Offense: C
Wisconsin has had poor shooting games this year but at times couldn’t find a way to come out with a victory even though they gave themselves a chance of winning the game.
On Friday night despite shooting 37.5 percent (21-for-56) from the field the Badgers found a way to register its fourth straight win and second consecutive game on the road this time by beating No. 5 Ohio State to improve to 2-1 in conference play.
Wisconsin was able to receive a variety of contributors in the Badgers upset over Ohio State as Nate Reuvers and Kobe King were the lone Badgers to reach double figures with 17 and 13 points respectively.
Despite leading the team in scoring Reuvers finished the game 3-for-12 from the field and 1-for-4 from 3-point range. However, Reuvers was able to score 10 of his 17 points from the free throw line, which includes making four straight to end the game to help give Wisconsin the victory.
King finished 6-for-7 from the field and made his lone 3-point attempt. King’s aggressiveness at times helped open up other opportunities for himself or his teammates as he shot 3-for-4 on his opportunities in the paint as the Badgers finished the game with 22 points down low.
In particular, Wisconsin got a big boost from its bench as the Badgers finished the game with 20 points marking the fourth game over Wisconsin’s last five games the Badgers bench has scored at least 20 points.
Brevin Pritzl was one of four players to score off the bench as he led the way with nine points on 3-for-8 shooting from the field and went 2-for-5 from 3-point range. Tyler Wahl and Micah Potter each had four points on a combined 4-for-9 shooting from the field while Trevor Anderson chipped in three points.
Pritzl’s second made three of the night was critical in Wisconsin pulling the upset as it came with 1:08 to go in the game to extend Wisconsin’s lead to 55-51. Overall Wisconsin shot 6-for-23 (26.1 percent) from distance as the Badgers only made two total three’s in the second half.