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WEST Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Ind. – With his complement of players available for the first metre in almost a month, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard saw his squad break down toe-to-toe with Nary. 3 Purdue for 40 minutes of intense, physical and sometimes testy basketball.
The Badgers excelled at everything but three-point shooting in building a five-point halftime lead. They got the ball interior and converted, played tenacious defense and protected the ball.
Matt Painter's deep and talented Boilermakers counterpunched in the opening instant of the second half and led by as many as cardinal points after that.
But like an parvenue heavyweight contender, the Badgers stood in and battled to the stop.
The termination was ultimately decided in the inalterable three-nonnegative minutes when UW used a 10-1 run to build a seven-dot hin with a minute left.
With Johnny Davis and Brad Davison combining for 52 points and almost as many big plays, UW held on for a stunning 74-69 victory at Mackey Arena.
"I think it shows our team what we're capable of doing," said Davis, World Health Organization recorded college-high Marks in points (37) and rebounds (14) in 38 minutes. "We came in this night and we weren't scared that they were ranked tierce in the country and playing at Mackey Arena.
"When we move into and be humble and confident we can do anything."
BOX Sexual conquest: Wisconsin 74, Purdue 69
According to StatsBySTATS: Davis became the first player since Wake Forest's Tim Duncan in 1997 to lead his squad in points, rebounds, assists (terzetto), blocks (ii) and steals (two) in a road victory over an AP top-five team.
"He is astounding," Davison said. "He not only shows the league, but he shows the rural area how dynamic helium is."
Davison added 15 points, three rebounds and three assists. Atomic number 2 hit 3 of 6 three-pointers and 5 of 11 shots overall and fed Bette Davis for a clinching dunk in the final seconds.
The Badgers (11-2, 2-1), ranked Nary. 23 in both top 25 polls, recorded their most impressive victory of the harden.
They were stunt woman-digit underdogs against the Boilermakers (12-2, 1-2), who entered the night 8-0 at home this season.
"Obviously, Matt has a grand team up," Gard said. "I think ours is jolly good, too."
UW under Gard recorded its ninth victory over a top-10 team, including four along the road.
"Guys just battled and we were able to withstand the foul issues and were able to continue to compete," Gard same. "And this guy to my left Dwight Filley Davis) made big plays when we needful them well-nig."
They key stretch came after Purdue's Zach Edey (24 points, 10 rebounds) scored off a rebound to give the Boilermakers their last lead, 62-60, with four transactions left.
Davis hit two free throws to forge a splice with 3 minutes 41 seconds left wing. Davison hit a three-pointer for a 65-62 lead with 3:16 left, off a feed from Jefferson Davis. Then Davison found Davis alone in flight for a three-pointer and a 68-63 moderate with 1:51 left. Aft Purdue failed to score, Miles Davis hit a inedible pinafore for a 70-63 lead with 60 seconds left.
"That's winning time," Davison aforesaid. "At that time of the game you've got to make plays, make plays that win games."
The Boilermakers pulled within three points twice but Davison hit two free throws for a 74-69 lead with 12.3 seconds socialist and passed ahead to Miles Davis for a dunk to equal the scoring.
"They're just a rowdy team," said Purdue guard Jaden Ivey, WHO added 14 points but hit sensible 3 of 9 field-goal attempts against Miles Dewey Davis Jr.' defense. "They played physical the whole game. They just played harder than us."
UW had every player open Monday for the first-class honours degree time in Big Ten play and for the first time since defeating Marquette on Dec. 4.
That included guards Jahcobi Neath and Lorne Bowman and forward Ben Carlson – all in Gard's regular rotation – who were among five players who did not dress Wednesday in UW's 89-85 victory over Illinois State.
The Badgers at multiplication resembled the team that beat Texas A&adenylic acid;M, Houston and Saint Mary's en route to winning the Maui Invitational in November.
They inverted the ball over just seven multiplication. They played retentive defense and limited a Purdue team shooting 51.6% overall to hardly 41.1% (23 of 56). They also hit timely shots.
UW won despite seeing Tyler Wahl (six points, four rebounds), Steven Crowl (four points, two rebounds) and Chris Vogt (six points, three rebounds) out-of-bounds out.
"I was really proud of our guys," Gard said. "Just the guts – I've aforementioned it all year – this radical has an abundance of that and firmness of purpose and that helps them when things aren't quite releas well.
"It's non ever perfect only they just continue to battle and find a way."
The Boilermakers entered the night with four players averaging at to the lowest degree 11.5 points per game, four others averaging at to the lowest degree 6.2 points per game and shot 41.1% from three-point range and 56.1% general.
UW limited Purdue to 31.8% shooting in the first incomplete (7 of 22) en route to building a 29-24 lead.
The Badgers missed 7 of their first 8 field-finish attempts but settled in, scored in the lane and took advantage of Purdue mistakes to build the five-orient lead.
UW did everything well but shoot three-pointers.
The Badgers successful just 1 of 12 three-pointers – good manners of Chucky Hepburn – but outscored the Boilermakers by 18-4 in the paint, arrive at 12 of 18 two-point shots and played pertinacious defense.
Davis led the way with 10 points, six rebounds and an aid but Wahl (half-dozen points), Crowl (four points), Davison (four points) and others contributed at key moments.
Katharine Houghton Hepburn came finished with a nam steal and pass to Davis for a dunk to help UW hold back a late push and take the 29-24 run along.
"That was big," Gard said. "That was a good answer at the end of the half."
UW answered every Purdue run in the second one-half also.
"We stuck put together," Davison said. "When you play a great team up, especially at their home court, they're going to confuse punches. They're going to make runs.
"And it helps when you've got a guy rope (Davis) WHO is devising a great deal of shots and making a lot of plays...
"Just unconvincing, our fight and grit. Information technology didn't always look into great but we got it finished."
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Purdue Fans Keep Trolling Ohio State After Upset
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