MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Ryan Evans scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Wisconsin held off Penn State 60-51 Thursday night in the Big Ten Conference opener for both teams.
Penn State (8-5, 0-1 Big Ten) trailed 50-49 with under 3 minutes left. But the Badgers (10-4, 1-0) finished the game on an 11-2 run, finally finding their shooting touch from the free-throw line. They hit just 9 of their first 20 from the line but converted 4 of 6 in the final minutes.
Ben Brust and Jared Berggren also scored 13 points apiece for Wisconsin.
Jermaine Marshall scored 19 points for Penn State, while D.J. Newbill added 12.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Penn State (8-5) | 18 | 33 | 51 |
| Wisconsin (10-4) « | 29 | 31 | 60 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Travis, F | 31 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Taylor, F | 28 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Borovnjak, F | 25 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| J. Marshall, G | 35 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| D. Newbill, G | 34 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Colella | 24 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Graham | 15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Jack | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-52 | 0-1 | 38 | 7 | 23 | 51 | |
| 46.2% | 0% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Evans, F | 38 | 6-15 | 1-6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| J. Berggren, F | 31 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| M. Bruesewitz, F | 25 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| B. Brust, G | 36 | 5-14 | 1-3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| T. Jackson, G | 21 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Marshall | 23 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Dekker | 17 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| F. Kaminsky | 9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 22-57 | 13-26 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 60 | |
| 38.6% | 50% | ||||||
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