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Badgers battle to beat Hoosiers in Madison

January 27, 2012 By Bill Scott

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.

AUDIO: Ben Brust said they have a shooters mentality :13

AUDIO: Bo Ryan says Brust always has the green light :17

Verdell Jones and Christian Watford had 12 points each to lead Indiana. 

The victory is the 9th in-a-row over Indiana.  The Badgers trail Ohio State, Michigan State and Michigan by a half-game in the Big Ten standings.

Indiana fell to 4-5 in the Big Ten and 16-5 overall.  The Hoosiers are now 2-30 in Big Ten road games since Tom Crean took over.

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Filed Under: Badgers, Sports Tagged With: Badgers, Ben Brust, Big Ten Conference, Bo Ryan, Jared Berggren, Tom Crean



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