Cold shooting offensively for Greg Gard’s team combined with a strong second half for the Pac-12 Tournament champs led to the No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers falling to the No. 12 seed Oregon Ducks in a 72-54 loss on Friday afternoon inside the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.
Oregon limited Wisconsin (23-11) to just 33.3 shooting overall in the game, including a frigid 30.6 percent in the final 20 minutes. That included a 1-for-17 shooting stretch from the 5:43 to the :57 mark in the second half.
In contrast, Oregon (24-12) made nine of its last 11 shots from 7:47 remaining in the contest until the end of the game.