The Wisconsin Badgers lost their first game since January 12th, shooting just 34-percent while falling at Michigan State 69-57 at the Breslin Center.
The men’s basketball team entered the game as the hottest team in the Big Ten, with seven straight wins. But a cold shooting night meant the Badgers losing streak in East Lansing grew to nine games.
The Badgers fell behind 14-3 early and shot just 25-percent from the field in the first half. While things improved slightly in the second half, the Badgers had dug themselves to big of a hole.
Ethan Happ was able to get past some early foul trouble to finish with 18-points for the Badgers. But Nigel Hayes, who is a big reason why the Badgers had won seven-straight, couldn’t throw one in the ocean last [Read more…]