By james art 
Removing from 76-68 Wisconsin Loss in Maryland # 17 in Maryland
College Park, MD – The University of Wisconsin is still looking for a team victory in the upper half of the Big Ten conference. Sooner or later Badgers will receive one of these games in the center of Kohl.
No. in the evening.
Officially, by hitting their environment in the conference season, Badgers (16-5, 6-4 Big Ten) are without winning the six teams directly above them in the standings and flawless against everyone else. Only one of these three losses appeared at home.
“Today was another opportunity to compete with the boys,” Senior said John Tonewho finished with a 23 -point game. “We went into a difficult environment and knew what would come into it, but we just didn’t have enough to get the victory.”
While Badgers have two winning steaks of at least six games this season, they have not defeated a team ranked in the top 25 of Net Rankings Ncaa since he demolished Arizona in mid -November.
Here are my acids from the second loss of Wisconsin in the last three games.
Good appearance does not fall
Wisconsin has a high -volume three -point shooting team throughout the season, an identity that has forged in the extra -season and sticks to over 20 games. Badgers finished 9-for-27 of three, an acceptable number for the chief trainer Greg Gard Given that it equates to a point of possession.
However, the UW went only 3-1 from the perimeter in the second half, which was problematic when the therapies hit 7 out of 11 three directors in the second half and pulled away in the last ten minutes.
Maryland was led by 16 points from Ja’kobi Gillespie and Rodney Rice, which alternated, hitting shots at a distance. Three other terms were in double figures; Julian Reese scored 14 points while shooting 6 out of 9 of the pitch, while Selton Miguel and Derek Queen added 12 each.
Three straight triangers gave TERPS with 9-0 their own (lead, which will not give up the rest of the game), while another Rice Trive extended Maryland’s lead to 57-50.
The badgers pulled away with a John Blackwell Free throw, a Steven Crole a game with three points and a Nolan winter Putting to reduce the lead to 57-56 by 5:53, but Maryland followed with a 12-2 run (with another Gillespie triphtame) and Badgers could never cut the lead below four.
“It is difficult to see that some of their shots enter, one was a bank,” Tonzhe said about the three -point barrage in Maryland. “This is just one of these nights. They are home and we left them to get some energy and inertia. “
The little things were added
Guard called Badgers “uncharacteristic mediocre” from the free throws line, ending with 15-for-21 and their most current from December 10 in Illinois. The mediocre label can fall on many offensive areas.
The UW is an average of 1.03 points of possession, running 33.3 percent of its triples and 40.6 in its two. Crow and Blacwell scored 10 points in number, but the absence of Blackwell was felt when they sat for the last nine minutes of the first half with two turnover and two fouls.
“We are a better team when he is there,” Tonzhe told Blackwell. “It’s hard to be in trouble, but it’s just part of the game. I and anyone else, I just have to continue to compete for Wisconsin. ”
Tonje had time to comfort Blacuel, as he had to sit with his two fouls for the final 3:57, the second being an offended foul, which allowed Maryland to close the half by 9-5 running and take the half-time lead with one point.
“It was part of the whole sequence of the game, you cannot have two of your better players sitting on the bench more than normal in the first half. I thought our bench did a good job and we were able to keep it with Blackwel and Tonzhe, who sat there, we were still one in half. “
Badgers used 9-0 run at the beginning of the second half to build 42-36 leads and still led 48-43 after a Chambers McGi Staying with 11:02. Then it was when Gard believed that the game had changed, as the UW had a section of missing shots, and the offensive foul of Crowl wiped out an easy two of the board.
“We gave them some confidence and speed early,” Gard said. “It was a section where we had three or four possessions in a row, where we missed a lot of easy looks, some of them point to empty, some good looks of three and they managed to answer … You have to be able to take some play and take pictures … You had to We maintain the pace and we had a chance to take on a leading role. The fee was big on Crowl. It was the right call, but we had laying to climb and he returned the next time. “
Instead of climbing 46-41, Reese’s hook in the next offensive possession reduced the lead to 44-43.
The game started slowly, with teams trading with empty possessions. After Maryland jumped to 5-2 leads, Badgers began to find a scope of 3, with Max Cleesmith And McGy was hitting the shots of deep. However, Badgers also fights turnover, with five in the first 14 possessions of the team. UW ended with 10 turnover, but the early empty possessions took the chances of inertia.
“We just controlled the ball better,” Gard said. “I did better work by playing on two legs, better work not to drive the first country; I thought we could attack from the top better, not drive a starting line. I thought we made better decisions. “
Does not want to look back
Wisconsin coincided with a 20-match brand of 16-4 with a Sunday win over Nebraska. They are not interested in looking backwards from that. Guard shook as he was asked to prevent the same type of slide that happened last year, where Badgers quickly went south after a losing series of four games, which eventually saw them 3-8 to enter the admission.
UW was recovering to move to the Big Ten Tournament Championship match, but was then stretched by James Madison in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
UW also went 6-6 the previous season after January 28 and completely missed the NCAA tournament.
“I’m not worried about other years,” Gard said. “I was long enough. To the next game. “
Badgers have entered, winning eight of their last nine games, with the only insufficiency being a close loss of the road in UCLA. Since there are still no losses outside the Quad-1 in the NCAA NET ranking, both Crowl, and Tonje said after the match that confidence remains high in the dressing room.
“We can’t jump on the ship or lose what led us to it,” said Tondzh, “staying at the level at a level and we are not too up or down with wins and losses. We must continue to digest, continue to work and do what we do is crucial. “
“There is no reason to lose confidence,” he added. “We know who we are. We are confident who we are and how we get together and will bounce from it. We have a mature team that is ready to learn from any victory and loss and we will be good to move forward. “
On the numbers
12 – Points for a second chance for Wisconsin of 12 offensive fights. Therapies ranked 12th among the Power conference teams at least second chance points, allowed by nine.
12.5 – The percentage of firing for Clessmith Wednesday (1-for-8). The senior filmed teams 33.3 percent this season, including 28.3 percent of three after it went 1-6.
18.2 – The guardian of the Maryland Deshawn Harris-Smit Reserve Three-Jing Firing Percentage (4-22). He struck three indicators at 10:49 brands of the second half for his only bucket, which sparked a decisive 9-0 Maryland.
43.5 – Unofficial Wisconsin shooting percentage on placement and suppression against therapies (10-for-23).
50.0 – The combined three-point shooting rate at Maryland’s Giluel, Miguel and Rice vs. Badgers (10-for-20). The trio shoots 39.5 percent, entering the game.
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