The beginnings of Thursday night’s game against Chicago State University and the effort against Creighton Tuesday night were all too familiar for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.
For the second time in 48 hours, the opposing team had mounted an early 8-0 lead against the Badgers. The Cougars had upset on the brain, and UW desperately wanted to avoid a second straight loss to drop to 1-2 not yet a week into the season.
But 8-0 was the worst the evening would get for Wisconsin. UW subsequently rattled off a 19-0 run, mostly sparked by bench contributions, over the next nine minutes, and UW ran away with the contest 69-51.