National Basketball Association
Wis.-Milwaukee 68, Wisconsin 67
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Officials:
# Chris Beaver, # Bo Boroski, # Brian Dorsey
Attendance:
17287
By The Sports Xchange
Point guard Jordan Johnson scored a team-high 22 points as Milwaukee stunned its intrastate rival Wisconsin with a 68-67 victory Wednesday at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.
Senior forward Matt Tiby added 15 points and had 11 rebounds for the Panthers (7-3), who beat Wisconsin for the first time in 23 years, and snapped the Badgers' 22-game winning streak between the teams.
Junior forward Nigel Hayes scored a career-high 32 points, and junior guard Bronson Koenig contributed 16 for Wisconsin (6-4).
Wisconsin redshirt freshman Ethan Happ added 10 points and had 15 rebounds to post his fourth double-double of the season.
Johnson, a junior college transfer, was 8-for-8 from the free-throw line and had four assists. Johnson's hanging jumper in the lane gave Milwaukee its first lead of the game at 62-60 with 2 minutes, 31 seconds to go.
Junior guard Akeem Springs made two free throws with 22.7 seconds left to extend Milwaukee's lead to 68-64. Meanwhile, Koenig's step-back 3-pointer from the left wing with 13.4 seconds remaining, pulled the Badgers within one at 68-67.
The Badgers got the ball back after a Milwaukee turnover, but Koenig's game-winning attempt clanked off the front of the rim with one second left on the clock.
The Panthers shot 81.5 percent from the free-throw line (22-for-27) in the victory, including 10 consecutive foul shots in the final 7:06 of the game.
The Panthers are members of the Horizon League and are coached by former Wisconsin assistant Rob Jeter. Jeter played and worked as an assistant at UW-Platteville, when Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan was at the helm of the NCAA Division III program.
Top Game Performances
Wis.-Milwaukee |
|
Wisconsin |
Jordan Johnson 22 |
Scoring |
Nigel Hayes 32 |
Jordan Johnson 4 |
Assists |
Zak Showalter 4 |
Matt Tiby 11 |
Rebounds |
Ethan Happ 15 |
Jordan Johnson 8 |
Free Throws Made |
Nigel Hayes 12 |
J.R. Lyle 2 |
Steals |
Ethan Happ 1 |
Austin Arians 1 |
Blocks |
Ethan Happ 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Wis.-Milwaukee
|
68 |
35.8 |
8-27 |
22-27 |
11 |
28 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
Wisconsin
|
67 |
36.4 |
4-10 |
23-32 |
7 |
41 |
4 |
2 |
10 |