
Northwestern Wildcats at Wisconsin Badgers
· Big Ten Tournament - 2nd RoundNolan Winter and John Tonje lead No. 18 Wisconsin over Northwestern 70-63

The Badgers (24-8), seeded fifth, will face No. 4 seed UCLA in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Winter hit 4 of 5 shots and 9 of 10 free throws.
Nick Martinelli led the No. 13 seed Wildcats (17-16) with 22 points. Jordan Clayton added 10 points.
Leading by eight points, Wisconsin’s Max Klesmit hit a 3-pointer to push the lead to 53-42. Kamari McGee followed that with a 3-pointer to push the lead to 56-42 with 8:58 remaining. Two more 3-pointers by Tonje gave the Badgers a 62-46 edge.
The Badgers shot 41.5% from the field while holding the Wildcats to 37%.
Free throws were nearly even with the Wildcats making 18 of 22 while the Badgers were 18 of 23.
Wisconsin held a 37-30 lead at halftime.
Wisconsin: The Badgers shot better in the second half and committed only 10 turnovers. Wisconsin had a 17-5 edge in points off turnovers.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 63 - 70 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 63 - 70 |
2nd 0:13 | K.J. Windham made Three Point Jumper. | 63 - 70 |
2nd 0:20 | Blake Smith subbing in for Northwestern | 60 - 70 |
2nd 0:20 | Keenan Fitzmorris subbing in for Northwestern | 60 - 70 |
Statistics
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20-54 | FG | 22-53 |
37.0 | Field Goal % | 41.5 |
5-20 | 3PT | 8-25 |
25.0 | Three Point % | 32.0 |
18-22 | FT | 18-23 |
81.8 | Free Throw % | 78.3 |
36 | Rebounds | 32 |
12 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
24 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
9 | Assists | 12 |
4 | Steals | 8 |
3 | Blocks | 1 |
14 | Turnovers | 10 |
2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
14 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
5 | Points Off Turnovers | 17 |
6 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
20 | Points in Paint | 28 |
20 | Fouls | 17 |
5 | Largest Lead | 18 |
Game Information
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 13,216 | 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 |