Jan. 18, 2012

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Postgame Notes
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern
Kohl Center -- Madison, Wis. -- Jan. 18, 2012

TEAM NOTES
•    Wisconsin won its third-consecutive game to improve to 15-5 overall and 4-3 in Big Ten play.

•    UW is 162-14 (.920) at home under Bo Ryan, including a mark of 80-8 (.909) against Big Ten Conference opponents.

•    Wisconsin has now won 5 consecutive games against Northwestern overall by an average of 16.8 points per game. UW also has won 10 of the last 11 in the series.

•    The Badgers won their 14th straight over Northwestern in Madison. UW is a perfect 13-0 against the Wildcats in the Kohl Center. That streak is tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the Big Ten.

•    This is the only regular-season meeting between Wisconsin and Northwestern this season.

•    Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan improved to 15-4 all-time vs. Northwestern. Those 15 wins tie for Ryan’s most against any opponent (Michigan).

•    The Badgers gave up 32 points in the first half, equaling the most they’ve allowed before intermission this season (BYU and Marquette also both scored 32 against Wisconsin).

•    Wisconsin has now out-rebounded Northwestern in 11 straight games (UW owned a 32-24 margin Wednesday).

•    The Badgers reached 70 points for the first time this season in Big Ten play. Their previous high was the 67 points they scored in a 67-62 win at Purdue.

•    Wisconsin shot 50.0 percent (27-for-54) from the field, the eighth time UW has hit at least 50 percent of its shots in a game this season.

•    The Badgers are 10-0 this season when shooting .450 or better from the field.

•    Wisconsin hit 52.2 percent of its 3-point attempts (12-for-23), the fourth time this season UW has connected on at least 50.0 percent of its treys.  UW is 9-0 when shooting at least .400 from 3-point range this season.

•    Wisconsin hit its first four 3-point attempts of both the first and second halves Wednesday.

•    After shooting 21.4 percent (6-for-28) in the second half Sunday vs. Nebraska, the Badgers connected on 53.6 percent (15-for-28) of their field goal attempts in the second half Wednesday.

•    Northwestern entered the game ranked No. 2 in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at +1.62. The Badgers forced 10 Wildcats turnovers against 8 assists for NU (a ratio of -0.8).

•    Wisconsin posted a 17-1 advantage in bench scoring, with 8 points from sophomore Ben Brust and 5 from junior J.D. Wise.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
•    With 15 points Wednesday, senior Jordan Taylor now has 1,278 career points and passed Tracy Webster (1,264) for 15th place on UW’s all-time scoring list. Taylor scored 12 points on 4-for-4 shooting from 3-point range in the second half.

•    Taylor also posted 6 assists, giving him 404 for his career. He is just the second player in Badgers history to record 400 career assists. Tracy Webster holds the school record with 501.

•    In his last five games vs. Northwestern, Taylor has averaged 14.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists and a 4.67 assist-to-turnover ratio.

•    Junior Ryan Evans scored a team-high 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the field, his 10th double-figure scoring game of the season. Evans scored 15 of his points in the second half and added 9 rebounds.

•    Junior Mike Bruesewitz matched his season high with 13 points, added 5 rebounds, tied his season high with 4 assists and matched his career high with 2 steals.

•    Sophomore Josh Gasser posted his third-consecutive double-figure scoring game with 10 points on 2-of-2 shooting from 3-point range. Gasser has hit double-digits in 9 games this season.

•    Junior J.D. Wise scored a career-high 5 points in 1 minute of action.