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Postgame Notes
Wisconsin vs. Buffalo
Dec. 28, 2014
TEAM NOTES
• Wisconsin improved to 12-1 on the season, marking the third time UW has begun the year 12-1 or better under Bo Ryan (also in 2006-07 and 2013-14).
• Bo Ryan is now 333-122 (.732) during his 14 years at Wisconsin, including a mark of 202-22 (.901) at the Kohl Center.
• UW has won 51 consecutive regular-season, non-conference games against unranked teams, dating back to 2010.
• Wisconsin racked up its seventh win over an RPI top-100 team, the most in the country.
• The Badgers trailed, 27-26, at the half. Wisconsin has trailed at halftime in only 42 of 223 home games under Ryan. UW has come back to win 27 of those 42 games (.643).
• Wisconsin finished with a season-high 9 blocks.
• UW went 12-for-13 at the free throw line (.923). The Badgers have now gone 29-for-31 (.935) at the charity stripe over the last two games.
• The Badgers held Buffalo to 56 points, their second-lowest scoring total of the season.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
• Senior Frank Kaminsky posted 25 points and 11 rebounds, good for his Big Ten-leading fifth double-double of the season and the seventh of his career. Kaminsky reached at least 20 points for the 10th time in his career and the third time this season.
• Kaminsky also tallied 6 blocks, the second-highest, single-game total of his career. Kaminsky now has 124 career blocked shots, tying Rashard Griffith for second on the Badgers' all-time list. Jared Berggren owns the school record with 144 swats.
• Junior Sam Dekker finished with 13 points and 6 rebounds, all coming in the second half. Dekker has scored in double figures in 9 of 13 games this season.
• With 5 assists, senior Traevon Jackson now owns 293 career assists, passing Arnold Gaines (290) for ninth all-time at Wisconsin.