The Wisconsin Badgers will pay a visit to the Penn State Nittany Lions Wednesday for a conference clash from the Bryce Jordan Center. Tip-off from University Park, PA, is at 8:30 p.m. ET. The Nittany Lions are 4.5-point spread favorites and the game total is 126.5 points.
Wisconsin, 13-9 SU and 9-13 ATS, lost 54-52 to Northwestern on Sunday. The Badgers are 1-4 in their past five and 5-7 in Big Ten competition.
Penn State, 14-9 SU and 12-10-1 ATS, lost 72-63 at Nebraska on Sunday. The Nittany Lions are 2-3 in their past five and 5-7 in conference play.
Wisconsin beat Penn State 63-60 on Jan. 17 at home. The Badgers erased a six-point halftime deficit to pull out the win. PSU outshot UW from the field and held its own on the glass but was held to 24 second-half points. Wisconsin leads the series 43-11.
The Badgers are 13-9 overall, but they've lost seven of their past ten since Big Ten play kicked into full swing. The remainder of Bucky Badger's regular season schedule isn't forgiving, either. It's time to see what Wisconsin is truly made of.
Northwestern escaped Madison with a two-point win on Sunday, earning its first sweep of its neighbors to the north since the 1995-96 season. Wisconsin scored only 23 first-half points but trailed by just three at halftime. The Wildcats outrebounded the Badgers 33-26 and shot 46.7 percent from the field, holding their opponents to 38 percent shooting. UW never led by more than a basket in the home loss.
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Wisconsin scores 64.5 points per game (335th) and shoots 41.7 percent from the floor (317th), including 36.1 percent from three-point range (75th). It converts 65.0 percent of its free-throw attempts (336th) and averages 28.7 rebounds (323rd) with a -4.6 rebounding margin. The Badgers are ranked 153rd in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency and 244th in effective field goal percentage (49.1%).
Sophomore guard Chucky Hepburn paces Wisconsin in scoring this season. He averages 12.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.7 steals per game. He shoots 39.4 percent from the floor but hits 47.4 percent of his three-point attempts (2.1-4.4). Other Badgers to watch are junior forward Steven Crowl (12.0 PPG and 6.9 RPG), senior forward Tyler Wahl (11.8 PPG and 5.6 RPG), and freshman guard Connor Essegian (11.0 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 43.4 3PT%).
Wisconsin gives up 62.7 points per game (27th), and its opponen ts shoot 43.9 percent from the floor (210th), including 32.8 percent from long range (139th). It's 23rd in defensive efficiency, 348th in adjusted tempo, and 35th in assist-per-turnover ratio.
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