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WISCONSIN vs. NORTHWESTERN
Feb. 21, 2010
Post-Game Notes
TEAM NOTES
• Wisconsin is the only team in the Big Ten that has not lost consecutive games this season.
• Wisconsin shot 75 percent (15-of-20) in the first half, its highest field-goal percentage in a half of the season.
• The Badgers finished the game at 51.3 percent shooting, the eighth time this season that UW has shot at least 50 percent from the field.
• Wisconsin is now 12-1 on the year when shooting better than 45.0 percent.
• Wisconsin is 68-6 (.919) in Big Ten home games under head coach Bo Ryan.
• With its 20th win of the season, Wisconsin has now won at least 20 games in seven of Ryan’s nine seasons as head coach.
• Prior to Ryan’s arrival, the Badgers had a total of four 20-win seasons in 103 years.
• Wisconsin is now 15-1 at home this season, outscoring its opponents at the Kohl Center by an average of 17.1 points per game (71.3-54.2).
• The Badgers also improved to 17-1 when leading at halftime on the season, and 170-15 all-time under Ryan when holding a lead at the half.
• With a 29-23 advantage in free-throw attempts, the Badgers attempted more foul shots than their opponent for the first time since an 8-6 edge against Penn State on Jan. 24, a span of seven games.
• Wisconsin’s 23-for-29 performance from the free-throw line marked the most foul shots made and attempted by the Badgers in a Big Ten game this season.
• The Badgers’ 20 attempts from 3-point range marked the team’s lowest total in 11 games, when they hoisted 19 against Purdue on Jan. 11.
• With its win Sunday, Wisconsin has won seven of its last eight meetings with Northwestern.
• The Wildcats have never won a game in the Kohl Center, with the Badgers owning an 11-0 all-time record against Northwestern in the building.
• Northwestern entered the game with four players averaging at least 9.0 points per game, but the Badgers allowed only one player, John Shurna (26 points), to surpass that mark Sunday.
• Northwestern’s 16 rebounds were the fewest by a Wisconsin opponent this season.
• In shooting 4-for-13 from the 3-point line, the Wildcats tied their season-low for made 3-pointers in a game and posted their second-lowest total of 3-point attempts on the year.
• Northwestern’s season-low for 3-point attempts (12) also came against Wisconsin on Jan. 13.
• The Wildcats became just the fifth team in 15 Big Ten games this season to surpass the 60-point mark against Wisconsin.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Jason Bohannon
• Bohannon scored 17 points , his sixth-consecutive game with at least 15 points.
• Bohannon has been Wisconsin’s leading scorer in five of the Badgers’ last six games.
• He has scored in double-figures 19 times this season, and 55 times in his career.
• With 17 points Sunday, Bohannon now has 1,121 for his career and stands 25th on the Badgers’ all-time scoring list after passing former teammates Brian Butch (26th, 1,115 points) and Marcus Landry (27th, 1,114).
• Bohannon appeared in his 129th career game, tying Charlie Wills for fifth on Wisconsin’s all-time games-played list.
• In playing all 40 minutes Sunday, Bohannon has now played at least 35 minutes in 14 of the Badgers’ 15 Big Ten games this season.
Trevon Hughes
• Hughes scored 13 points Sunday and now stands one point shy of Wes Matthews (1,251) for 14th on the Badgers’ all-time scoring list with 1,250 points for his career.
• Hughes has scored in double figures in five-consecutive games, and in 22 games overall this season.
• With a steal Sunday, Hughes has tallied 167 steals for his career and stands just one shy of tying Michael Finley (168) for fifth on the Badgers’ all-time steals list.
Jon Leuer
• Leuer finished with 11 points, his first double-digit scoring performance since putting up 21 against Michigan State on Jan. 6.
• Leuer has finished in double-figure scoring 14 times this season, and 29 times in his career.
Jordan Taylor
• Taylor finished with 16 points, his 14th double-figure scoring game of the season and the 15th of his career.
