WISC

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Crowl, Wahl each score 21, Wisconsin beats Minnesota 71-67

AP
Mar 05, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Steven Crowl and Tyler Wahl each scored 21 points, Chucky Hepburn scored all his 12 points in the second half, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute, and Wisconsin Badgers kept alive its chances for an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament with a 71-67 win over Minnesota Golden Gophers Sunday night.

Wahl was 8-of-11 shooting and Crowl made 9 of 13 from the field. Connor Essegian added 11 points for Wisconsin (17-13, 9-11 Big Ten).

Ta'lon Cooper stole the ball, went the other way for layup and hit the and-1 free throw for Minnesota to make it 62-all with 2:30 to play. Hepburn, near the top of the key, stepped around a screen from Wahl and drilled a contested step-back 3-pointer to give the Badgers the lead for good with 47 seconds left.

Max Klesmit and Wahl combined to go 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the closing seconds to seal it for Wisconsin.

Dawson Garcia scored 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting for Minnesota (8-21, 2-17) and Braeden Carrington added 11 points and eight rebounds. Joshua Ola-Joseph scored 10 points and Cooper fouled out with eight points and eight assists.

Carrington hit a 3-pointer that gave Minnesota a seven-point lead with less than 11 minutes to play but Wahl and Hepburn each made a layup, Crowl converted a three-point play and, after Cooper scored inside for the Golden Gophers, Wahl backed Joshua Ola-Joseph under the basket and scored from point-blank range to make it 55-all with eight minutes remaining.

Crowl was fouled as he scored from the left block and hit the and-1 free throw to give Wisconsin its first lead of the second half and make it 58-57 with 6:33 to play. Garcia kissed an off-hand shot gently off the backboard just before the shot clock expired to put the Golden Gophers back in front 31 seconds later but Hepburn found a cutting Essegian for a layup and then Essegian made two free throws to give Wisconsin a 62-59 advantage with four minutes to go.

Freshman Pharrel Payne fouled out with nearly four minutes to play. The 6-foot-9 forward finished with five points on 2-of-2 shooting and grabbed three rebounds in 13 minutes.

The Golden Gophers shot 60% before intermission - their best shooting half of the season - and had 13 assists on 15 made field goals as they took a 39-26 lead when Jamison Battle hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Minnesota made 25 of 48 from the field and shot better than 50% in a game for just the second time this season. The Golden Gophers shot 55.1% (27 of 49) in a 72-54 win over St. Francis (N.Y,) on Nov. 11.

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Wisconsin will be the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and plays 13th-seeded Ohio State in the first round Wednesday

Minnesota, the No. 14 seed, plays No. 11 seed Nebraska in the first round

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1st Half
WISC
Badgers
29
MINN
Golden Gophers
36

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Badgers gains possession)
19:43	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	3-0
19:29		Steven Crowl blocks Jaden Henley's two point layup
19:27		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
19:18		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
19:16		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
19:16		Jaden Henley blocks Steven Crowl's two point layup
19:14		Joshua Ola-Joseph defensive rebound
19:01	+2	Jaden Henley makes two point layup (Dawson Garcia assists)	3-2
18:40	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup	5-2
18:19	+2	Jaden Henley makes two point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	5-4
17:58	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot	7-4
17:39	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point jump shot	7-6
17:12		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
17:10		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
17:09	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup	9-6
16:52		Ta'Lon Cooper misses three point jump shot
16:50		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
16:43		Connor Essegian misses two point jump shot
16:41		Ta'Lon Cooper defensive rebound
16:27		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Jamison Battle draws the foul)
16:09		Jamison Battle misses three point jump shot
16:07		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
15:57		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
15:55		Jamison Battle defensive rebound
15:40		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
15:40		TV timeout
15:26	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	9-9
15:08	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point layup (Carter Gilmore assists)	11-9
14:48		Dawson Garcia turnover (bad pass) (Carter Gilmore steals)
14:31	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup (Max Klesmit assists)	13-9
14:09	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point layup (Jamison Battle assists)	13-11
13:51	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup	15-11
13:28		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Ta'Lon Cooper draws the foul)
13:28	+1	Ta'Lon Cooper makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-12
13:28		Ta'Lon Cooper misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:28		Jordan Davis defensive rebound
13:02		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
13:00		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
12:49		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
12:42		Jamison Battle misses three point jump shot
12:40		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
12:21		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
12:19		Jordan Davis offensive rebound
11:59		Jordan Davis misses two point jump shot
11:57		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
11:33		Braeden Carrington turnover (traveling)
11:33		TV timeout
11:13	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	17-12
10:53	+2	Pharrel Payne makes two point layup (Braeden Carrington assists)	17-14
10:53		Tyler Wahl shooting foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
10:53	+1	Pharrel Payne makes regular free throw 1 of 1	17-15
10:30		Pharrel Payne shooting foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
10:30		Steven Crowl misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:30	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-15
10:18		Pharrel Payne turnover (bad pass)
10:04		Connor Essegian misses two point layup
10:02		Connor Essegian offensive rebound
10:02		Dawson Garcia blocks Connor Essegian's two point layup
10:00		Ta'Lon Cooper defensive rebound
9:48		Ta'Lon Cooper misses three point jump shot
9:46		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
9:22		Kamari McGee misses three point jump shot
9:20		Badgers offensive rebound
9:18		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
9:16		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
8:57	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Braeden Carrington assists)	18-18
8:43		Pharrel Payne personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
8:35		Connor Essegian turnover (lost ball) (Dawson Garcia steals)
8:24		Ta'Lon Cooper misses two point jump shot
8:22		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
8:04		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
8:02		Joshua Ola-Joseph defensive rebound
7:52		TV timeout
7:36		Ta'Lon Cooper misses three point jump shot
7:34		Ta'Lon Cooper offensive rebound
7:25		Joshua Ola-Joseph turnover (bad pass) (Max Klesmit steals)
7:02		Joshua Ola-Joseph personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
7:00		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
6:58		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
6:47		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
6:45		Braeden Carrington offensive rebound
6:42	+2	Braeden Carrington makes two point layup	18-20
6:21		Tyler Wahl misses two point jump shot
6:19		Golden Gophers defensive rebound
5:58		Ta'Lon Cooper offensive foul (Isaac Lindsey draws the foul)
5:58		Ta'Lon Cooper turnover (offensive foul)
5:40		Joshua Ola-Joseph personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
5:33		Steven Crowl misses two point jump shot
5:31		Jamison Battle defensive rebound
5:14	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point layup (Dawson Garcia assists)	18-22
5:01		Braeden Carrington personal foul
4:53		Isaac Lindsey misses three point jump shot
4:51		Connor Essegian offensive rebound
4:35	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	21-22
4:15		Max Klesmit personal foul (Jamison Battle draws the foul)
4:05		Ta'Lon Cooper misses two point jump shot
4:03		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
3:50	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot (Tyler Wahl assists)	23-22
3:20	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point layup (Jaden Henley assists)	23-24
3:04	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point layup (Tyler Wahl assists)	25-24
3:04		TV timeout
2:42	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point layup (Jaden Henley assists)	25-26
2:42		Steven Crowl shooting foul (Joshua Ola-Joseph draws the foul)
2:42		Joshua Ola-Joseph misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:42		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
2:25		Tyler Wahl turnover (lost ball) (Joshua Ola-Joseph steals)
2:12		Connor Essegian blocks Jaden Henley's two point jump shot
2:10		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
1:57	+3	Jaden Henley makes three point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	25-29
1:44		Joshua Ola-Joseph personal foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
1:44	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	26-29
1:44	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-29
1:20	+2	Braeden Carrington makes two point layup (Jamison Battle assists)	27-31
1:06	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	29-31
1:00		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
0:45	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	29-33
0:27		Connor Essegian misses two point jump shot
0:25		Jaden Henley defensive rebound
0:00	+3	Jamison Battle makes three point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	29-36
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WISC
Badgers
42
MINN
Golden Gophers
31

Time		Play	Score
19:47		Jamison Battle misses two point jump shot
19:45		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
19:33		Ta'Lon Cooper personal foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
19:19		Jamison Battle blocks Max Klesmit's two point layup
19:17		Jamison Battle defensive rebound
19:10		Jamison Battle turnover (bad pass) (Steven Crowl steals)
18:55		Dawson Garcia personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
18:52	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	31-36
18:34		Tyler Wahl shooting foul (Jaden Henley draws the foul)
18:34	+1	Jaden Henley makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-37
18:34		Jaden Henley misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:34		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
18:16		Chucky Hepburn misses two point layup
18:14		Pharrel Payne defensive rebound
18:09		Jamison Battle misses three point jump shot
18:07		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
18:00	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup	33-37
18:00		Pharrel Payne shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
18:00	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 1	34-37
17:47		Pharrel Payne turnover (bad pass) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
17:43	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point dunk	36-37
17:43		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
17:43		TV timeout
17:31	+2	Ta'Lon Cooper makes two point layup	36-39
17:11		Connor Essegian turnover (out of bounds)
16:57		Jamison Battle misses two point jump shot
16:55		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
16:41	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point jump shot	38-39
16:11	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point layup	38-41
15:57		Ta'Lon Cooper blocks Chucky Hepburn's two point layup
15:55		Joshua Ola-Joseph defensive rebound
15:28	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	38-43
15:18		Jaden Henley personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
15:18		TV timeout
15:00		Tyler Wahl misses two point layup
14:58		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
14:57	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup	40-43
14:33		Ta'Lon Cooper misses two point jump shot
14:31		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
14:17		Steven Crowl turnover (bad pass) (Dawson Garcia steals)
14:02	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Jamison Battle assists)	40-46
13:38	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup	42-46
13:05	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	42-48
12:44	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot	44-48
12:12	+2	Joshua Ola-Joseph makes two point layup	44-50
11:50	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point jump shot	46-50
11:29		Steven Crowl personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
11:29		TV timeout
11:28		Dawson Garcia misses two point layup
11:26		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
11:09		Tyler Wahl turnover (bad pass)
10:49	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot (Pharrel Payne assists)	46-53
10:39		Badgers 30 second timeout
10:29		Max Klesmit misses two point layup
10:27		Carter Gilmore offensive rebound
10:21		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
10:19		Tyler Wahl offensive rebound
10:14	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup	48-53
9:49		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
9:48		Jamison Battle misses three point jump shot
9:46		Carter Gilmore defensive rebound
9:31	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	50-53
9:08		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Pharrel Payne draws the foul)
9:08		Pharrel Payne misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:08		Pharrel Payne misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:08		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
8:58	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)	52-53
8:58		Pharrel Payne shooting foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
8:58	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 1 of 1	53-53
8:42	+2	Ta'Lon Cooper makes two point layup	53-55
8:21	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup	55-55
8:01		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
7:59		Badgers defensive rebound
7:59		TV timeout
7:29		Tyler Wahl misses two point jump shot
7:27		Joshua Ola-Joseph defensive rebound
6:57		Isaac Lindsey shooting foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
6:57	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-56
6:57	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-57
6:33	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot	57-57
6:33		Dawson Garcia shooting foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
6:33	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 1 of 1	58-57
6:03	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point jump shot (Ta'Lon Cooper assists)	58-59
5:46	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)	60-59
5:24		Tyler Wahl personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
5:15		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
5:13		Pharrel Payne offensive rebound
4:54		Ta'Lon Cooper offensive foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
4:54		Ta'Lon Cooper turnover (offensive foul)
4:37		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
4:35		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
4:18		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
4:16		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
4:05		Pharrel Payne personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
4:05	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-59
4:05	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 2 of 2	62-59
3:53		Ta'Lon Cooper turnover (bad pass)
3:53		TV timeout
3:40		Connor Essegian misses two point jump shot
3:38		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
3:26		Jamison Battle misses three point jump shot
3:24		Braeden Carrington offensive rebound
3:04		Ta'Lon Cooper misses two point jump shot
3:02		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
2:44		Max Klesmit turnover (lost ball) (Ta'Lon Cooper steals)
2:37	+2	Ta'Lon Cooper makes two point layup	62-61
2:37		Chucky Hepburn shooting foul (Ta'Lon Cooper draws the foul)
2:37	+1	Ta'Lon Cooper makes regular free throw 1 of 1	62-62
2:11		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
2:09		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
2:01		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
1:53		Ta'Lon Cooper offensive foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
1:53		Ta'Lon Cooper turnover (offensive foul)
1:31		Connor Essegian offensive foul (Joshua Ola-Joseph draws the foul)
1:31		Connor Essegian turnover (offensive foul)
1:10		Jamison Battle turnover (bad pass)
0:56		Badgers 30 second timeout
0:47	+3	Chucky Hepburn makes three point jump shot	65-62
0:31		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
0:29		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
0:26		Ta'Lon Cooper personal foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
0:26		Chucky Hepburn misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:26	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-62
0:26		Golden Gophers 60 second timeout
0:17		Isaac Lindsey personal foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
0:17	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-63
0:17	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	66-64
0:14		Jamison Battle personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
0:14		Max Klesmit misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:14	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-64
0:09		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Taurus Samuels draws the foul)
0:09		Taurus Samuels misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:09	+1	Taurus Samuels makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-65
0:08		Tyler Wahl turnover (bad pass) (Jamison Battle steals)
0:07		Max Klesmit personal foul (Jamison Battle draws the foul)
0:07		Jamison Battle misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:07	+1	Jamison Battle makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-66
0:07		Jamison Battle personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
0:07	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-66
0:07	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-66
0:04		Max Klesmit personal foul (Jamison Battle draws the foul)
0:04	+1	Jamison Battle makes regular free throw 1 of 2	69-67
0:04		Jamison Battle misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:04		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
0:03		Joshua Ola-Joseph personal foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
0:03	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-67
0:03	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-67
0:00		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
0:00		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Golden Gophers offensive rebound