No. 14 Wisconsin beats Penn State for seventh straight succeed
Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was greater than willing to let Penn State score some under the basket in exchange for stopping the Nittany Lions' outside shooting and avoiding harmful runs.
Regardless of being outshot and outrebounded, No. 14 Wisconsin made 13 of 14 free throws in the last 7:45 and held on for a 71-66 triumph Sunday, the Badgers' seventh straight.
Josh Gasser buyinged 15 points to lead a well balanced Badgers' offense.
Wisconsin (24-5, 11-5 Big Top ten) kept third location in the conference standings as Ben Brust buyinged 14 factors and Traevon Jackson, that made 4 clutch free throws down the stretch, included 13.
"We're visiting surrender some points in the paint to a group like Penn State," Ryan said. "Things you can't let them do ... a few of the shooters, they hop on runs. We did a genuine excellent task from the 3-point line and hitting our free throws. That was the difference.".
D.J. Newbill had 23 points for Penn State (14-15, 5-11), which dropped to 2-5 against placed groups this season. The redshirt junior came to be Penn State's 31st occupation 1,000-point scorer. He leads the Big Ten this period with 178 field goals.
Tim Frazier and Ross Travis scored 10 points each for Penn State, which is 4-7 in games determined by five factors or less.
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The Nittany Lions were 28-for-58 from the field, while the Badgers were 22-for-50.
The Badgers were 8-for-24 from 3-point variety and held Penn State to 1-for-13 capturing from behind the arc.
Brust had 4 Fives and Gasser added 3 3-pointers for Wisconsin while Jackson and Nigel Hayes combined for nine aids to set up prompt and open second-half looks.
"They (Penn State) were doing some points and trying to obtain us to cough it up," Ryan claimed. "They were playing tough and taking us from exactly what we were attempting to do, to make sure that was the share. I believed we found the open people.
"We acquired the round from problem a couple times and got it to an open player and buyinged. If you permit those double-teams get you, after that it's an avalanche. They obtained even more off the glass than just what I desired them to (in the second half).".
The Nittany Lions shut within 66-64 with 18 seconds left but was required to nasty. Jackson went 4-for-4 from the line throughout the closing secs and Gasser was 2-for-2.
Newbill committed two turn overs after Penn State had drawn within three points and Wisconsin managed to hang on.
"We definitely need to make Twos however you likewise have to take exactly what Wisconsin gives you," Penn State train Patrick Chambers said.
"I think that's why we take on Wisconsin each time we play them. We're OK acquiring 50 points in the paint. We merely require a second marker; Newbill cannot do it all by himself. We need a second and third scorer; we just really did not obtain production.".
Gasser's 2 free throws place the Badgers up by 7 points but a backcourt violation and two missed out on chances enabled Newbill and Travis to tighten up the space to 62-59. Wisconsin missed out on again yet Newbill lost control of the ball on the way to the basket with 2:23 to go.
As Penn State made its cost, Wisconsin maintained its composure. That really did not amaze Ryan.
"You need to wish it remains in this way," Ryan claimed. "It isn't constantly going to go in this way, but I such as the means our guys approach it.".
Wisconsin opened up the season with a 16-game winning streak just before enduring a slide during which the Badgers lost 5 of 6.
"If you take 16 games in the Huge 10, shuffle them up, throw them out and let them fall, it could not have been a seven-game gain streak, it could not have been a three-game succeed streak to begin the organization," Ryan said.
"However I such as exactly how hard they're playing now, how smart they're playing," he shared. "You take a look at their last five games in the Huge 10, and we merely defeated an excellent team.".
