The Wisconsin Badgers kicked off their Big Ten Tournament with a 70-63 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats, overcoming a slow start to advance past the second round to the quarterfinals.
Wisconsin didn’t shoot the ball particularly well, hitting only 41.5 percent of their shots and 32 percent of their threes, but the Badgers got to the free throw line often, hitting 18/23 of their shots at the charity stripe to push forward to a victory.
Defensively, they limited Northwestern to just 63 points, holding them under 40 percent shooting and to 25 percent from deep in the win.