Following a four-day layoff, nan University of Wisconsin erstwhile it faces Penn State wrong historical Rec Hall coming successful State College, Pa.
The Badgers (13-5, 5-2 Big Ten) pushed their winning streak to 4 games pursuing a 96-87 triumph complete Rutgers connected Saturday afternoon. UW's 4 crippled streak is tied for nan longest of nan play and is tied for nan Badgers' resurgent three-point shooting.
Wisconsin is shooting 40.5 percent connected threes complete nan past 4 game, making an mean of 12.8 per game, and is shooting 47.4 percent overall. Against nan Scarlet Knights, nan Badgers were 12-for-30 from nan three-point line.
From yesterday, Wisconsin's inconsistent capacity was bully capable to hit Rutgers to push nan #Badgers triumph streak to four
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UW now has scored 90+ points successful 7 games this year, nan astir since having specified games during nan 1993-94 season. Since nan New Year, Wisconsin is 3rd successful nan NCAA successful violative ratio and getting complete 20 points per crippled from guards John Blackwell (22.3) and Nick Boyd (21.3).
Penn State (9-9, 0-7) is 1 of only 2 winless teams successful nan league, but a Nittany Lions squad that starts 2 freshmen and 2 sophomores has pushed immoderate of nan league's champion teams astatine home. PSU mislaid by 4 to No.9 Michigan State connected December 13 and by 2 to No.2 Michigan connected January 6, not to mention losing by 8 to No.13 Illinois successful Philadelphia and 8 to No.5 Purdue astatine Mackey Arena.
Penn State's first 7 Big Ten opponents were a mixed 33-16 (.673) successful convention play.
Perhaps a alteration to Rec Hall is what nan Nittany Lions need. The Nittany Lions' location from 1929-96, they compiled a 514-183 (.737) grounds successful nan 6,900-seat building, including a 45-game triumph streak from 1951-55. Win No.514 came successful Penn State's last game, a 79-50 triumph complete Wisconsin connected Jan.7, 1996.
This is nan 3rd twelvemonth of Penn State's Return to nan Rec game. The Nittany Lions hit No.12 Illinois, 90-89, successful Feb.2024 and mislaid to Ohio State, 83-64, past January.
How tin I watch Wisconsin vs. Penn State?
Date: Thursday, Jan.22
Start time: 6 p.m. central
TV channel: FS1 (Noah Reed and Calbert Chenney)
To watercourse a crippled connected FS1, you request a unrecorded TV streaming work (like Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream) that carries FS1, a TV supplier login (cable/satellite) to authenticate, aliases subscribe to FOX One straight and usage nan FOX Sports app/website, often pinch free tests disposable for caller users connected streaming platforms.
How tin I perceive to Badgers vs. nan Nittany Lions?
Radio: The Badger Radio Network includes galore stations crossed Wisconsin, pinch cardinal stations being WIBA-AM 1310 successful Madison and 95.7 BIG FM successful Milwaukee. Other affiliates broadcasting Badger sports see WDUZ-AM/FM successful Green Bay, WXCE-AM successful Amery, and WBEV-FM successful Beaver Dam. The crippled tin besides beryllium heard connected Sirius XM Channel 383 or online connected The Varsity Network.
Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Matt Lepay (play-by-play) and erstwhile Wisconsin all-conference halfway Brian Butch (analyst) will telephone nan game.
What are nan recreational betting odds?
Odds according to BetMGM arsenic of Jan.21
Odds: Wisconsin by 5.5
Over/under: 158.5
Moneyline: Wisconsin (-235), Rutgers (+195)
Wisconsin's grounds against nan spread: 9-9
Wisconsin's ATS grounds arsenic nan favorite: 8-6
Wisconsin's ATS grounds arsenic distant team: 2-1
Wisconsin's ATS grounds aft a win: 4-8
Series info connected tonight's opponent
All-time, regular season: Wisconsin leads 42-12
All-time, postseason: Wisconsin leads 2-1
All-time, successful State College: Wisconsin leads 19-9
Streaks: Penn State has won 2
Last meeting, regular season: March 8, 2025, Madison, Penn State won, 86-75
Badgers schedule
All times Central
Last Five
Jan.3: vs. No.5 Purdue, L 89-73
Jan.6: vs. UCLA, W 80-72
Jan.10: astatine No. 2 Michigan, W 91-88
Jan.13: astatine Minnesota, W 78-75
Jan.17: Rutgers, W 96-87
Next Five
Jan.22: astatine Penn State, 6 p.m.
Jan.25: USC, 3 p.m.
Jan.28: Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Jan.31: Ohio State, 1 p.m.
Feb.7: astatine Indiana, 11 a.m.
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