The Wisconsin Badgers, with their team right in the middle of exam week,
Josh Gasser
showed that their defense is a constant. The Badgers cruised to a 66-33 victory over Savannah State at the Kohl Center.
Savannah State became the 4th team this season to score 33 points or fewer against Wisconsin.
AUDIO: Guard Josh Gasser on holding another team to 33 pts or less :19
The Tigers came into the game averaging 61.3 points per game. But they shot just 32% from the field for the game, their second-worst performance of the season.
The Badgers (10-2) got 13 points from big man Jared Berggren and 12 points from Ryan Evans and Jordan Taylor.
About the only sore spot for the Badgers came in rebounding. Savannah State collected 12 offensive rebounds which is something Wisconsin must improve on. But overall, their defensive effort was constant.
AUDIO: Josh Gasser said team defense & principles have been solid :19
The Badgers are off now until December 23rd against Mississippi Valley State.
SPR says
December 16, 2011 at 11:12 amWatching last night’s game against Savannah State, I wonder if next year they’re going to start including local high schools in their basketball schedule. I’m sure hope someone can do a much better job of scheduling teams to make the game more interesting for the paying UW fans.
Bill Scott says
December 16, 2011 at 11:29 amI agree with you 100%. However, the University needs to pay the bills. The way to guarantee a certain number of home games every year is to find low profile teams to show up at the Kohl Center to take their beating and not expect a home game in return. Large schools like Wisconsin guarantee the Savannah State’s of the world a certain amount of money from the gate to show up and not expect anything in return.
Unfortunately, caught up in the many bad preseason basketball games on the schedule is the season ticket holder. Packers’ fans experience the same thing. If you want to hang on to your tickets, you have to pay for the preseason game as well. We all know how exciting those games are.