MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Ben Brust scored 19 points to lead six
Wisconsin players in double figures as the No. 12 Badgers beat Bowling Green
88-64 on Thursday night.
Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker added 14 apiece for Wisconsin
(5-0). Traevon Jackson had 13, Josh Gasser 11 and Bronson Koenig 10.
Spencer Parker led Bowling Green (1-2) with 17 points, and
Jehvon Clarke added 15.
Wisconsin took control a little more than midway through the
first half. With the Badgers up 23-22, Dekker started a 16-4 run by converting
a three-point play and then Wisconsin began to hit from outside. Jackson, Brust
and Duje Dukan each made a 3-pointer during the spurt.
Brust added another 3 before the half was over, and
Wisconsin went into the break up 44-28.
It was another up-tempo offensive performance for Wisconsin,
which has had a reputation as a grind-it-out team during coach Bo Ryan's
tenure.
After averaging 65 points a game last year, the Badgers are
now scoring 81 a game in the early going this season.
The Badgers also are giving up more points than Ryan is used
to, surrendering almost 69 points a game after holding opponents to less than
56 a season ago.
Wisconsin took control a little more than midway through the
first half. Up 23-22, Dekker started a 16-4 run by converting a three-point
play, and the Badgers began to hit from outside. Jackson, Brust and Duje Dukan
each hit a 3 in the run.
Brust added another 3 before the half was over, and
Wisconsin went into the break up 44-28.
With the Badgers starting to run away with the game in the
second half, Bowling Green went to a full-court press that at least slowed
Wisconsin down temporarily.
The Falcons were able to cut a 24-point deficit down to as
little as 14. But going to the press also came at a price as Bowling Green
started racking up fouls and sending Wisconsin to the foul line.
