Game Coverage
Tuesday, Jan. 2 | 6 p.m. (CT) | Kohl Center
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin looks to extend its four-game win streak when it dives back into Big Ten play against Indiana on Wednesday night. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. (CT) on ESPN.
Up next, the Badgers will travel to Rutgers for a game on Friday, Jan. 5. UW has won three of four games since the Scarlet Knights joined the Big Ten.
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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW: INDIANA
1. OFFENSE HEATING UP: Over Wisconsin's four-game win streak, the Badgers' offense has been heating up, averaging 81.5 points per game. UW has shot over 50% from the field in all four games, going 54% combined.
2. BEEN HERE BEFORE: The last time Wisconsin was 8-7 through 15 games came in 2001-02, the first year under Bo Ryan and assistant coach Greg Gard. That team would finish 19-13 and win a share of the Big Ten championship.
3. BIG TEN BEASTS:Â Wisconsin has boasted a winning conference record in each of the last 17 seasons, the longest such run of success of any team in the 110-year history of Big Ten hoops.
4. HANDLING THE HOOSIERS:Â Wisconsin has won 15 consecutive home games against Indiana and 18 of the last 20 meetings overall. Ethan Happ is averaging 17.6 points and 8.2 rebounds in five games against the Hoosiers.
5. DAVISON DIALED IN:Â Freshman guard Brad Davison is second on the Badgers averaging 11.7 ppg. Over the last 20 years, Devin Harris, Alando Tucker and Ethan Happ are the only Badgers to average double-figure scoring in their freshman season.
ALL-TIME vs. INDIANA
Tuesday's game marks the 169th meeting between Wisconsin and Indiana dating back to 1910.
- Indiana leads the all-time series, 95-73, but Wisconsin holds a 42-40 advantage in Madison
- The Badgers have won 18 of the last 20 meetings with the Hoosiers, including a sweep of all three meetings last season. UW won 75-68 in Bloomington in January, 65-60 at home in February and 70-60 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals in March
- Since 2002, Wisconsin is 24-5 (.828) all-time against the Hoosiers. Prior to that, UW was 49-90 (.353) all-time against Indiana.
- The Badgers have won 15 consecutive games against the Hoosiers in Madison. In fact, Indiana's last win at the Kohl Center was in 1998, the first year of the Kohl Center. UW's active home win streak against IU is tied for the second-longest ever against the Hoosiers.
- UW's streak of 15 straight home wins over IU is the second-longest active streak in the Big Ten
- IU's 15 straight losses in Madison is by far its longest active streak against Big Ten teams. The Hoosiers' next-longest is three straight at MSU.
- Wisconsin has also won six of the last eight meetings against Indiana at Assembly Hall
- UW held Indiana to an average of 61.9 points per game in the 18 meetings during the Tom Crean era
- Ethan Happ is averaging 17.6 points and 8.2 rebounds, two blocks and two steals in his five career meetings with Indiana
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LAST TIME OUT
WISCONSIN 82, UMASS LOWELL 53
Dec. 30, 2017 | Kohl Center | Madison, Wis.
- Wisconsin won its fourth-straight game with an 82-53 rout of UMass Lowell last Saturday
- The Badgers shot 56.1% from the field, marking the fourth-consecutive game UW has connected on over 50% of its shots. The Badgers also hit 8-of-15 (53.3%) from deep.
- UWÂ out-rebounded UML, 36-19, including a 13-5 edge on the offensive glass
- Sophomore Brevin Pritzl scored a career-high 18 points (4-6 3FGs), while matching his career high with seven rebounds
- Junior Ethan Happ also tallied 18 points, four rebounds and three assists in just 20 minutes
- Freshman Aleem Ford scored 10 points, going 2-for-3 from 3-point range. He is now 11-for-15 from deep over the last four games. He also grabbed seven boards, matching his career best.
- Freshman Brad Davison posted a career-high six assists
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