MADISON, Wis. — Winners in five of its last six games, Wisconsin seeks its fourth-straight win when it hosts Rutgers on Sunday at the Kohl Center. Tip is set for noon (CT) on BTN.

1) BEATING THE BEST: Wisconsin is 6-1 against teams ranked the top 25 of the NET rankings, tied for the most wins of any team in the NCAA. The Badgers have four wins over AP Top-25 ranked teams, tied for fourth-most in the country and trailing only Baylor, Oregon and Iowa.

2) CHARITY STRIPE: The Badgers closed out another Big Ten Conference win at the free throw line Tuesday vs. Purdue, shooting 19-for-20 (15-for-16 FT in the second half alone). The effort was the best free throw shooting performance by Wisconsin since 2014.

3) BUILT FORD TOUGH: Aleem Ford had a career day in Tuesday night's victory over the Boilermakers. Ford scored a career-high 19 points on a career-best five three-pointers and a team-high seven rebounds. The redshirt junior has now tallied double-figures in four of UW's past five games leading the Badgers to four victories over that period.

4) LEAVE IT TO REUVERS: Nate Reuvers has been Mr. Reliable for the Badgers this season scoring in double figures in 20 of UW's 25 games. While averaging 13.5 points per game and 4.8 rebounds per game, the junior forward has also emerged as an elite presence on defense with 54 blocks on the season, tied for fourth-most in the Big Ten. Reuvers has 140 career blocks and needs just 14 rejections to break Ethan Happ's school record (154).

5) SCOUTING RUTGERS: Rutgers is led in scoring by Ron Harper Jr. who is averaging 11.8 points per game on 44.8 percent (112-for-250) shooting from the field, plus an average of 5.7 rebounds per game. Coached by Steve Pikiell, the Scarlet Knights have earned notable wins over Seton Hall, Penn State, Purdue and Illinois.

LAST TIME OUT
Wisconsin 69, Purdue 65

The Badgers earned their third-straight win, edging out Purdue, 69-65, a tightly-contested battle on Tuesday night at the Kohl Center.

• Wisconsin opened the second half with a 12-2 run and held on for a 69-65 win over Purdue at the Kohl Center on Tuesday.
• UW went 19-for-20 at the FT line, including an 8-for-8 effort in the final 28 seconds from Brad Davison (4-4) and Brevin Pritzl (4-4).
• The Badgers committed just 9 turnovers and hit 12 3-pointers, their 3rd-straight game with at least 12 triples.
• Aleem Ford scored a career-high 19 points and hit a career-best 5 3-pointers (5-8).
• Pritzl (13), Davison (13), Nate Reuvers (12) rounded out the Badgers' double-digit scorers.

ALL-TIME VS. RUTGERS

• Sunday's game marks the 11th-ever meeting between Wisconsin and Rutgers in a series that began in 1949. The Badgers are 7-3 all-time against the Scarlet Knights.
• The Badgers are 4-3 against Rutgers since the Scarlet Knights joined the Big Ten in 2014-15. Greg Gard has gone 4-2 against RU.
• Earlier this season, Rutgers earned a 72-65 win over Wisconsin at The RAC in Piscataway, N.J.
• Wisconsin is a perfect 4-0 against Rutgers in Madison, with 3 of those game coming since RU joined the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights are averaging just 54 ppg in 4 visits to the Kohl Center, having scored 60 points just once (64 in 2018).
• All-time, Rutgers has topped 70 points just once, a 72-65 win over UW in this season's first match-up.
  • A total of 7 Badgers have seen significant minutes against Rutgers, led by Nate Reuvers and Brad Davison who are averaging 8.7 ppg against the Scarlet Knights.

LAST TIME VS. RUTGERS

• Wisconsin suffered a 72-65 loss at Rutgers in December in the team's first Big Ten road game of the season.
• The Badgers turned the ball over 14 times and were out-rebounded, 40-to-26, including a 14-to-3 disadvantage on the offensive glass.
• UW out-shot Rutgers, 47.9% for 46.0%, but the Scarlet Knights scored 42 points in the paint and owned a 23-5 edge in second-chance points.
• Former Badger Kobe King led UW with 18 points (7-12 FG), 3 rebounds, 3 assists.
• Junior Trevor Anderson added 11 points off the bench, his first time scoring in double figures as a Badger. Anderson entered the game with 8 total points on the season.