May 22, 2012

Badgers battle to beat Hoosiers in Madison

The 25th ranked Wisconsin Badgers earned their 5th straight Big Ten victory

Ben Brust

and stayed within a 1/2 game of the conference leaders, knocking off #16 Indiana 57-50 at the Kohl Center on Thursday night.

Ben Brust led four Badgers in double figures with 13 points and center Jared Berggren had a career high 5 blocks in the win.  Berggren held Indiana’s Cody Zeller to 7-points, 8 below his average.

AUDIO: Jared Berggren on defending Cody Zeller :15

The Badgers shot just 39% as a team, but Ben Brust hit 4 of his 9 FG attempts and was 3 of 6 from distance. [Read more...]

Evans leads Badgers in Big Ten Opener

The 11th ranked Wisconsin Badgers won their 9th straight Big Ten men’s

Ryan Evans

basketball opener on Tuesday night, 64-40 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln.

Ryan Evans scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed six rebounds while Jordan Taylor added 15 points as the Badgers held Nebraska to just 14 second half points in the win.  Evans hit 9 of 11 FG’s, including a pair of three-pointers to double his season total. [Read more...]

Badgers survive trip to Milwaukee

The UW-Milwaukee Panthers used a 16-1 second half run to pull to within 45-43 before falling to the Wisconsin Badgers 60-54 at the US Cellular Arena.

In the end, it was the Badgers that made the couple of big plays down the stretch, including a long 3-pointer by point guard Jordan Taylor with 41-seconds left to put the Badgers up by 6. [Read more...]

Taylor looks to snap out of shooting slump

Jordan Taylor tries to shake himself out of a shooting slump when

Jordan Taylor

the Wisconsin Badgers face the UW-Milwaukee Panthers in Milwaukee tonight.

Taylor is shooting just 36% from the field and 32% from 3-point range.  He was held without a field goal (0 for 10) in Wisconsin’s home court win over UNLV on Saturday and has made just 29% of his field goals in the last four games.

AUDIO: Jordan Taylor on going 0 for 10 vs. UNLV

The slump is only recent for Taylor.  The preseason All-American hit 45% from 3-point range and 42% from the field in the teams first six games.

The Badgers are hoping the offensive display from sophomore guard Ben Brust and junior center Jared Berggren will take some heat off of Taylor.

AUDIO: Bo Ryan said he’s not concerned with Taylor’s lack of shooting

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.