Dec. 4, 2010

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Team
• Wisconsin improved to 6-2 on the season and 4-0 at the Kohl Center.

• The Badgers have won seven consecutive home games overall and 12 straight against non-conference opponents at the Kohl Center.

• Under head coach Bo Ryan, the Badgers are 106-35 (.752) in regular-season non-conference games overall and 71-5 (.934) in such games at the Kohl Center

• Saturday’s sellout crowd marked the 126th consecutive sellout at the Kohl Center.

• After having seven turnovers in the first half, Wisconsin turned the ball over only twice in the second half.

• With 20 assists and just 9 turnovers on the day, the Badgers improved their team assist-to-turnover ratio to 1.80 on the year. UW now leads the nation in that category, surpassing Kansas’ mark a 1.78 per game.

• Wisconsin boasted two players with 20 points or more (Jon Leuer with 29 and Jordan Taylor 20), marking the third time this season UW has had a pair of 20-point scorers in the same game.

Individual
• Senior Jon Leuer posted a career-high 29 points, surpassing his previous high of 26 at Green Bay on Dec. 9, 2009. Leuer topped the 20-point barrier for the 12th time in his career and fourth time this season.

• Leuer also equaled his career high with four blocks.

• Junior Jordan Taylor recorded his first career double-double, finishing with 20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds.

• Taylor also dished out a career-best nine assists, finishing one assist shy of the first triple-double in school history. Taylor has now reached the 20-point plateau six times in his career and third time this season.

• With nine assist and just one turnover in Saturday’s game, Taylor now owns a 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio on the year.