John Blackwell's potential game-tying shot was blocked with 9 seconds to play and the Badgers suffered an 85-83 loss at UCLA on Tuesday night.
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Aday Mara scored a career-high 22 points and UCLA held off No. 18 Wisconsin 85-83 to snap the Badgers’ seven-game winning streak.
The No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers (15-3, 5-2 Big Ten) face the UCLA Bruins (12-6, 3-4) Tuesday. Tip-off from Pauley Pavilion is set for 9:30 p.m. ET (Peacock). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's
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UCLA's Aday Mara scored a career-high 22 points to help lead the Bruins to an 85-83 upset win over Wisconsin, snapping the Badgers' seven-game winning streak.
The Badgers have shot 48% and hit 32 three-pointers in the last two games, marksmanship that has helped the team start Big Ten play 6-3.
UCLA’s defense is no joke, and the Bruins have beaten three quality teams this season. Wisconsin, however, enters Tuesday’s bout with one of the most lethal offensive units in the country. All five scorers in UW’s starting five score at least 10 points per game, and the Badgers share the ball for roughly 15 assists per contest.
The Badgers saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end in Los Angeles as the Bruins pulled out a nail-biting victory at Pauley Pavilion. Here's what stood out.
UCLA enters Tuesday ranked No. 31 in KenPom, making the contest a Quad 1 game for the Badgers. Wisconsin is 2-3 in such games this season — that record stood at 3-3 until Ohio State recently fell outside of the NET’s top 30. UCLA is 1-4 in its last five games, its latest result a blowout win over Iowa.
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Wisconsin basketball fell to Maryland 76-68 on Wednesday. The result halts Wisconsin's momentum. It becomes the team's second loss in three games, those results following a recent seven-game win streak. The defeat now drops the Badgers to 16-5 overall and 6-4 in Big Ten play. All five of those losses, notably, are to Quad 1 opponents.