Offense: A
Wisconsin and Ohio State went back and forth to begin the game as the two teams traded baskets. Waiting for a team to take control of the game. That moment for Wisconsin came following a made three by Ohio State’s Andre Wesson to cut the Badgers lead to 22-20 with 4:37 to go in the game.
The Badgers proceeded by ending the first half on a 16-0 run on 5-for-9 shooting from the field. The Badgers over there scoring run were led by Brevin Pritzl and D’Mitrik Trice as each scored six points both coming off of two made 3-pointers while Aleem Ford made a layup and Nate Reuvers made a pair of free throws to round out the scoring.
In particular, Pritzl was excellent for Wisconsin off the bench as he led Wisconsin in scoring with 19 points, which includes him going 5-for-6 from 3-point range and shot 7-for-13 from the field overall.
Ford was the only other Badger to reach double figures with 10 as he shot 3-for-8 from the field. As six different Badgers scored at least eight points for Wisconsin as Micah Potter who started his first game for the Badgers finished with nine points, Nate Reuvers also scored nine points, Trice and Trevor Anderson each had eight points.
Wisconsin was able to create balanced scoring thanks to the Badgers ability to consistently working the basketball around on the offensive end. Wisconsin was able to register 17 assists on their 24 made field goals. Overall Wisconsin shot 24-for-58 (41.4 percent) from the field and 12-for-32 (37.5 percent) from three.
The Badgers were also able to help their offense by finding ways of taking care of the basketball only turning it over nine times in addition to generating second chance opportunities. Wisconsin finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds and was able to capitalize on their second chances by turning them into 15 points.
Ford led the way with four offensive rebounds as he was a rebound shy of registering the first double-double of his career. Ford was active throughout the game and his hustle on the offensive end helped lead to Wisconsin having an extra attempt on the offensive end.