After a dominant win over No. 9 Arizona last Friday — that vaulted the Badgers to No. 19 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll — Wisconsin narrowly avoided a home loss to Texas-Rio Grand Valley on Monday night.
The Badgers won by a final score of 87-84, but it took a miss from near half court at the end of regulation by the Division I foe from the Southland Conference to win, not to mention requiring Wisconsin to score on eight of its last 10 possessions to avoid the upset.Texas-Rio had the lead, 72-71, until John Tonje buried a 3-pointer with 5:08 left in the second half. From there, the Badgers scratched and clawed their way to victory by holding off the upset-minded Vaqueros.
Tonje was 21-of-22 at the free-throw line against Arizona and he was a perfect 10-of-10 against Texas-Rio. Overall, the Badgers dominated at the charity stripe, going 27-of-32 compared to just 9-of-11 for the Vaqueros. "That second half we were better. The smaller lineup helped with that, trying to minimize some of that. We were able to find a way when we were not at our best and a unique team to have to run around with and guard. Then, the plays there at the end, Kamari McGee did an awesome job of switching on the pistol action screen and standing the offensive player up. Then,Blackwell went to get the rebound, finishing it out.
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