Encouraging outings from Trice, Reuvers
There wasn’t much from tonight’s loss that the Badgers can hang their hats on as they look ahead to Nebraska on Tuesday, but D’Mitrik Trice and Nate Reuvers both had strong outings that they can build upon moving forward.
The former played an all-around excellent game, stuffing the box score with nine points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal. Trice played sound defense against National Player of the Year candidate Cassius Winston when the two were matched up, helping hold him to just six points on 3-12 shooting.
Trice has had some rough outings lately, so Wisconsin fans will be hoping tonight’s performance provides a much-needed confidence boost for him moving forward.
As for Reuvers, the junior big man had one of his better performances of the season against Michigan State, racking up 19 points on 3-6 three-point shooting and 7-15 overall, seven rebounds and two blocks. He took over the game for a bit at the beginning of the second half, scoring the first eight points of the half for the Badgers and nearly single-handedly cutting Michigan State’s 15-point halftime lead down to six.
Perhaps no player will play a larger role in deciding Wisconsin’s fortunes down the stretch than Reuvers, so his performance tonight against the Big Ten’s best team should provide Badger fans with plenty of encouragement from an otherwise ugly game.