MADISON, Wis. — Connor Essegian scored 17 points and Tyler Wahl had a double-double to lead Wisconsin in a 60-49 win over Iowa at the Kohl Center on Wednesday.

The Badgers (16-11, 8-9 Big Ten) shot over 52 percent from the floor, despite just 4-for-18 shooting from 3-point range. Chucky Hepburn scored 12 points, and Tyler Wahl finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds.

With his two 3-pointers, Essegian moved into a tie with Brad Davison for Wisconsin's freshman school record for made 3s (60) in a season.

Iowa (17-11, 9-8 B1G) was held to just 3-for-24 shooting from 3-point range.

Next up for Wisconsin is a road game at Michigan on Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) on CBS.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Wednesday's win qualified as a Quad 2 victory, moving the Badgers to 10-10 in Quad 1/2 games this season.
  • Purdue (14) and Iowa (11) are the only Big Ten teams with more Quad 1/2 wins than Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin has now won three straight games against Iowa, improving to 88-85 in the all-time series
  • The Badgers are 55-30 all-time at home vs. Iowa, including a mark of 15-5 at the Kohl Center
  • UW is now 6-6 against the Hawkeyes under Greg Gard
• The Badgers held the Hawkeyes to their second-lowest scoring output (52) of the season. Iowa scored 50 in a loss at Nebraska.
• UW out-scored Iowa, 10-4, in fast break points, including 10-0 over the final 36:00. The Hawkeyes' four points was their third-fewest transition points of the season.