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Badgers extend win streak to four

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The Wisconsin Badgers jumped out to an early 14-point lead on Nebraska, before the Cornhuskers bounced back to take a lead half way through the second half.

That’s when Charlie Davis came off the bench to neutralize the threat and sophomore guard Brad Davison went on a run to help the Badgers put the game away.  Davison scored 01 of his team-high 13 points in the second half.

The Badgers (15-6, 7-3 Big Ten) remained a half-game behind fourth-place Maryland (17-5, 8-3), which posted a 70-52 win over Northwestern.  Wisconsin will host Maryland on Friday night at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin’s 15th victory matched their total from a year ago (15-18).

Nebraska (13-8, 3-7 Big Ten) dropped their fourth straight.  They played without senior forward Isaac Copeland, who suffered a season ending knee injury on Saturday.

Ethan Happ finished with 10 points, nine rebounds and four assists.  Forward Nate Reuvers played just 14 minutes while dealing with foul trouble.

It was a balanced, team effort for the Badgers, who got 13 points and nine rebounds from bench players.  Brevin Pritzl led that group with eight points.

Nebraska got 18 points from Isaiah Roby in the loss.

Wisconsin’s defense held the Huskers to just 17 of 60 from the field.

Badgers push Big Ten win streak to three

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On a day when upsets appeared to be the norm around the Big Ten Conference, the Wisconsin Badgers took care of business by beating Northwestern 62-46 at the Kohl Center.

Ethan Happ recorded his second triple-double of the season, finishing with 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists to help the Badgers (14-6, 6-3 Big Ten) record their third straight Big Ten victory.

The Badgers trail third place Purdue (13-6, 6-2) by one game in the standings.  Michigan State (18-2, 9-0) is in first place and will host Purdue on Sunday.  The Badgers are within a half game of fourth-place Maryland (16-5, 7-3), which lost to Illinois 78-67 earlier in the day.

D’Mitrik Trice and Brad Davison scored 18 points each for the Badgers.  Trice hit 4 of 6 three-pointers and Davison hit 3 of 6.

As a whole, the Badges hit 8 of 18 from three-point distance (44.4 percent) and after turning the ball over 17 times against Illinois, they only coughed it up seven times against the Wildcats.

 

Badgers take down unbeaten Michigan

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The Wisconsin Badgers ended their two-game Big Ten losing streak, knocking off previously unbeaten Michigan 64-54 on Saturday at the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin (12-6, 4-3 Big Ten) got a huge performance from their best player, senior Ethan Happ.  He scored 26 points and added 10-rebounds and seven assists for the Badgers.  No other Badger player scored in double figures, but five other Badgers scored at least six points.

Nathan Reuvers and Aleem Ford had nine points each.  Brad Davison added eight points.  D’Mitrick Trice and Kobe King each tallied six points.  King also added five rebounds.

Neither team spent much time at the free throw line.  Michigan hit just 5 of 11, while the Badgers were 7 of 9 with Happ hitting two out of four in the final two-plus minutes of the game. [Read more…]

Badgers comeback falls short in loss at Maryland

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The Wisconsin Badgers continue to struggle with slow starts and it happened again on Monday night in College Park, Maryland.  The Badgers put on another second half charge but their comeback fell short, falling to the Terrapins 64-60.

The Badgers shot 26.9% (7 of 26) from the field in the first half and missed all eight of their three-point attempts, trailing 33-15 at halftime.

Maryland stretched the lead to 21 points early in the second half and maintained a comfortable lead for half of the second half.  Ethan Happ left with 10:38 left in the game with his fourth foul and the Badgers trailed 51-33.  That’s when Wisconsin went on a 8-0 run to pull within 10 (51-41).

The Badgers eventually tied the game on a Nathan Reuvers three-pointer with 3:11 left to play and took the lead 60-59 when Brad Davison hit a three with 2:02 left.

Maryland’s Anthony Cowan hit a long three with 44 seconds left to put Maryland up 62-60, then added a pair of free throws for the final margin.  Reuvers twice had open looks at three’s from the point, only to see both rim out. [Read more…]

Badgers rebound with road win at Penn State

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The Wisconsin Badgers rebounded from a pair of losses to knock off the Penn State Nittany Lions 71-52 in Big Ten Conference action on Sunday night in State College, Pa.

After shooting poorly in a loss to border rival Minnesota, the Badgers improved their offensive game, hitting 8 of their 16 three-point attempts and 30 of 61 shots overall in the win over Penn State.

Ethan Happ started slow, hitting just 2 of his first 10 shots, but finished 10 of 24 from the field.  He had 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists.  Brad Davison added 14 and Nate Reuvers 11 points.  Reuvers hit 5 of his 7 field goal attempts, while Davison was 3 for 3 from three-point range and pulled down six rebounds.

It was the 11th straight win over Penn State with seven of the 11 coming at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Penn State played without head coach Patrick Chambers, who served a one-game suspension for shoving one of his players during a timeout on Thursday at Michigan.

Wisconsin improved to 3-1 in the Big Ten, while Penn State dropped to 0-4.

 

Davison leads Badgers past Savannah State

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The Wisconsin Badgers scored a program record 69 points in the first half and went on to beat Savannah State 101-60 on Thursday night at the Kohl Center.

Sophomore guard Brad Davison pulled out of his season long shooting slump by hitting 6 of 9 three-pointers on the way to a 24 point night.  Davison hit 8 of 11 shots overall and added five assists, four rebounds and four steals.

The 19th ranked Badgers broke the 100-point mark for the first time since Nov. 19, 2013, when Frank Kaminsky scored a program record 43 points in a 103-85 win over North Dakota.

The Badgers finished 11 of 16 from three-point range (68.8%), 37 of 66 overall (56.1 %), hit 11 of 14 free throws (78.6%) and committed just 10 turnovers.

Ethan Happ added a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.  Happ hit 4 of his 5 free throw attempts.

Freshman guard Tai Strickland hit 3 of 4 three-pointers and finished with a career high 14 points and six assists.

The Badgers played without senior Khalil Iverson.  He was in a walking boot with a foot injury.

The Badgers improved to 9-2, while the Tigers dropped their 5th in-a-row and dropped to 3-9.

 

Badgers tip off Big Ten with win at Iowa

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D’Mitrik Trice File Photo by David Stluka)

The Wisconsin Badgers stayed with the Iowa Hawkeyes in their Big Ten opener in Iowa City and in the end, pulled out a 72-66 victory.

Ethan Happ fouled out with 45.8 seconds left, but the Badgers still got a big three-pointer from D’Mitrik Trice with 20 seconds left.  Then it was Brad Davison and Trice hitting some key free throws to maintain a two possession lead to give the Badgers (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) the win.

The Hawkeyes led for much of the second half.  Their biggest lead was eight early on, but the Badgers made several small runs to keep the game within striking distance.

Trice had 20 points to lead the Badgers, hitting 4 of 8 three-pointers.  Happ left with 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists.  Brevin Pritzl came up big off the bench with 12 points and four rebounds.

The Badgers had to deal with foul trouble throughout as Nate Reuvers, Aleem Ford, Khalil Iverson and Davison all spent extra time on the sidelines.

Iowa was led by Tyler Cook with 19 points and 15 rebounds.

Badgers beat Stanford in Bahamas

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The Wisconsin Badgers were in command for most of their 62-46 victory over Stanford in the opening round of the “Battle 4 Atlantis” in the Bahamas on Wednesday afternoon.

Ethan Happ and D’Mitrik Trice scored 16 points each and Nate Reuvers  added eight points and three rebounds and added a program record tying nine blocked shots in the win.  Khalil Iverson added 12 rebounds and five points for the Badgers.

Happ fouled out with 2:41 left but hit 7 of 15 shots from the field.  Brad Davison added 14 points, including 8 of 9 at the free throw line as the Badgers improved to 4-0.

The Badgers entered the tournament averaging 22 three-point attempts per game.  They attempted just eight on Wednesday and making just one.  Kobe King hit the Badgers only shot from distance with 30 seconds left to play in the game.

Wisconsin will face Oklahoma (4-0) in Thursday’s semifinals (12:30 p.m.).  The Sooners advanced after beating Florida 65-60.

 

Happ leads Badgers to Gavitt Tipoff victory

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Ethan Happ

Ethan Happ followed up his triple-double from last week with another big performance, leading the Wisconsin Badgers to a 77-68 win over Xavier in the Gavitt Tipoff Games in Cincinnati.

Happ poured in 30 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the way for the Badgers (2-0).  D’Mitrik Trice added a career-high 22 points, hitting all five of his three-point shots and Brad Davison added 19 points and six rebounds.

Happ made 15 of 23 shots from the field as he, Trice and Davison accounted for 71 of the Badgers 77 points.

The Badgers controlled most of the game, although Xavier did pull to within two points at halftime.  But the Badgers used a 16-2 second half run to once again take control.

The Badgers snapped Xavier’s 41-game home court, nonconference win streak.  The last Xavier loss against a non-conference opponent came back on Dec. 22, 2012 when the Musketeers fell to Wofford, 56-55.

Naji Marshall had 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead Xavier in defeat.

 

Badgers fall short against Michigan State, season is over

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Coach Greg Gard

The Wisconsin Badgers gave Michigan State all they could handle, but in the end, UW fell to the Spartans 63-60 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

Unlike Thursday, when the Badgers beat Maryland on the boards and at the free throw line, Wisconsin lost both of those battles to Michigan State on Friday.

The Badgers were out-rebounded 41-27 and 16-10 on the offensive end.  Michigan State only shot 11 free throws, but they made 10 of them.  The Badgers attempted just six free throws and made only two.

The three-point loss guaranteed UW’s NCAA Tournament streak of 19 is over.  For 19 straight seasons, Wisconsin called the NCAA tournament their postseason home, but not this year.

The loss for Wisconsin (15-18) is also the third straight this season against Big Ten regular season champion Michigan State.

Michigan State (29-3) advances to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament against cross-state rival Michigan.  The Wolverines (26-7) knocked off Nebraska 77-58 in the tournaments second quarterfinal game.

Ethan Happ hit 10 of 15 from the field and led the Badgers with 22 points.  Brad Davison, who poured in 30 points in last Sunday’s loss to the Spartans in Madison, finished with 10 points, as did Khalil Iverson. [Read more…]