MADISON, Wis. - Team and individual notes from Wisconsin's 96-87 triumph complete Rutgers connected Saturday day astatine nan Kohl Center. The Badgers (13-5, 5-2 Big Ten) person now won 4 consecutive Big Ten games for nan first clip since winning 5 consecutive past February.
Team notes
This is nan third-straight play Wisconsin has put together a convention triumph streak of astatine slightest 4 games. The Badgers person accomplished this successful 8 of nan 11 seasons nether caput coach Greg Gard.
The Badgers are now 10-1 astatine location this play and person won 25 of their past 28 location games complete nan past 2 seasons.
Saturday marks nan 28th day of nan Kohl Center's charismatic unfastened (1/17/98). Wisconsin owns an all-time grounds of 384-74 (.838) successful nan building - nan 10th-best all-time location grounds successful nan state among progressive venues.
Wisconsin is 133-37 (.782) astatine location nether caput coach Greg Gard.
#Badgers Recap: Wisconsin saw a 26-point lead trim down to 7 successful nan 2nd half, but elder Nick Boyd's scoring, facilitating, and defense wouldn't let nan Scarlet Knights to get immoderate closer. Boyd's 32 points helped UW gain a 96-87 triumph complete Rutgers https://t.co/HpMPmQWsZY
— Benjamin Worgull (@TheBadgerNation) January 17, 2026Gard improved his wide grounds to 226-122 (.649) pinch a people of 122-79 (.607) successful Big Ten play, ranking 20th connected nan conference's all-time wins list. UW is 10-5 against Rutgers nether Gard.
Wisconsin's .607 convention triumph percent successful nan Gard era (since 2015-16) trails only Purdue (.724) and Michigan State (.663) for champion successful nan Big Ten during that span.
UW has won 3 consecutive against Rutgers and improved to 13-6 all-time nan Scarlet Knights. That includes a people of 10-6 since Rutgers joined nan Big Ten successful 2014-15 and 7-2 successful Madison.
UW is simply a 10-0 erstwhile scoring much than 65 points against Rutgers.
Wisconsin scored 96 points successful nan win, giving UW 7 games pinch 90+ points this season, nan astir since posting 8 90+ constituent games during nan 1993-94 season.
The Badgers improved to 12-0 this play pinch scoring astatine slightest 80 points. The Badgers are 76-10 erstwhile scoring 80+ nether Gard.
Wisconsin posted 18 2nd chance points disconnected of 8 violative rebounds.
UW had 19 points disconnected of turnovers, while Rutgers posted only four. The Badgers committed 9 turnovers to Rutgers' 10.
The Badgers changeable 48.3 percent (29-60) from nan field, including 53.8 percent successful nan 2nd half. UW has changeable 45 percent aliases amended 11 times this season, going 11-0 successful specified games.
Wisconsin went 12-for-30 (40.0 percent) from 3-point range, marking nan seventh clip UW has connected connected 12+ triples this season. Wisconsin is 7-0 successful those contests.
UW is now now 5-1 erstwhile hitting astatine slightest 40 percent from agelong scope this season.
The Badgers person made 10+ triples successful a crippled 12 times this season, trailing only Illinois (13) for nan astir successful nan Big Ten.
On nan season, UW is averaging 10.6 3FGs per crippled which ranks 2nd successful nan Big Ten.
Wisconsin iced nan crippled by converting astatine nan line, posting a 26-for-29 clip successful nan win. Wisconsin is now shooting 78.6 percent astatine nan statement this season, which is 3rd-best successful nan Big Ten.
UW is now 6-1 erstwhile making astatine slightest 20 FTs successful a crippled this season.
The Badgers had conscionable 9 turnovers successful nan win. UW is averaging 10.2 TOs per crippled connected nan season.
The Badgers are 11-0 erstwhile turning nan shot complete 10 aliases less times this season.
Wisconsin improved to 7-1 erstwhile Nick Boyd and John Blackwell some people astatine slightest 15 points successful a game.
Wisconsin scored 51 points successful nan first half, marking nan 4th clip nan Badgers person posted 50+ earlier intermission. Overall, UW has deed 50 successful a half 8 times.
Individual notes
Junior John Blackwell vanished pinch 19 points connected 5-of-13 shooting and a 6-for-6 clip astatine nan line. He besides grabbed 5 rebounds and deed 3 triples.
Blackwell reached double digit points for nan 13th clip this play and 57th clip successful his career.
Graduate student Nick Boyd tallied 32 points connected 8-for-16 shooting, a 2-for-4 clip from deep, and a 14-for-15 people from nan stripe. He besides added a career-high 9 assists and had only 1 turnover.
Boyd's 32 points were his 2nd-highest output of nan season, trailing only his 36-point capacity successful a triumph complete Providence successful San Diego (Nov. 27).
Boyd registered his 10th 20-point crippled of nan season, which ranks 2nd successful nan Big Ten down Northwestern's Nick Martinelli (13).
Boyd is 1 of 4 Big Ten players to people successful double figures successful each crippled this season. He ranks and ranks sixth successful nan Big Ten averaging 19.8 ppg connected nan season.
Boyd has 19 assists pinch 2 turnovers successful UW's past 3 games. On nan season, he sports a 2.2 assist-to-turnover ratio pinch 67 dimes and 30 turnovers.
Junior Nolan Winter notched 18 points connected a cleanable 6-for-6 clip from nan section and a 2-for2 people from three. Winter is now shooting 60.5% from nan section this season, which ranks ninth successful nan Big Ten. Winter changeable 58.9% past season.
The past Badger to sprout supra 60% crossed an full play (min. 100 FGA) was Louis Ely during nan 1992-93 season.
Winter now has 15 games scoring successful double figures this season, including 10 of his past 11
- Notes provided by UW Brand Communications
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BENJAMIN WORGULL
Benjamin Worgull has covered Wisconsin men's hoops since 2004, having antecedently written for Rivals, USA Today, 247sports, Fox Sports, nan Associated Press, nan Janesville Gazette, and nan Wisconsin State Journal.
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