Nov. 22, 2011
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Postgame Notes
Wisconsin vs. UMKC
Madison, Wis. -- Kohl Center
Nov. 22, 2011
Team Notes
• Head coach Bo Ryan won his 246th game at Wisconsin, tying Walter Meanwell for second on UW’s all-time wins list. In his 11th season, Ryan is 246-91 (.729) at UW and needs 19 wins to tie Bud Foster’s school record of 265 victories.
• By doing so in 337 games, Bo Ryan becomes the third-fastest Big Ten coach to reach 246 wins, trailing Indiana’s Bob Knight (321 games) and Purdue’s Ward Lambert (323 games).
• Wisconsin improves to 4-0 for the fifth time in 11 seasons under head coach Bo Ryan, and the first since a 4-0 start to the 2008-09 season.
• UW won its 19th-consecutive non-conference home game, dating back to Dec. 23, 2008. Overall, the Badgers are 102-25 (.803) in regular-season non-conference games under Ryan.
• Overall, Wisconsin recorded its 23rd-consecutive win at the Kohl Center, where it has won 41 of its last 42 home games.
• With a capacity crowd of 17,230, UW recorded its 142nd-consecutive sellout at the Kohl Center.
• In allowing 31 points to UMKC, the Badgers saw their nation-leading mark in scoring defense fall to 34.0 points per game.
• Through four games, UW is outscoring its opponents by a margin of 40.8 points per game.
• Wisconsin has held each of its first four opponents below 50 points. The last time UW allowed fewer than 50 points in four consecutive games was a stretch from Feb. 21 to March 5, 1949.
• Through four games, the Badgers are allowing opponents an average of 14.5 points in the first half, outscoring their foes by an average of 25.4 points in the opening period.
• Wisconsin shot 48.1 percent (13-of-27) from 3-point range and improved its Big Ten-leading mark to 48.0 percent for the season. UW is averaging a Big Ten-best 11.8 treys per game.
• Overall, Wisconsin shot 51.7 percent from the floor, marking the third time in four games this season that UW has shot 50 percent or better. Wisconsin is shooting 50.9 percent on the season.
• The Badgers held UMKC to 20.8 percent shooting (11-of-53). On the season, UW leads the Big Ten in field-goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot just 26.2 percent from the field.
• The Kangaroos shot just 12.9 percent in the second half (4-31). That's the third-worst performance by a Badgers opponent in a half in school history. Kennesaw State shot 13.0 percent (3-23) in the first half of the season opener this year, a figure that now ranks fourth-worst.
• UW pulled down a season-high 45 rebounds, its highest rebound total since grabbing 51 boards in last year’s season-opener vs. Prairie View A&M (Nov. 11, 2010).
• Through four games, Wisconsin is out-rebounding its opponents by a margin of 19 boards per game (43.0 to 24.0).
Individual Notes
• Junior F Jared Berggren scored a career-high 21 points in just 21 minutes of action. He hit a career-high four 3-pointers, going 4-for-4 from beyond the arc and 8-for-9 from the field. Berggren is the Badgers’ leading scorer this season at 13.5 points per game.
• Berggren also tied his career high with 3 blocks (vs. Minnesota, Dec. 28, 2010).
• Making his 50th-consecutive start, senior G Jordan Taylor recorded 6 assists against a single turnover. That improved his assist-to-turnover ratio to 10.5 on the season (21 assists, 2 turnovers).
• Sophomore G Ben Brust pulled down a career-high 6 rebounds while scoring 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting for his third double-figure scoring game in four contests this season.
• Junior F Mike Bruesewitz scored a season-high 10 points on 2-for-3 shooting from 3-point range.
• Freshman F Frank Kaminsky scored a career-high 9 points in 9 minutes of action, going 3-for-4 from the field.
