After lighting up Nebraska at the Kohl Center Tuesday night, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team (12-8, 5-4) struggled to make anything happen against the Purdue Boilermakers (11-9, 4-5) in their Friday night matchup, losing 70–51.The Badgers traveled to Mackey Arena to take on the Boilermakers but were unable to find a rhythm throughout the entirety of the game as they were limited to just 15 points by the end of the first half and only 51 points in the entire game.
Part of their inability to find a rhythm was due to the Boilermakers smothering defense that forced 11 turnovers, eight of which were steals.