National Basketball Association
Wisconsin 62, Ohio St. 54
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Officials:
# Kevin Brill, # Kelly Pfeifer, # Eric Curry
Attendance:
14931
By Field Level Media
Steven Crowl had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 20 Wisconsin to a 62-54 home win over Ohio State on Tuesday in a Big Ten contest in Madison, Wis.
AJ Storr had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Tyler Wahl had 10 points and seven rebounds for Wisconsin (17-8, 9-5 Big Ten), which snapped a four-game losing streak.
Bruce Thornton had 18 points and five assists in defeat for Ohio State (14-11, 4-10), which has lost six of its last seven.
Wisconsin owned a 39-26 rebounding advantage and went 11 of 16 from the free-throw line compared to just 1 of 2 for Ohio State.
Wisconsin held a 43-26 lead with 15:42 remaining before Ohio State started to climb back into it, scoring 19 points in less than six minutes to cut Wisconsin's lead to 50-45 with 9:49 left.
Chucky Hepburn's 3-pointer, which came after two offensive rebounds by Wisconsin, ended an 8-0 Ohio State run and gave Wisconsin a 53-45 lead with 9:08 remaining.
Ohio State went cold after that, scoring just two points as Wisconsin built its lead back up to 10 at 57-47 with 3:56 left.
Hepburn all but sealed the win when he hit a 3-pointer with 51 seconds left to give the Badgers a 60-49 lead.
The game was close for most of the first half, with Wisconsin leading 20-19 with 5:16 remaining until halftime.
But the Badgers began to pull away from there, going on a 14-2 run over the final 4:31 of the first half to grab a 34-21 lead at halftime.
Max Klesmit scored eight points during that run, hitting a pair of shots from 3-point range.
Ohio State went just 9 of 26 from the floor overall and 2 of 9 from 3-point territory in the first half.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Ohio St. |
|
Wisconsin |
Bruce Thornton 18 |
Scoring |
Steven Crowl 16 |
Bruce Thornton 5 |
Assists |
Chucky Hepburn 7 |
Evan Mahaffey 6 |
Rebounds |
AJ Storr 12 |
Bowen Hardman 1 |
Free Throws Made |
AJ Storr 6 |
Roddy Gayle Jr. 4 |
Steals |
Chucky Hepburn 2 |
Felix Okpara 3 |
Blocks |
N/A |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Ohio St.
|
54 |
41.1 |
7-18 |
1-2 |
9 |
24 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
Wisconsin
|
62 |
44.0 |
7-21 |
11-16 |
13 |
37 |
0 |
4 |
12 |