Chucky Hepburn
69
Winner Michigan St. MSU 22-11,11-9 Big Ten
63
Wisconsin Wisc 24-7,15-5 Big Ten
Winner
Michigan St. MSU
22-11,11-9 Big Ten
69
Final
63
Wisconsin Wisc
24-7,15-5 Big Ten
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Michigan St. MSU 24 45 69
Wisconsin Wisc 22 41 63

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Badgers unable to get past Michigan State

Brad Davison's 23 points not enough to aid UW to victory

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan State beat Wisconsin 69-63 in Friday night's Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.

The Spartans (22-11) lost five of their last seven regular-season games but have reached the conference tourney semifinals by winning two straight in Indianapolis.

Brad Davison led the Badgers (24-7) with 23 points, including a pair of buckets to give UW a 40-36 lea halfway in the second half. Johnny Davis finished with a double-double for the sixth time in his career as he racked up 11 points and 11 rebounds.

The Badgers tied the score at 58 off a Chucky Hepburn three-pointer with 1:56 to play. The freshman guard finished with 11 points.

Walker then answered with a short jumper to break the tie and a 15-footer to make it 62-58 with 58.4 seconds left.

Michigan State closed it out at the free-throw line as Wisconsin could not overcome the deficit in the final stretch.

UW will now await its destination for the NCAA tournament.

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The AP contributed to this story.

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