John Blackwell collected 25 factors and a profession summit of 11 rebounds to assist the Wisconsin, ranked twelfth, beat Minnesota 74-67 Wednesday night.
John Tonje added 18 factors and 7 plates for badgers (23-7, 13-6), which solid a three-place draw for third place within the huge ten with a seeded among the many first 4 and the double-Bys which accompanies him for the convention event in sight.
The Wisconsin, the nationwide shot of free throws, went 21 for twenty-four. The Minnesota, the worst workforce of the Large Ten on the line, was 8 for 15.
Brennan Rigsby led the Gophers (15-15, 7-12) with 18 factors and Lu’cye Patterson added 15 factors through the ninth consecutive defeat of Minnesota towards Wisconsin. Dawson Garcia, the fourth huge ten scorer, collected 14 factors on a 6 shot for 17 in his final dwelling sport.
Wisconsin: With out the starter Max Klesmit for a second consecutive match, the badgers endured some offensive luries regarding solely two reversals in a second resilient half which noticed an advance of 11 factors develop into a deficit of two factors.
Minnesota: Discovering a rating past Garcia was a model for gophers, the one huge ten workforce on common lower than 70 factors per sport. Rigsby, who raised a 20-point profession summit and 3-point 3-point with 4.1 seconds to play in a 67-65 victory at Nebraska on Saturday, was a late gentle level.
Patterson pulled a cost on Tonje which despatched him on the bench with 4 faults and eight:48 on the left and struck a 3-point pointer for an advance of 53-51 which briefly put the Minnesota in entrance.
The three -point pointer from Garcia on the possession of opening has reached the 2000 -point mark for his 5 -year college profession, which features a season every in Marquette and in North Carolina. It’s tenth on the marking listing of all Minnesota time in 87 video games.
The Wisconsin ends his convention on Saturday towards Penn State. Minnesota finishes Sunday in Rutgers.
