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Starting Five: Wisconsin ends homestand against SIUE
November 15, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Badgers seek second-consecutive 4-0 start
MADISON, Wis. – The No. 24 Wisconsin men’s basketball team squares off with SIUE in the final game of their season-opening homestand Monday at the Kohl Center. Tipoff is set for 7:00 p.m. and tickets are available on UWBadgers.Com.
UW looks to begin 4-0 for the second-consecutive season, and third in the last four campaigns.
Fans that can’t make it to Madison can watch on Big Ten Network or listen on the Badger Radio Network as Matt Lepay and Charlie Wills have the call.
LAST TIME OUT
The Badgers improved to 3-0 last Tuesday with an emphatic 86-55 win over Ball State. It's the fifth time UW has scored 80-plus points in each of the first three games of a season, and the first such since the 2005-06 campaign. Five Badgers scored in double-figures, led by junior Nolan Winter's 19 points. The Lakeville, Minnesota native earned his fifth-career double-double, collecting 10 rebounds in the contest.
PLAYING THE COUGARS
The Badgers and Cougars have squared off twice all-time, with UW holding a 2-0 lead. Bucky ousted the Cougars 88-58 in their last ecounter, a Nov. 18 matchup in 2008. Jon Leuer had a game-high 19 points off the bench on an efficient 8-of-10 shooting.
SIUE comes into this year's contest at 3-1, with wins over Drake, UTSA and East-West University. Sophomore Ring Malith leads the Panthers with 17.8 points per game, adding 6.5 rebounds and a steal.
CRASHING THE GLASS
The Badgers boast the sixth-tallest squad in Division I this season, and have seen the results. Bucky once again won on the inside last Tuesday, out-rebounding Ball State 45-25. They secured 15 boards on the offensive glass, compared to the Cardinals' 8, as well. The Badgers average 14.33 offensive boards per game - the fifth best mark in the Big Ten Conference.
Staying in state.
— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) November 14, 2025
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WELCOME TO MADTOWN
UW inked LaTrevion Fenderson to the incoming freshman class for 2026-27 on Friday. The Racine native is the top-rated player in the state of Wisconsin, and top-160 nationally, for the class of 2026. A 6-foot-4 wing out of DME Academy, he committed to UW in August of 2024. Fenderson averaged 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game at DME last season, while posting 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game last summer with Wisconsin Playground on the Under Armour AAU circuit.
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— Rady Children's Invitational (@RCISanDiego) October 27, 2025
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THE WILD WEST
Following Monday's contest, the Badgers will embark on an 11-day road trip out west. UW will take on No. 7 BYU on Friday in the Bad Boy Mower's Series - Salt Lake City before heading to San Diego to take part in the Rady Children's Invitational Thanksgiving weekend. UW opens the Rady Children's Invitational taking on Providence before facing either TCU or No. 10 Florida to close out the tournament.
Wisconsin has won back-to-back holiday tournaments and and 3 in the last 4 seasons: 2024 Greenbrier Tip-Off, 2023 Fort Myers Tip-Off, and 2021 Maui Invitational.
