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01/10 14:57 CST Wisconsin beats No. 2 Michigan 91-88 to give Wolverines their
1st loss of the season
Wisconsin beats No. 2 Michigan 91-88 to give Wolverines their 1st loss of the
season
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) --- John Blackwell had 26 points, Nick Boyd scored 22 and
Aleksas Bieliauskas set a career high with 17 points to lead Wisconsin to a
91-88 win over previously unbeaten, second-ranked Michigan on Saturday.
The Badgers (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) beat their highest-ranked regular-season
opponent since a win over No. 2 Michigan in 2019. They beat the AP poll's No. 2
team on the opponent's court for the second time since winning at Maryland on
Feb. 13, 2016.
The Wolverines (14-1, 4-1) led by as much as 14 in the first half and lost
because they gave up 54 points in the second half.
Michigan had a game-tying basket waved off by basket interference on Aday Mara,
who followed up Roddy Gayle Jr.'s missed layup with 35.2 second left. The call
stood after video review.
Braeden Carrington made two free throws on the ensuing possession after being
fouled on a long, inbounds pass.
Carrington split a pair of free throws with 9.6 seconds left for a three-point
lead that gave Michigan a shot to tie the game, but Gayle missed a 3.
Michigan's Elliot Cadeau scored all 19 of his points in the first half and
Morez Johnson Jr. scored 13 of 18 points in the first half. Yaxel Lendeborg
finished with 14 points and Nimari Burnett added 10 points for the Wolverines.
Wisconsin trailed 38-37 at halftime but outscored Michigan 20-7 to start the
second.
Bieliauskas entered the game averaging 4.0 points per game. The freshman
forward from Lithuania showed why Greg Gard recruited him early in the second
half, making 4 of 4 3-pointers in less than three minutes.
Up next Wisconsin: Visits Minnesota on Tuesday. Michigan: Visits Washington on Wednesday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball |
