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Davison and Ford had team highs with eight
rebounds.
The victory gave Wisconsin (20-10, 13-6 Big Ten) a share of
first place in the conference standings with Maryland and
Michigan State. The Badgers close the regular season on the road
at Indiana on Saturday.
Pete Nance scored 14 points, and Ryan Young contributed nine
points and six rebounds for the Wildcats (7-22, 2-17) in their
only regular-season meeting against Wisconsin.
The Wildcats missed nine straight field-goal attempts in the
first half until Miller Kopp drained a 3-pointer to trim
Wisconsin's lead to 18-8 with 10:23 left until the halftime
break.
As the Badgers played a small, four-guard lineup, Nance, a
6-foot-10 Wildcats forward, came off the bench and scored eight
early points. Nance's layup with 2:25 to go pulled Northwestern
within eight at 32-24.
Northwestern strung together a 17-6 run to close the first half
to stay within reach at 34-28, but cold shooting in the second
wrecked the Wildcats.
The Badgers finished with a 15-1 record at home, with its lone
loss being a 71-70 setback to Illinois on Jan. 8.
Pritzl, a firth-year senior, played his final game on
Wisconsin's home court.
Northwestern, which missed seven of its final field-goal tries
on Wednesday, hosts Penn State in its regular-season finale on
Saturday.
--Field Level Media
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