Offense: B
Indiana didn’t allow anything easy against Wisconsin as the Badgers had to earn each point.
With the Badgers trailing by as many as nine points in the second half with 10 minutes to go in the game the Badgers were able to put together enough offense to claim their first Big Ten regular season championship since 2015.
The Badgers didn’t start making their comeback against Indiana until there was 6:52 to play and Wisconsin down by seven.
Wisconsin started by scoring on three consecutive offensive possessions to tie the game at 51. Nate Reuvers hit a jumper in the paint, which was followed by D’Mitrik Trice’s first points of the game, and on the third offensive possession, Micah Potter was able to complete the old-fashion 3-point play.
The Badgers officially took the lead for good on a made three by Brad Davison off of an assist by Potter with 4:05 to play. In total after getting down by seven points, the Badgers closed the game out by shooting 6-for-12 from the field and 3-for-3 from the free throw line.
In Wisconsin’s 16-to-5 run to close out the game four different Badgers scored as Davison scored five points, Trice and Reuvers each had four points, and Potter had the other three points.
Wisconsin had four players reach double figures as Reuvers led the way with 17 points, Potter had 14 points, and Aleem Ford finished with 12 points. Davison was the other player in double figures with 11 points as all three of his made field goals came from 3-point range.
Trice finished the game with four points as he finished 2-for-10 from the field but the shots he made down the stretch were critical as his final made shot put him at 1,000 career points.
Most importantly for Trice though was that even though his shot wasn’t falling he still found a way to set up his teammates. Trice led the way with five assists to one turnover as the Badgers finished the game with 12 assists on 22 made field goals.
The Badgers ability to consistently work the basketball around against the Hoosiers allowed for the Badgers to generate quality looks for themselves. Overall Wisconsin shot 22-for-53 (41.5 percent) from the field and 9-for-22 (40.9 percent) from three.