MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin used first-half runs of 14-0 and 12-0 to take control and put together an 11-0 run early in the second half as it cruised past previously unbeaten California 81-56 on Sunday.
Four Wisconsin players scored in double digits. Ben Brust led the Badgers (5-3) with a season-high 22 points. Jared Berggren had 18 points, Ryan Evans 13, and Sam Dekker added 10 points for the home team.
Allen Crabbe had a game-high 25 for the Bears (6-1), who were looking to start the season with seven straight wins for the first time since 1959.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| California (6-1) | 24 | 32 | 56 |
| Wisconsin (5-3) « | 37 | 44 | 81 |
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| California Golden Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Kravish, F | 30 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| R. Solomon, F | 21 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| A. Crabbe, G | 36 | 8-15 | 7-8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
| J. Cobbs, G | 31 | 3-10 | 5-5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| B. Smith, G | 29 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Wallace | 27 | 0-6 | 3-6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| R. Thurman | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C. Behrens | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Bak | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Powers | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Galvin | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Johnson | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 18-47 | 17-26 | 30 | 7 | 22 | 56 | |
| 38.3% | 65.4% | ||||||
| Wisconsin Badgers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Evans, F | 27 | 5-9 | 3-6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Berggren, F | 25 | 7-9 | 3-4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| M. Bruesewitz, F | 24 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Brust, G | 32 | 9-13 | 1-2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| T. Jackson, G | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Dekker | 24 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Z. Showalter | 16 | 1-2 | 3-5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| G. Marshall | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| F. Kaminsky | 6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Z. Bohannon | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Fahey | 3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Smith | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Anderson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wise | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-58 | 14-25 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 81 | |
| 51.7% | 56% | ||||||
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