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Postgame Notes
Wisconsin vs. Bradley
Hoffman Estates, Ill. -- Sears Centre
Nov. 25, 2011

Team Notes
•    Head coach Bo Ryan won his 247th game at Wisconsin, passing Walter Meanwell (246) for second on UW’s all-time wins list. In his 11th season, Ryan is 247-91 (.731) at UW and now needs 18 wins to tie Bud Foster’s school record of 265 victories.

•    Wisconsin improves to 5-0 for the second time in 11 seasons under head coach Bo Ryan, and the first since a 5-0 start to the 2007-08 season. UW has not started 6-0 since the 1996-97 season under head coach Dick Bennett.

•    UW won its 10th-consecutive non-conference regular-season game. Overall, the Badgers are 103-25 (.805) in regular-season non-conference games under Ryan.

•    The Badgers held Bradley to a season-low 43 points (previous low was 66).

•    Wisconsin has now held each of its first five opponents below 50 points. The last time UW allowed fewer than 50 points in five consecutive wins was a six-game stretch at the end of the 1941 National Championships season from Feb. 10 to March 1, 1941.

•    UW leads the nation in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense, allowing 35.8 points per game and just 27.9 percent shooting.

•    The Badgers had three players reach 15 points for the first time since a 78-63 win over Northwestern on Feb. 27, 2011 when Jon Leuer (26), Jordan Taylor (16) and Keaton Nankivil (15) all scored 15 or more.

Individual Notes
•    Junior Ryan Evans scored a career-high 15 points, while equaling career highs with 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Evans also added 2 blocks.

•    Junior Jared Berggren tallied a career-high 10 rebounds, while chipping in 7 points, 3 assists, 1 block and a personal-best 3 steals.

•    Senior Jordan Taylor registered a season-high 15 points with 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.

•    Sophomore Josh Gasser continued his torrid shooting by going 3-for-4 from 3-point range and finishing with 15 points. He is now 14-for-17 (.824) from long range this season. He also grabbed a season-high 8 rebounds.