By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Jordan Taylor scored a career-high 39 points and almost single-handedly stopped Indiana's second-half charge, leading No. 10 Wisconsin to a 77-67 victory on Thursday.
With three of Wisconsin's starters in foul trouble, Taylor accounted for all the Badgers' points in a decisive 14-4 run midway through the second half. That spurt turned a 46-45 lead into a 60-49 advantage.
Taylor went 11 for 19 from the field, including a 7-for-8 night from 3-point range, and made all 10 of his free-throw attempts. He fell one point shy of the Assembly Hall record for an opposing player, set by Michigan State's Terry Furlow in 1976 and matched when the Spartans' Shawn Respert scored 40 in 1995.
The Badgers (23-6, 13-4 Big Ten) now have won eight straight against Indiana, their longest winning streak in the series since an 11-game run from 1912-19. They will carry a four-game winning streak into Sunday's rematch at No. 1 Ohio State.
Verdell Jones led Indiana (12-18, 3-14) with 18 points and Jordan Hulls had 15. But the Hoosiers have lost seven straight overall, four in a row, and dropped a Senior Night game for the second time in four years.
The Badgers looked as if they had seized control when they extended a 32-28 halftime lead to 41-33 on Keaton Nankivil's three-point play with 16:45 to go.
But Indiana charged back after Jon Leuer drew his third foul at the 16:15 mark. Thirteen seconds after that, Josh Gasser picked up his third foul and Hulls made a 3-pointer. And when Nankivil was called for his third foul with 14:59 to go and Derek Elston made two free throws, Indiana had closed to 43-38.
Will Sheehey made the first of two free throws to get Indiana within one, but he missed the second and Taylor closed the door.
He hit a short runner, drew a foul and made the free throw. He followed that with another 3. Then he hit two free throws and back-to-back 3s, helping Wisconsin build an 11-point margin.
Indiana trimmed the lead to six in the closing minutes, but never recovered.
Nankivil had 16 points and Leuer finished with 10 after scoring only two points in the first half.
Updated March 3, 2011
