
Wisconsin Badgers at Minnesota Golden Gophers
· NCAA Men's BasketballBlackwell carries No. 12 Wisconsin past Minnesota 74-67 with 25 points and career-best 11 boards

John Tonje added 18 points and seven boards for the Badgers (23-7, 13-6), who forged a three-way tie for third place in the Big Ten with a top-four seed and the accompanying double-bye for the conference tournament in sight.
Wisconsin, the national free-throw shooting leader, went 21 for 24. Minnesota, the Big Ten's worst team at the line, was 8 for 15.
Brennan Rigsby led the Gophers (15-15, 7-12) with 18 points and Lu'Cye Patterson added 15 points in Minnesota's ninth straight loss to Wisconsin. Dawson Garcia, the Big Ten's fourth-leading scorer, had 14 points on 6-for-17 shooting in his last home game.
Minnesota: Finding scoring beyond Garcia has been a grind for the Gophers, the only Big Ten team averaging below 70 points per game. Rigsby, who had a career-high 20 points and the go-ahead 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left in a 67-65 win at Nebraska on Saturday, has been a late bright spot.
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Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 74 - 67 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 74 - 67 |
2nd 0:06 | Dawson Garcia made Layup. Assisted by Femi Odukale. | 74 - 67 |
2nd 0:08 | Daniel Freitag subbing in for Wisconsin | 74 - 65 |
2nd 0:08 | Jack Janicki subbing out for Wisconsin | 74 - 65 |
Statistics
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24-55 | FG | 26-63 |
43.6 | Field Goal % | 41.3 |
5-22 | 3PT | 7-20 |
22.7 | Three Point % | 35.0 |
21-24 | FT | 8-15 |
87.5 | Free Throw % | 53.3 |
41 | Rebounds | 34 |
13 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
28 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
18 | Assists | 16 |
4 | Steals | 3 |
3 | Blocks | 3 |
11 | Turnovers | 6 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
11 | Total Turnovers | 6 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
8 | Points Off Turnovers | 12 |
6 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
38 | Points in Paint | 34 |
16 | Fouls | 22 |
11 | Largest Lead | 3 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 14,625 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big Ten Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Michigan State | 17-3 | - | 30-7 |
Maryland | 14-6 | 3 | 27-9 |
Michigan | 14-6 | 3 | 27-10 |
Wisconsin | 13-7 | 4 | 27-10 |
UCLA | 13-7 | 4 | 23-11 |
Purdue | 13-7 | 4 | 24-12 |
Oregon | 12-8 | 5 | 25-10 |
Illinois | 12-8 | 5 | 22-13 |
Indiana | 10-10 | 7 | 19-13 |
Ohio State | 9-11 | 8 | 17-15 |
Rutgers | 8-12 | 9 | 15-17 |
Nebraska | 7-13 | 10 | 19-14 |
Northwestern | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
Iowa | 7-13 | 10 | 17-16 |
USC | 7-13 | 10 | 17-17 |
Minnesota | 7-13 | 10 | 15-17 |
Penn State | 6-14 | 11 | 16-15 |
Washington | 4-16 | 13 | 13-18 |