Wisconsin Badgers improve to 7-0 at home on the season after an 88-61 win over Central Michigan
Team and individual notes from Wisconsin's 88-61 victory over Central Michigan at the Kohl Center, improving the Badgers to 8-4 on the season.UW is now 81-25 in regular season, non-conference games under head coach Greg Gard.
including a mark of 58-5 at the Kohl Center.Wisconsin scored 44 bench points in the win, led by Austin Rapp's 18 points.Badger bench players accounted for 10 of UW's 13 3PT makes in the win. Wisconsin had 11 players score in the win, tied for the most this season .The Badgers 29 field goals came off a season-high 25 assists. The last time the Badgers collected 25 assists was last season's win vs Iowa . The game marked the first time in at least the past 20 years that UW totaled 25 or more assists on fewer than 30 field goal makes. The 25 assists came with just 9 turnovers. It's the first time since at least 2004-05 where the Badgers had over 25 assists and fewer than 10 turnovers in a game.UW went 13-for-31 from the 3-point line . The Badgers are averaging 11.0 3FGs per game, which matches Nebraska for the most in the Big Ten and ranks 15th nationally.UW held CMU scoreless for 5:07 between 16:15-11:08, the longest stretch for the Badgers since their opening game vs CampbellSophomore Austin Rapp collected 18 points and 7 rebounds while shooting 7-for-10 from the field and 4-for-7 from 3-point range. Rapp's 18 points are his second highest-total of the season, previously scoring 20 against Providence this season. Junior Nolan Winter tallied 18 points and 8 rebounds, while shooting an efficient 6-for-9 from the field. Winter now has 10 games this season scoring in double-digits, including his last five games. Graduate student Nick Boyd posted 12 points. Boyd has scored in double figures in all 12 games this season and ranks fifth in the Big Ten in scoring this season, averaging 19.4 ppg. Sophomore Jack Janicki led all players with a career-high nine assists. Janicki is the second Badger this season with an nine-assist game, joining Andrew Rhode . Janicki and Rhode are the first pair of Badger teammates to each have a 9+ assist game in a season since Jordan Taylor and Josh Gasser in 2011-12.Freshman Will Garlock scored four points and hauled in a career-high 5 rebounds. He also played in a career-best 14 minutes. Freshman Hayden Jones made his first career start for the Badgers, scoring a career-high 6 points with 4 rebounds. Freshman Zach Kinziger made his collegiate debut, scoring 6 points while going 2-for-4 from the 3-point line, and collecting two assists.Greg Gard singles out players who earned more playing time after loss to VillanovaBenjamin Worgull has covered Wisconsin men's basketball since 2004, having previously written for Rivals, USA Today, 247sports, Fox Sports, the Associated Press, the Janesville Gazette, and the Wisconsin State Journal.Ohio State vs. Wisconsin Prediction, Odds and Key Players to Watch for College Football Week 8
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