Nov. 25, 2010

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Wisconsin 50, Manhattan 35
Post-Game Notes
Nov. 25, 2010

TEAM NOTES
•    Wisconsin (3-1) is now 103-34 (.752) in non-conference games under Bo Ryan. UW is also 22-5 (.815) in the month of November over the last four seasons.

•    The Badgers limited Manhattan to just 35 points, the lowest total for a UW opponent since holding Michigan to 34 points in a 51-34 win in the first round of the 2008 Big Ten Tournament (3/14/08).

•    Wisconsin held Manhattan to just 10 points in the first half. That ties as the second-lowest scoring half by a UW opponent in school history. Manhattan’s 10 points is the lowest for a UW foe since the Badgers limited Marquette to 10 points in the first half on Dec. 23, 1998.

•    UW held Manhattan to a scoreless drought of 8:32 during the first half. The Jaspers went without a point from 9:16 left in the first half to the 0:44 mark. Last season, Wisconsin forced its foes into 29 scoring droughts of four minutes or longer. UW was 19-2 last season in games when it forced an opponent scoring drought of four minutes or longer.

•    UW owned a 40-to-37 advantage in the rebounding column. The Badgers have out-rebounded all four of their opponents this season. Wisconsin is 160-24 (.870) under Bo Ryan when out-rebounding its opponent.

•    Wisconsin’s 50 points were its lowest total in a winning effort since defeating Indiana, 49-46, on Jan. 4, 2001.

•    The Badgers had a season-low eight turnovers. Last season, Wisconsin led the nation in turnovers, coughing it up an average of just 8.8 times per game.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
•    Senior Jon Leuer posted his third career double-double and his first of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds.

•    Leuer’s 13 rebounds marked a career high, surpassing his previous high of 12 vs. Marquette on Dec. 12, 2009.

•    Freshman Josh Gasser scored 12 points and matched a career high with four assists. That is the second time in four games that Gasser has scored in double figures.