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Blackwell carries No. 12 Wisconsin past Minnesota 74-67 with 25 points and career-best 11 boards

AP
Mar 05, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) John Blackwell had 25 points and a career-high 11 rebounds to help 12th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers beat Minnesota Golden Gophers 74-67 on Wednesday night.

John Tonje added 18 points and seven boards for the Badgers (23-7, 13-6), who forged a three-way tie for third place in the Big Ten with a top-four seed and the accompanying double-bye for the conference tournament in sight.

Wisconsin, the national free-throw shooting leader, went 21 for 24. Minnesota, the Big Ten's worst team at the line, was 8 for 15.

Brennan Rigsby led the Gophers (15-15, 7-12) with 18 points and Lu'Cye Patterson added 15 points in Minnesota's ninth straight loss to Wisconsin. Dawson Garcia, the Big Ten's fourth-leading scorer, had 14 points on 6-for-17 shooting in his last home game.

Wisconsin: Without starter Max Klesmit for a second straight game, the Badgers endured a couple of concerning offensive lulls by committing only two turnovers in a resilient second half that saw an 11-point lead become a two-point deficit.

Minnesota: Finding scoring beyond Garcia has been a grind for the Gophers, the only Big Ten team averaging below 70 points per game. Rigsby, who had a career-high 20 points and the go-ahead 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds left in a 67-65 win at Nebraska on Saturday, has been a late bright spot.

Patterson drew a charge on Tonje that sent him to the bench with four fouls and 8:48 left and hit a 3-pointer for a 53-51 lead that briefly put Minnesota in front.

Garcia's 3-pointer on the opening possession hit the 2,000-point mark for his five-year college career, which includes one season each at Marquette and North Carolina. He's 10th on Minnesota's all-time scoring list in 87 games.

Wisconsin wraps up conference play Saturday against Penn State. Minnesota finishes Sunday at Rutgers.

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1st Half
WISC
Badgers
33
MINN
Golden Gophers
27

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Steven Crowl vs. Dawson Garcia (Kamari McGee gains possession)
19:29		Nolan Winter turnover
19:13	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Parker Fox assists)	0-3
18:55		Parker Fox blocks John Tonje's two point layup
18:53		Badgers offensive rebound
18:42		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
18:40		Badgers offensive rebound
18:29	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point hook shot	2-3
18:09		Femi Odukale turnover (bad pass) (John Tonje steals)
17:55	+3	John Tonje makes three point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	5-3
17:30		Parker Fox misses two point layup
17:28		Dawson Garcia offensive rebound
17:22		Dawson Garcia misses two point layup
17:20		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
17:12	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	7-3
16:53		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
16:51		Kamari McGee defensive rebound
16:38	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	10-3
16:18		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
16:18		Badgers defensive rebound
16:00		John Blackwell turnover (bad pass)
16:00		TV timeout
15:39		Femi Odukale misses two point jump shot
15:37		John Tonje defensive rebound
15:37		Parker Fox personal foul
15:12	+2	John Blackwell makes two point jump shot (John Tonje assists)	12-3
14:46	+3	Lu'Cye Patterson makes three point jump shot	12-6
14:20		Jack Janicki turnover (bad pass)
13:59		Kamari McGee shooting foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
13:59	+1	Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-7
13:59	+1	Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-8
13:41		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
13:39		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
13:29		Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot
13:27		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
13:23		Frank Mitchell turnover (bad pass) (Steven Crowl steals)
13:04		Lu'Cye Patterson personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
13:01		John Tonje misses two point jump shot
12:59		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
12:47	+2	Femi Odukale makes two point jump shot (Isaac Asuma assists)	12-10
12:26		Isaac Asuma personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
12:12		Jack Janicki misses three point jump shot
12:10		Xavier Amos offensive rebound
11:51		John Tonje turnover (traveling)
11:51		TV timeout
11:23		Isaac Asuma misses two point jump shot
11:21		John Tonje defensive rebound
11:12		Kamari McGee misses three point jump shot
11:10		Femi Odukale defensive rebound
11:03	+2	Femi Odukale makes two point jump shot	12-12
10:52		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
10:50		Isaac Asuma defensive rebound
10:39		Femi Odukale turnover (bad pass)
10:18		Carter Gilmore turnover (bad pass)
10:11		Parker Fox offensive foul
10:11		Parker Fox turnover (offensive foul)
9:54	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	14-12
9:22		Femi Odukale turnover (lost ball) (Steven Crowl steals)
9:16		Steven Crowl turnover (lost ball) (Femi Odukale steals)
9:08	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point layup	14-14
8:54	+3	Steven Crowl makes three point jump shot (Kamari McGee assists)	17-14
8:22		Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot
8:20		John Tonje defensive rebound
8:14		Lu'Cye Patterson personal foul
7:58		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
7:56		Jack Janicki offensive rebound
7:47		Jack Janicki misses three point jump shot
7:45		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
7:39		Frank Mitchell turnover (lost ball) (Jack Janicki steals)
7:36		Femi Odukale blocks John Tonje's two point layup
7:35		Badgers offensive rebound
7:35		TV timeout
7:29	+3	John Tonje makes three point jump shot (Carter Gilmore assists)	20-14
7:11		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
7:09		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
6:46		John Blackwell turnover (lost ball) (Dawson Garcia steals)
6:24	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point layup (Dawson Garcia assists)	20-16
6:17	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	22-16
6:17		Isaac Asuma shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
6:17	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	23-16
6:07		Xavier Amos personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
5:55		Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point jump shot
5:53		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
5:49	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point layup	23-18
5:40		Xavier Amos turnover (bad pass) (Femi Odukale steals)
5:34		Lu'Cye Patterson misses two point jump shot
5:32		John Tonje defensive rebound
5:24		Nolan Winter turnover (lost ball)
4:54		Femi Odukale misses two point jump shot
4:52		John Blackwell defensive rebound
4:50		Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
4:50	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-18
4:50	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-18
4:26		Femi Odukale misses three point jump shot
4:24		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
4:17		Xavier Amos misses two point layup
4:15		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
4:10	+3	Mike Mitchell Jr. makes three point jump shot (Dawson Garcia assists)	25-21
3:56	+2	John Tonje makes two point layup	27-21
3:27		Xavier Amos blocks Lu'Cye Patterson's two point layup
3:27		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
3:27		John Tonje shooting foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
3:27		TV timeout
3:27		Frank Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:27	+1	Frank Mitchell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	27-22
3:02		Femi Odukale shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
3:02	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-22
3:02	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-22
2:36	+3	Brennan Rigsby makes three point jump shot (Dawson Garcia assists)	29-25
2:04	+2	John Tonje makes two point layup	31-25
1:52		Femi Odukale misses three point jump shot
1:50		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
1:41		Femi Odukale blocks John Blackwell's two point layup
1:41		Femi Odukale defensive rebound
1:41		Jump ball. (Golden Gophers gains possession)
1:28		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
1:26		John Tonje defensive rebound
1:10		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
1:08		Badgers offensive rebound
1:00		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
0:59		Golden Gophers defensive rebound
0:59		John Tonje personal foul
0:59		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
0:45	+2	Brennan Rigsby makes two point dunk (Femi Odukale assists)	31-27
0:23	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point hook shot (John Blackwell assists)	33-27
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WISC
Badgers
41
MINN
Golden Gophers
40

Time		Play	Score
19:48		Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
19:46	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup (Kamari McGee assists)	35-27
19:46		Parker Fox shooting foul (Nolan Winter draws the foul)
19:46	+1	Nolan Winter makes regular free throw 1 of 1	36-27
19:32		Femi Odukale misses two point jump shot
19:30		Dawson Garcia offensive rebound
19:22		Nolan Winter personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
19:17		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
19:15		Femi Odukale offensive rebound
19:15		Femi Odukale misses two point layup
19:13		John Blackwell defensive rebound
18:48		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
18:46		Badgers offensive rebound
18:43	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup (Kamari McGee assists)	38-27
18:25		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses two point jump shot
18:23		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
18:06		John Blackwell misses two point layup
18:04		Mike Mitchell Jr. defensive rebound
17:55	+2	Parker Fox makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists)	38-29
17:32		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
17:30		John Tonje offensive rebound
17:28		John Tonje misses three point jump shot
17:26		Golden Gophers defensive rebound
17:26		Steven Crowl personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
17:07		Femi Odukale misses three point jump shot
17:05		Badgers defensive rebound
16:44		Dawson Garcia shooting foul (Carter Gilmore draws the foul)
16:44	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	39-29
16:44	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-29
16:31		John Tonje personal foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
16:30		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Dawson Garcia draws the foul)
16:25		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
16:23		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
16:23	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point layup	40-31
15:53		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
15:51		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
15:44	+2	Frank Mitchell makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	40-33
15:33		Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul (Nolan Winter draws the foul)
15:33		TV timeout
15:15		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
15:13		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
14:57		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
14:49		Carter Gilmore blocks Isaac Asuma's two point layup
14:47		John Blackwell defensive rebound
14:34		Carter Gilmore misses three point jump shot
14:32		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
14:23		Lu'Cye Patterson misses three point jump shot
14:21		John Blackwell defensive rebound
14:08	+2	John Blackwell makes two point dunk (Jack Janicki assists)	42-33
13:43		Brennan Rigsby misses two point jump shot
13:41		Brennan Rigsby offensive rebound
13:39		Brennan Rigsby misses two point jump shot
13:37		John Blackwell defensive rebound
13:32		Isaac Asuma shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
13:32	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-33
13:32	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	44-33
13:15	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point jump shot (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	44-35
13:00	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point dunk (John Blackwell assists)	46-35
12:38	+3	Brennan Rigsby makes three point jump shot (Mike Mitchell Jr. assists)	46-38
12:22		Kamari McGee misses three point jump shot
12:20		Lu'Cye Patterson defensive rebound
12:14	+3	Dawson Garcia makes three point jump shot (Brennan Rigsby assists)	46-41
11:57		Xavier Amos misses three point jump shot
11:55		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
11:44		Jack Janicki blocks Brennan Rigsby's two point layup
11:42		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
11:42		TV timeout
11:39	+2	Brennan Rigsby makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	46-43
11:39		Nolan Winter shooting foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
11:39	+1	Brennan Rigsby makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-44
11:18		Lu'Cye Patterson personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
11:09		Kamari McGee misses two point jump shot
11:07		Brennan Rigsby defensive rebound
11:04		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Brennan Rigsby draws the foul)
11:04	+1	Brennan Rigsby makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-45
11:04	+1	Brennan Rigsby makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-46
10:40	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	49-46
10:14	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point jump shot (Frank Mitchell assists)	49-48
10:04		Frank Mitchell shooting foul (John Tonje draws the foul)
10:04	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-48
10:04	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-48
9:48		Mike Mitchell Jr. misses three point jump shot
9:46		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
9:41	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Lu'Cye Patterson assists)	51-50
9:26		John Tonje misses two point layup
9:24		Badgers offensive rebound
9:12		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
9:10		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
8:55		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
8:53		John Tonje defensive rebound
8:48		John Tonje offensive foul
8:48		John Tonje turnover (offensive foul)
8:33	+3	Lu'Cye Patterson makes three point jump shot	51-53
8:06	+2	Jack Janicki makes two point layup (Carter Gilmore assists)	53-53
7:44		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
7:42		Badgers defensive rebound
7:42		Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul (Jack Janicki draws the foul)
7:42		TV timeout
7:42		Jack Janicki misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:42		Brennan Rigsby defensive rebound
7:12	+2	Brennan Rigsby makes two point jump shot	53-55
6:45	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup (Kamari McGee assists)	55-55
6:21		Parker Fox misses two point layup
6:19		John Blackwell defensive rebound
6:15		Jack Janicki misses three point jump shot
6:14		John Blackwell offensive rebound
6:14		John Blackwell misses two point layup
6:12		Carter Gilmore offensive rebound
6:12		Parker Fox shooting foul (Carter Gilmore draws the foul)
6:12	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-55
6:12	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-55
6:00		John Blackwell shooting foul (Brennan Rigsby draws the foul)
6:00	+1	Brennan Rigsby makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-56
6:00		Brennan Rigsby misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:00		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
5:39		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
5:37		Badgers offensive rebound
5:37		Mike Mitchell Jr. personal foul (Carter Gilmore draws the foul)
5:37	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-56
5:37	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-56
5:17		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Femi Odukale draws the foul)
5:17		Femi Odukale misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:17		Femi Odukale misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:17		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
4:47	+2	Jack Janicki makes two point jump shot	61-56
4:45		TV timeout
4:33	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup	61-58
4:15		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
4:13		Golden Gophers defensive rebound
3:57		Dawson Garcia misses three point jump shot
3:55		John Blackwell defensive rebound
3:37		Nolan Winter turnover (traveling)
3:37		TV timeout
3:25		Dawson Garcia misses two point jump shot
3:23		John Blackwell defensive rebound
3:07	+2	Jack Janicki makes two point layup (Kamari McGee assists)	63-58
2:55		Kamari McGee personal foul (Lu'Cye Patterson draws the foul)
2:55	+1	Lu'Cye Patterson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-59
2:55		Lu'Cye Patterson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:55		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
2:34	+2	Carter Gilmore makes two point jump shot (Jack Janicki assists)	65-59
2:09	+2	Brennan Rigsby makes two point dunk (Isaac Asuma assists)	65-61
1:48	+2	John Tonje makes two point layup (Jack Janicki assists)	67-61
1:22		Isaac Asuma misses three point jump shot
1:20		Frank Mitchell offensive rebound
1:17		John Blackwell shooting foul (Frank Mitchell draws the foul)
1:17		Frank Mitchell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:17		Frank Mitchell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:17		Carter Gilmore defensive rebound
0:55		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
0:53		John Blackwell offensive rebound
0:49	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	69-61
0:49		Isaac Asuma shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
0:49		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:49		Dawson Garcia defensive rebound
0:43		Brennan Rigsby misses three point jump shot
0:41		John Blackwell defensive rebound
0:36		Brennan Rigsby personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
0:36	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-61
0:36		Steven Crowl misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:36		Frank Mitchell defensive rebound
0:26	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point layup	70-63
0:26		Golden Gophers 30 second timeout
0:23		Femi Odukale personal foul (John Tonje draws the foul)
0:23	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-63
0:23	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-63
0:17	+2	Lu'Cye Patterson makes two point layup	72-65
0:15		Lu'Cye Patterson personal foul (John Tonje draws the foul)
0:15	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-65
0:15	+1	John Tonje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-65
0:12		Dawson Garcia misses two point layup
0:10		Dawson Garcia offensive rebound
0:10		Dawson Garcia misses two point layup
0:08		Golden Gophers offensive rebound
0:06	+2	Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists)	74-67
0:00		End of period

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Dawson Garcia makes two point layup (Femi Odukale assists)