At the Buzzer: Wisconsin 76, Indiana 64

  • Feb 4, 2025 10:56 pm in

Quick thoughts on a 76-64 loss at Wisconsin:

How it happened

After a competitive loss Friday night against Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana was not competitive early on against Wisconsin on Tuesday at the Kohl Center. The Badgers raced to a 19-2 lead by the 15:40 mark of the first half and pushed the lead to 20 points at 24-4 on a Carter Gilmore 3-pointer with 13:59 to play. But after the Badgers stretched the lead to 22, the Hoosiers found their footing the rest of the half. Bryson Tucker came in and hit a couple of 3-pointers. Wisconsin became stagnant in its half-court offense. Indiana outscored Wisconsin 24-14 over the final 12:38 of the first half to get within 12 at 40-28 at intermission. The first-half numbers for the Badgers were impressive. Wisconsin went 9-for-16 on 3s, turned it over three times and scored 1.21 points per possession.

The Badgers opened the scoring in the second half – a layup by Nolan Winter – and the lead quickly ballooned. A 3-pointer by Kamari McGee gave Wisconsin a 20-point lead and a layup from John Blackwell on the next Badger possession stretched the lead to 22 with 11:18 to play. Indiana cut the Wisconsin lead to 61-45 by the under-eight timeout after a Bryson Tucker dunk. But the Hoosiers couldn’t make up any ground from there. Wisconsin’s lead remained comfortable – 70-52 – at the final media timeout. The loss, Indiana’s 21st consecutive at the Kohl Center, dropped the Hoosiers to 14-9 overall and 5-7 in Big Ten play. Indiana has now lost four straight and six of its last seven.

Standout performers

Three Hoosiers finished in double figures – Mackenzie Mgbako (15 points), Luke Goode (11 points) and Myles Rice (10 points).

Statistics that stand out

Wisconsin shot 12-for-29 on 3s (41.4 percent) and scored 18 points off of IU’s 11 turnovers.

Final IU individual statistics

Final tempo-free statistics

Assembly Call postgame show

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