EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Brad Davison is OK with these late-season nail-biters.

Davison scored 16 points, D'Mitrik Trice and Ethan Happ added 14 points apiece and No. 22 Wisconsin held off Northwestern 69-64 on Saturday night.

"It's so much fun. I love it," Davison said about another close victory. "This is what I've always dreamed about. This is what I signed up for, we all signed up for."

Khalil Iverson added 11 points for the Badgers (19-8, 11-5 Big Ten), who had lost two of three. Happ scored nine of his points in the second half, and Trice shot 4-for-9 from 3-point range.

"You want to play in the best conference from top to bottom in the country because you get challenged each and every day," Davison said. "At the end of the day, we're all playing for March, and this game got us better for March for sure."

Vic Law had 24 points for the Wildcats (12-15, 3-13), and Dererk Pardon added 21. They have lost eight straight.

Wisconsin committed 10 turnovers and shot 45.5 percent from the field to Northwestern's 40.7 percent. The Badgers went 7 for 19 from 3-point range compared to the Wildcats' 6 for 21.

Happ took over after a quiet first half. He scored six consecutive points for Wisconsin -- all on hook shots -- for a 53-46 lead with 7:53 left.

"The second half, there was more space around him," Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said about Happ. "We were able to tweak some things as far as where guys were at. He also did a better job of making decisions quicker to attack before help got there and when help did come he found the open guys."

Law responded by scoring 11 straight points on four baskets to give the Wildcats a 57-55 lead.

Davison made a jumper to put Wisconsin up 65-62 with just under two minutes to go before A.J. Turner missed a jumper on the other end. Law hit two free throws with 15.1 seconds left to pull the Wildcats within one. Davison hit two foul shots, and Northwestern's Aaron Falzon missed a three with four seconds remaining.

"I thought we played incredibly hard," Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. "We didn't always play perfect."

Wisconsin has won seven of its last eight at Northwestern.

Up next, Wisconsin heads back out on the road for a game at Indiana on Tuesday night.