(UW ATHLETICS) MADISON – The Wisconsin men’s basketball team (9-4, 1-1) topped Milwaukee, 80-60, to round out the regular season non-conference slate on Tuesday at the Kohl Center.
Nick Boyd finished with a team-high 16 points on an efficient 5-of-7 shooting. Nolan Winter joined him in double-figures with 14 points, and led the Badgers with 7 rebounds. John Blackwell had a well-balanced 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, while true freshman Hayden Jones added 8 points of his own off the bench. In total, Wisconsin’s bench contributed 31 points and has now chipped in 75 points across the last two contests. The Badgers averaged 14.4 bench points through the season’s first 11 games.
Bucky jumped out to a 15-2 lead, holding UWM to just one field goal in the game’s first nine minutes, and didn’t look back from there.
The Badgers took a 37-21 advantage into halftime, allowing the fewest points in a first half since the Big Ten Championship game against Michigan last season. Nine Badgers were in the scoring column by the interval, the most in a half for UW this season.
UW kept the pace out of the break, augmenting the lead to 20 by game’s end. The Badger defense showed out on the perimeter, holding UWM to 3-of-22 clip from three-point range – the lowest-percentage shooting performance by a Badger opponent this year.
Up Next: UW continues its home stand with a showdown against No. 5 Purdue on Saturday. Tip at the Kohl Center is set for 7 p.m.
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