The Wisconsin Badgers may have been fortunate to be facing a Nebraska team that is still looking for its first Big Ten Conference victory. UW struggled again offensively, shooting just 32% from the field but still managed to pull out a 61-48 victory over the Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Neb. Freshman Jonathan Davis scored 10 points, […]
No. 19 Wisconsin returns to winning ways over Penn St, 72-56
By STEVE MEGARGEEFebruary 3, 2021 GMT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin made the most of its immediate opportunity to avenge a rare loss to Penn State.
Freshman Jonathan Davis scored a career-high 17 points and the 19th-ranked Badgers resumed their dominance of the Nittany Lions with a 72-56 victory on Tuesday night.
Wisconsin’s 13-game winning streak over the Nittany Lions had ended with an 81-71 loss at Penn State on Saturday. The Big Ten foes played twice in four days because COVID-19 issues forced the postponement of their scheduled Jan. 3 matchup at Penn State.
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Freshman Jonathan Davis scored a career-high 17 points to lead the 19th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers knocked off the Penn State Nittany Lions 72-56 on Tuesday night at the Kohl Center.
Penn State had ended Wisconsin’s 13-game win streak in the series on Saturday with a 81-71 win over the Badgers. UW got some payback on Tuesday night in the back-to-back series.
The Badgers (14-5, 8-4 Big Ten) have not lost to Penn State at home since 1995 and has won 27 of the last 30 meetings overall.
Brad Davison gave the Badgers a two-point halftime lead (33-31) with a three-pointer at the halftime horn. It was part of an 18-2 Badger run that included two other three’s from Davison, who finished with 13 points for the game.
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After allowing Northwestern to score 34 points in the first half, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said his team needed to be much better in the second half. The 10th ranked Badgers got the message, allowing just 18 points in the second half, holding the Wildcats to their lowest point total of the season in a 68-52 Wisconsin victory at the Kohl Center.
“I thought we did a better job of stopping the ball and not letting them get in the paint,” said Gard. “I thought the first half, we didn’t execute well enough in some of the ball-screen situations. Second half, we were better. We talked about some of those things at halftime. The second 20, I thought we were more aggressive in the ball screens and eliminated some of that dribble penetration.”