Despite Chase Audige’s 23 point game, shooting 3-4 for three, and some obscure late events, No. 8 Wisconsin’s (15-2, 6-1 B1G) staggering 51.9 percent field goal and 52.9 percent three-point shooting was simply too strong for Northwestern (9-7, 2-5 B1G) to pull off another top 10 takedown, as the Badgers prevailed, 82-76.
For Wisconsin, top NBA prospect Jonny Davis added 27 points and 8 rebounds. Boo Buie chipped in 19 for the ‘Cats, including three from deep.
Neither team was off to a good shooting start early in the first half, but Northwestern was able to break out of an early slump to grab a 11-7 lead four minutes in, backed by Buie’s five points and Audige’s four.