In a battle of two top Big Ten teams, the Michigan State Spartans defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 71-62 at the Breslin Center on Sunday. It was a dreadful display of shooting for the Badgers, as Wisconsin finished the game 5-for-32 from behind the three-point line. That will not get it done against the Big Ten’s top-ranked team on the road.
Wisconsin also lost the rebounding battle to Michigan State 51-40, with the Spartans gathering 13 offensive rebounds to the Badgers’ seven.
While Sunday’s game was disappointing, it was not an embarrassing loss. The Badgers went toe-to-toe with a top-10 team on the road without starting guard Max Klesmit.