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Wisconsin’s red-hot momentum came to a screeching halt on Tuesday night, as it fell 86-69 to the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The team was outplayed in nearly every facet. Ohio State shot 54% to Wisconsin’s 46%, made 52% of its 3-point looks to Wisconsin’s 27% and out-rebounded Wisconsin 35-27. That difference in production was evident from the onset, as the Buckeyes built a 12-point lead in the game’s first seven minutes. They then led by 12 points at halftime and kept the Badgers out of striking distance for the entire second half.
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Bench guard Braeden Carrington was Wisconsin’s lone bright spot from the evening. He tallied 20 points, a rebound, two assists, two steals and two blocks in 28 minutes off the bench. John Blackwell and Nick Boyd each managed just 14 points, Nolan Winter finished with 10, and Aleksas Bieliauskas and Andrew Rohde combined for just three tallies.
The loss is the Badgers’ largest since a 16-point defeat at the hands of Purdue in early January. It snapped a streak of consecutive Quad 1 victories and halted the team’s rapid rise in national rankings and NCAA Tournament bracket projections.
For more, here is where the team now ranks in KenPom and ESPN’s Basketball Power Index after Tuesday’s defeat.
Wisconsin basketball’s updated KenPom, ESPN basketball power index ranking after Ohio State loss
KenPom: No. 32 overall (down two spots), No. 20 offense, No. 55 defense, No. 23 strength of schedule
ESPN’s BPI: No. 33 overall (down one), projected 20.9-10.1 final record
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