Dec. 13, 2010
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Team Notes
• Wisconsin has now won five straight games and improved to 9-2 on the season and 6-0 at the Kohl Center.
• The Badgers have won nine consecutive home games overall and 14 straight against non-conference opponents at the Kohl Center.
• Under head coach Bo Ryan, the Badgers are 108-35 (.755) in regular-season non-conference games overall and 73-5 (.936) in such games at the Kohl Center.
• Wisconsin is now 16-1 all-time against Green Bay and 14-0 at home vs. the Phoenix.
• Saturday’s sellout crowd marked the 128th consecutive sellout at the Kohl Center.
• The Badgers held Green Bay to just 56 points, marking the eighth time in 11 games this season UW has held an opponent under 60 points. Wisconsin is now 7-1 in such games.
• Wisconsin connected on a season-high 58.8 percent (10-of-17) from 3-point range.
• For the second time this season, the Badgers had four players finish with double-figure point totals: Jon Leuer (22), Mike Bruesewitz (18), Keaton Nankivil (16) and Jordan Taylor (10). UW also had four players in double figures vs. Prairie View A&M.
• Wisconsin attempted 17 shots from 3-point range, with 13 of those attempts by the starting frontcourt of Bruesewitz, Leuer and Nankivil. The trio shot 69.2 percent (9-for-13) from 3-point range.
• Wisconsin’s starting frontcourt (Bruesewitz, Leuer, Nankivil) combined to score 56 points, matching Green Bay’s team scoring for the game.
• After shooting 50 percent from 3-point range (9-of-18) in last season’s 88-84 win over Wisconsin, Green Bay shot 26.7 percent (4-for-15) from 3-point range Monday.
• The Badgers held Green Bay scoreless over a span of 4 minutes, 44 seconds in the first half as part of a 7-0 run. That marks the 17th scoring drought of at least 4 minutes forced by the Badgers this season. UW is now 37-3 over the last two seasons when forcing a 4-minute scoring drought in a game.
• UW converted 18 of 22 attempts from the free throw line (81.8 percent), while Green Bay attempted just 7 shots from the stripe (6-for-7, 85.7 percent).
Individual Notes
• Senior Keaton Nankivil posted his third-straight game in double figures, finishing with 16 points. That marked his 18th-career game scoring in double figures and fourth of the season.
• Nankivil also recorded six rebounds and four blocks.
• Senior Jon Leuer finished with 22 points, reaching the 20-point plateau for the sixth time this season and the 14th time in his career. Leuer has topped the 20-point mark in four of UW’s last five games.
• Monday’s game marked the 100th appearance of Leuer’s Wisconsin career.
• Leuer needs 26 points to become the 36th player in Wisconsin history – and 10th player in Bo Ryan’s 10 seasons at UW -- to score 1,000 career points.
• Sophomore Mike Bruesewitz tallied a career-high 18 points on 6-for-8 shooting from the field.
• Junior Jordan Taylor tallied 10 points to reach double figures for the seventh-consecutive game and 10th time overall this season.