Wisconsin survives Colgate upset bid
For days, no March Insanity upset decide was extra fashionable than Colgate over Wisconsin.
A lot was made in regards to the No. 3 seed Badgers and their unsustainable 15-2 file in video games determined by six or extra factors. And their unimpressive run to finish the season. And their traditionally terrible 3-point capturing. And Colgate’s nationally glorious 3-point capturing. And Colgate’s expertise (each starter is an upperclassman). And, most of all, the current harm to Large Ten Participant of the 12 months Johnny Davis.
Because it seems, there might have been one thing to all that, however not sufficient to maintain the Badgers out of the second spherical.
Wisconsin survived an upset scare within the remaining recreation of the primary spherical on Friday, outlasting the No. 14 seed Colgate 67-60 regardless of a forgettable evening capturing the ball. They’ll face No. 11 seed Iowa State on Sunday, once more in entrance of a really favorable Milwaukee crowd.
No basket was greater than a breakaway dunk from Davis to present the Badgers a six-point lead with 3:51 left.
Davis would end with 25 factors and eight rebounds, whereas ahead Tyler Wahl had 15 factors, 9 rebounds and 4 assists. As a staff, Wisconsin shot 26-of-62 from the sphere (41.9 p.c) and 6-of-17 from deep.
It wasn’t straightforward for Wisconsin
Wisconsin opened the sport ice chilly on offense, scoring solely two factors within the first six minutes of the sport. Its greatest downside was Davis very a lot appeared like a participant urgent, opening the sport 2-for-10 from the sphere. Colgate, the Patriot League champions, swarmed the paint each time he bought the ball on the perimeter and compelled a variety of unhealthy photographs.
The primary half was actually outlined by chilly runs, as Colgate additionally had separate scoreless stretches of three minutes and 55 seconds, two minutes and 29 seconds and 4 minutes and 54 seconds. Wisconsin feasted throughout these instances, pushing the sport to a 28-28 tie at halftime.
The ultimate 20 minutes was that first half performed in excessive. Once more, Colgate made issues tough with 3-pointer after 3-pointer, most of them contested. Once more, Wisconsin struggled to maintain up, discovering themselves down 52-48 with 10:40 left within the recreation.
However then Colgate was hit by the mom of all scoreless stretches. The Raiders wouldn’t rating once more till the three:33 mark, a seven-minute, seven-second span of time that noticed Wisconsin construct up a six-point lead. Davis was in full late-game mode by then, scoring 14 factors within the remaining six minutes to tug the Badgers out of upset territory.
Had Colgate stayed sizzling, it might have been a really totally different recreation. Senior guard Nelly Cummings led the staff with 20 factors plus six rebounds and 6 assists.
