February 23, 2012

Badgers roll past UMKC

The Wisconsin Badgers played their fourth straight cupcake and handled the

Bo Ryan

last just like the previous three. 

Junior forward Jared Berggren scored a career-high 21 points to lead the 11th ranked Badgers to a 7-31 win over Missouri-Kansas City at the Kohl Center.

Berggren hit 8 of 9 from the field, including 4 three-pointers.  Sophomore Ben Brust added 12 and junior Mike Bruesewitz added 10 points for the Badgers, who shot 52% from the field overall and 48% from three-point range.

The win was no. 246 for coach Bo Ryan at Wisconsin, tying him for second on the all-time wins list with Walter “Doc” Meanwell.  Ryan improved to 246-91 in 10-plus seasons at the UW.

Wisconsin next plays in the Chicago Invitational against Bradley on Friday night.