In the first half of Friday’s road matchup against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, the No. 9 Wisconsin Badgers started off well led by a phenomenal early effort from guard Brad Davison. The senior scored the first six points for the Badgers and led them to a narrow 33-32 halftime lead against the Scarlet Knights.
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Wisconsin has come out strong against Rutgers, which is a welcome sight after the Badgers’ rough outing at Michigan on Tuesday. Davison and Aleem Ford have jump-started the Wisconsin offense with their play. Davison drew a 3-point shooting foul, hit a three, and had a gorgeous early assist to Micah Potter for the slam dunk. He finished the first half with nine points, three rebounds, two steals and an assist.
Ford had one of the drives of the season, attacking Rutgers big man Myles Johnson and finishing with a little english:
Aleem the Dream. 🤯@aleemty2 is nice with it for @BadgerMBB: pic.twitter.com/41IOya1xH3
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) January 16, 2021
Rutgers struggled against the Badgers early in the first half, but big production from guard Jacob Young has led them back to being down just one. The Scarlet Knights will need to see more from their leading scorer Ron Harper Jr. in the second half.
.@braddavi34 made them respect the jumper, then he dished for the Potter jam. 💪@BadgerMBB up early: pic.twitter.com/ykyUDpTXKQ
— Wisconsin On BTN (@WisconsinOnBTN) January 16, 2021
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