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Nov. 22, 2011

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Jared Berggren scored a career-high 21 points and Wisconsin again used a suffocating defense to pave the way to an easy win, beating Missouri-Kansas City 77-31 Tuesday night.

The Badgers (4-0) came into the game giving up an NCAA-best 35 points a game while allowing their opponents to shoot just 28 percent.

The Kangaroos (1-4) came out strong by comparison, hitting three of their first five shots. But that was about the end of the offensive highlights for them, and they ended up shooting only 21 percent from the field.

Wisconsin reeled off an 18-2 run over a 9-minute stretch in the first half and followed that not long after with a 15-3 spurt punctuated by 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions by Mike Bruesewitz.

Berggren then completed a three-point play early in the second half that increased Wisconsin's lead to 52-21, and the Badgers pushed the cushion past 40 just more than midway through the second half.

At 6-foot-11, Berggren was a physical mismatch inside or outside for whoever guarded him. After shooting just 1 for 5 from 3-point range in the Badgers' previous game, he was 4 for 4 on Tuesday.

Trinity Hall and Reggie Chamberlain led Missouri-Kansas City with seven points apiece as the Kangaroos were dominated down low. Wisconsin had a 30-10 edge in the paint and outrebounded the Kangaroos 45-25. Missouri-Kansas City ended up with just three assists to 18 for the Badgers.

Ben Brust was also in double figures for Wisconsin with 12 points, while Bruesewitz added 10.

The win was coach Bo Ryan's 246th at Wisconsin, tying him for second on the school's career list. He is 246-91 at Wisconsin and needs 19 more to tie Harold "Bud" Foster for most in team history.

The game was the second for each team in the Chicago Invitational Challenge. They both head to Hoffman Estates, Ill., for games this weekend.