John Tonje scored 31 factors and No. 11 Wisconsin beat Illinois 95-74 on Tuesday evening to earn its fifth straight victory and finish its latest run of futility on this collection.
Wisconsin (21-5, 11-4 Huge Ten) had misplaced its final 9 matchups with the Preventing Illini, together with an 86-80 defeat Dec. 10 at Illinois. Wisconsin had gained 15 straight conferences instantly earlier than that stretch.
Tonje’s huge efficiency got here three nights after he had 32 factors in a 94-84 win at No. 13 Purdue, which was ranked seventh on the time. He is the fourth participant at school historical past to attain not less than 30 factors in consecutive video games.
Wisconsin’s Steven Crowl added a season-high 20 factors to go together with seven rebounds and 5 assists. John Blackwell had 16 factors.
Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn had 17 factors, Ben Humrichous 13 and Will Riley 11 for Illinois (17-10, 9-8).
Takeaways
Illinois: The Illini did not have second-leading rebounder Morez Johnson Jr. as a consequence of a broken wrist. Tomislav Ivisic, Illinois’ prime rebounder and second-leading scorer, had seven factors and three rebounds whereas enjoying by means of an sickness.
Wisconsin: The Badgers are scoring 82 factors per recreation and are on tempo for his or her highest common since 1970-71, after they had a school-record 86.3 factors per recreation. This was their fifteenth recreation with not less than 80 factors.
Key second
Blackwell made three straight baskets to show a 13-all tie right into a 19-13 Badgers lead. Wisconsin stayed forward the remainder of the way in which.
Key stat
Wisconsin had a 39-30 rebounding edge. Illinois got here in with a plus-9.7 rebound margin that ranked second amongst all Division I groups — behind solely Milwaukee. Illinois outrebounded Wisconsin 40-29 on Dec. 10.
Up subsequent
Illinois faces No. 3 Duke in New York on Saturday on FOX, whereas Wisconsin hosts Oregon.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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