Offense: B
In Wisconsin’s loss to Michigan State, the Badgers shot 4-for-19 from three and entering the game against Nebraska the Badgers were shooting 32.5 percent (135-for-416) from three as a team.
Making it hard to imagine that Wisconsin would finish the game against Nebraska with a program record 18 made three’s on 34 attempts, which eclipsed the previous mark of 17 against Coppin State in 2010.
As eight different players for Wisconsin made at least one three and five of those eight players made at least two three’s. Simply put it was a shooting clinic from the perimeter as the Badgers did a terrific job of working the basketball around as the Badgers registered an impressive and Big Ten season high 23 assists on their 29 made field goals. Overall Wisconsin finished the game 29-for-63 (46 percent) from the field.
Brad Davison (4-for-9) and Brevin Pritzl (4-for-8) both made four of their 3-pointers as the two shot a combined 8-for-17 from three. Trice went 3-for-4 on his 3-point attempts, Aleem Ford and Micah Potter each made two of their three’s.
Potter finished the game with nine points while Ford finished the game with eight points as he went scoreless over Wisconsin’s last two games.
Although Wisconsin finished the game with 16 points in the paint they did feed the post in order to help create there open looks from three.
With nine different players scoring for Wisconsin it helped create a balance on offense throughout the game. The balance that Wisconsin had amongst its scorers was established early in the game as eight different players for Wisconsin combined to score the Badgers first 24 points to begin the game.
Despite Wisconsin getting into a groove offensively from three, the Badgers did commit 11 turnovers against Nebraska. The 11 turnovers by the Badgers broke a four game streak of nine or fewer turnovers. The Cornhuskers were able to find a way of cashing Wisconsin’s mistakes into points as they finished the game with 19 points off of the Badgers turnovers.