseverance. The Badgers overcame two missed field goals and a fumble that Iowa recovered in its own end zone, and their defense stopped Iowa 11 times on 13 third downs.Iowa: The Hawkeyes offense, which has been inconsistent at times this season, bottomed out. Beathard hardly had any open receivers -- and when he did, he missed them more than once. Iowas hopes for a run at the West title now seem dim, with Penn State, Michigan and Nebraska still on its schedule.POLL IMPLICATIONSWisconsin became the first team in 25 years to earn a top-10 ranking after losing back-to-back games. The Badgers likely wont move up much unless some teams ahead of them suffer upsets.PIVOTAL MOMENTDown 14-6 midway through the fourth quarter, Iowa finally found some life in the passing game. But the Hawkeyes drive stalled out at the Wisconsin 20, and Ferentz elected for a field goal to get within five. Freshman Keith Duncan pushed his kick wide right, though, and Clement broke a tackle in the backfield on 3rd-and-1 for a 34-yard gain with less than four minutes left. I thought we did a pretty good job of keeping him under control. Then he popped that one at the end, Ferentz said of Clement, who had 35 carries.THE ALMOST PIVOTAL MOMENTIowa appeared to pull to 17-12 with less than a minute left on a touchdown catch by freshman Noah Fant -- which was set up by a brilliant kick return from Desmond King. But the officials said the ball hit the turf during the process of the catch. The Hawkeyes elected to kick a field goal down 11 with 43 seconds left, but their subsequent on-side kick went out of bounds.HOUSTONS MOMENTHouston, the senior who had ceded the starting job to Hornibrook, was 4 of 6 passing for 59 yards and led the Badgers to their first touchdown. Houstons package included some read option plays, giving the Badgers a different look. For us to be the best team we can be, were going to need everyone, Chryst said. Bart gives us some stuff.UP NEXTWisconsin: The Badgers brutal stretch in the Big Ten continues next week when they host the Cornhuskers, who entered Saturday ranked eighth in the country. 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Billy Slater came achingly close to playing in Melbournes NRL grand final, with his surgeon almost giving him the green light.The superstar fullback was hopeful of being cleared to play in the Storms charge through the finals with his troublesome shoulder feeling good.But Storm football manager Frank Ponissi said the surgeon decided to err on the side of caution with the 33-year-old, who had a second reconstruction after round one in March.He went to see his surgeon last month because he was feeling great within himself and had started training so he decided to ask the question, Ponissi told SEN radio on Tuesday.The surgeon gave him a glowing report but stopped short of giving him the green light to play in September this year.It would have been an interesting selection dilemma for Craig (Bellamy).While Bellamy wants Slater to play on next year, it would have been very tough to shift Cameron Munster out of the No.1 jersey.Munster is set to play five-eighth next season following the departure of Blake Green to Manly, but has proved himself one of the games most best fullbacks in Slaters absence.He was one of the Storms best in their preliminary final win over CCanberra, setting up their crucial second-half try.ddddddddddddSlater can take some credit for that with Munster, playing in his first grand final, saying the veteran was happy to give him and his fellow backs advice.He said Slater was in the changeroom at halftime against Canberra, fine-tuning their play.Munster, 22, said Slater had an eye for pin-pointing the little things in our game that make a big difference.Whenever Bills got an opinion everyone listens and respects it because his call is usually the right one, Munster said.He helped us a lot on the weekend, coming in and telling us what he sees at the back.Im going to be looking for him to help me out a bit in the grand final because its going to be a big stage with a lot of emotion and hes more than happy to help out the team so Im very lucky to have him around me.Despite competing for same position, Munster said he wished Slater was in the line-up.All the boys would love him to be playing, including me, he said.Id be grateful to be playing alongside Billy in a grand final. 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