After leading by just two at halftime, Wisconsin opened the second half with a 16-4 run, going in front 45-31 on Crowl’s layup with 15:33 to go. Crowl, who shot 1-for-3 from the floor in the first half, hit his first five shots after the break.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Crowl’s 3-pointer put the Badgers up 74-56 with 2:39 remaining. Western Michigan hit its final seven shots to narrow the final score.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Crowl finished with 9 of 13 from the floor, including 3 of 5 from beyond the arc, and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Chucky Hepburn added 11 points for the Badgers and Tyler Wahl had 10.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Wisconsin made 18 of 29 shots (62.1 percent) in the second half, including 8 of 13 3-point tries (61.5 percent). The Badgers finished 12 of 27 (44.4 percent) from deep.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tray Maddox Jr. had 16 points and Lamar Norman Jr. added 12 for Western Michigan (4-9), which has not beaten a Big Ten team since defeating Michigan 56-52 on Nov. 30, 2002.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Western Michigan, which trailed by 11 early, pulled within 29-27 entering halftime, offsetting Wisconsin’s 12-2 advantage in the paint with seven 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Wisconsin jumped out to a 14-3 lead, but Western Michigan rallied within 24-22 on a 3-pointer by Markeese Hastings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Broncos, who entered shooting 32.9 percent from beyond the arc, hit seven of their first 13 from deep but missed their final six attempts of the half.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Wisconsin, which is 2-0 in Big Ten action, returns to conference play Tuesday night at home against Minnesota. Western Michigan begins its Mid-American Conference schedule Tuesday at Kent State.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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