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Max Klesmit's 24 points help No. 15 Wisconsin top Northwestern 71-63

AP
Jan 13, 2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) No. 15 Wisconsin was pushed by Northwestern into the final minutes.

The Badgers had an answer every time.

Max Klesmit scored a career-high 24 points and A.J. Storr had 14, leading Wisconsin to a 71-63 victory over Northwestern on Saturday.

The Badgers (13-3, 5-0 Big Ten) shot 50% (22 for 44) from the field and went 20 for 26 at the line.

Tyler Wahl, who scored 11 points for Wisconsin in its sixth straight win, praised his team for attacking the rim.

“It’s a confidence builder because you know that you’re going to get one or two points at the line,” Wahl said. “It kind of hinders the other team’s confidence because they might play a little more timid, and not as aggressive.”

Boo Buie scored 22 points for Northwestern (12-4, 3-2), and Brooks Barnhizer had 13.

“When you play the elite teams in the conference on the road, you want to be in a position right in the end to have a chance. And we were there,” Wildcats coach Chris Collins said.

Northwestern's Matthew Nicholson made two free throws with 2:51 left, tying it at 63. But Storr responded with a jumper, a key steal and two foul shots for Wisconsin.

Chucky Hepburn and Storr each made two free throws in the final 29 seconds to help the Badgers close it out.

Hepburn finished with four points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals. Klesmit said Hepburn is peaking at the right time.

“The mentality he has and the confidence he’s playing with and the confidence that we have in him is at an all-time high,” said Klesmit, who was 5 of 7 from 3-point range.

Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said Hepburn has been a difference maker.

“Chucky Hepburn, the way he’s sacrificed individual scoring for how he’s led this team and how he’s taken other team’s perimeter players and done a terrific job,” Gard said.

“He does a great job in commanding the point of our defense, and what we do.”

Wisconsin outrebounded Northwestern 31-25. Steven Crowl had a game-high eight rebounds for the Badgers.

BIG PICTURE

Northwestern: Outside of Buie, the Wildcats had trouble scoring early on. Northwestern shot 36% from the field in the first half.

Wisconsin: Crowl had been dealing with a left knee contusion, but he had no apparent issues against the Wildcats.

POLL IMPLICATIONS

Wisconsin is in a prime position to move up a few spots in the next AP poll.

UP NEXT

Northwestern: Hosts Maryland on Wednesday.

Wisconsin: At Penn State on Tuesday.

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1st Half
NW
Wildcats
25
WISC
Badgers
32

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Luke Hunger vs. Steven Crowl (Max Klesmit gains possession)
19:36		Steven Crowl offensive foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
19:36		Steven Crowl turnover (offensive foul)
19:24	+2	Boo Buie makes two point jump shot	2-0
18:51		Badgers turnover (shot clock violation)
18:35	+2	Boo Buie makes two point jump shot	4-0
18:18		Tyler Wahl misses two point layup
18:16		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
18:13	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup	4-2
18:03		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
18:00		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
17:46		Luke Hunger blocks AJ Storr's two point layup
17:44		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
17:31		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
17:29		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
17:07		Brooks Barnhizer shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
17:07	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	4-3
17:07	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-4
17:00		Luke Hunger offensive foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
17:00		Luke Hunger turnover (offensive foul)
16:49		Ty Berry personal foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
16:49		Tyler Wahl offensive foul (Ty Berry draws the foul)
16:49		Tyler Wahl turnover (offensive foul)
16:36		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
16:36		Wildcats offensive rebound
16:36		Max Klesmit personal foul (Ty Berry draws the foul)
16:19		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
16:19		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
16:19		Matthew Nicholson personal foul (Nolan Winter draws the foul)
16:04	+2	John Blackwell makes two point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	4-6
15:45		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
15:45		Ryan Langborg offensive rebound
15:45	+2	Ryan Langborg makes two point layup	6-6
15:27		Carter Gilmore turnover (bad pass) (Boo Buie steals)
15:23	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point layup (Boo Buie assists)	8-6
14:57		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
14:55		Ty Berry defensive rebound
14:44		Boo Buie misses three point jump shot
14:42		John Blackwell defensive rebound
14:33	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	8-9
14:02		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
14:00		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
13:49		Chucky Hepburn turnover (lost ball) (Boo Buie steals)
13:42		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
13:40		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
13:34		Ryan Langborg personal foul
13:34		TV timeout
13:25		AJ Storr turnover (lost ball) (Brooks Barnhizer steals)
12:59		Nick Martinelli misses three point jump shot
12:57		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
12:57		Matthew Nicholson personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
12:43		Ryan Langborg personal foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
12:43	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-10
12:43		Tyler Wahl misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:43		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
12:18	+3	Boo Buie makes three point jump shot	11-10
11:58		John Blackwell turnover (out of bounds)
11:58		TV timeout
11:40		Nick Martinelli misses two point jump shot
11:38		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
11:21		AJ Storr misses three point jump shot
11:19		Ty Berry defensive rebound
11:04	+2	Boo Buie makes two point jump shot	13-10
10:49	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point jump shot (Max Klesmit assists)	13-12
10:14		Wildcats turnover (shot clock violation)
10:00		Max Klesmit turnover (bad pass) (Blake Preston steals)
9:54	+3	Boo Buie makes three point jump shot	16-12
9:33	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	16-15
9:15		John Blackwell shooting foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
9:15		Boo Buie misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:15	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-15
8:44	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Tyler Wahl assists)	17-18
8:26		Ty Berry misses two point jump shot
8:24		Badgers defensive rebound
8:05		Brooks Barnhizer shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
8:05	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-19
8:05		Tyler Wahl misses regular free throw 1 of 2
8:05		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
7:40		Ryan Langborg misses three point jump shot
7:38		Badgers defensive rebound
7:38		TV timeout
7:17		Luke Hunger personal foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
7:17		Tyler Wahl misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:17		Ryan Langborg defensive rebound
6:52		Nolan Winter personal foul (Blake Preston draws the foul)
6:39		Nick Martinelli misses two point jump shot
6:37		Nick Martinelli offensive rebound
6:34	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point layup	19-19
6:19	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point layup	19-21
6:06		Blake Preston offensive foul
6:06		Blake Preston turnover (offensive foul)
5:51	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	19-24
5:50		Wildcats 30 second timeout
5:25		Ty Berry turnover (bad pass) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
5:20	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup	19-26
5:03		Boo Buie turnover (lost ball) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
4:58		John Blackwell misses two point layup
4:56		Badgers offensive rebound
4:42		Blake Preston shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
4:42		Tyler Wahl misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:42	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-27
4:27		Ryan Langborg misses three point jump shot
4:25		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
4:06	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point jump shot	19-29
3:52		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
3:50		Wildcats offensive rebound
3:50		Steven Crowl personal foul
3:52		TV timeout
3:38		Markus Ilver shooting foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
3:38		Brooks Barnhizer misses regular free throw 1 of 2
3:38	+1	Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-29
3:21	+2	Nolan Winter makes two point layup (AJ Storr assists)	20-31
3:06		Ryan Langborg turnover (lost ball) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
3:03		Boo Buie personal foul (AJ Storr draws the foul)
3:03	+1	AJ Storr makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-32
3:03		AJ Storr misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:03		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
2:39	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point jump shot	22-32
2:13		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
2:11		Markus Ilver offensive rebound
1:58		Max Klesmit misses two point layup
1:56		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
1:40		Nick Martinelli misses three point jump shot
1:38		Markus Ilver defensive rebound
1:26		AJ Storr misses two point layup
1:25		AJ Storr offensive rebound
1:25		AJ Storr turnover (out of bounds)
1:04		Nolan Winter shooting foul (Matthew Nicholson draws the foul)
1:04		Matthew Nicholson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:04	+1	Matthew Nicholson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-32
0:38		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
0:36		Nick Martinelli defensive rebound
0:14		Chucky Hepburn personal foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
0:14	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-32
0:14	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-32
0:00		Max Klesmit turnover (bad pass) (Ty Berry steals)
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
NW
Wildcats
38
WISC
Badgers
39

Time		Play	Score
19:53		AJ Storr personal foul (Ty Berry draws the foul)
19:45		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
19:43		AJ Storr defensive rebound
19:34		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
19:32		Ryan Langborg defensive rebound
19:19	+3	Luke Hunger makes three point jump shot	28-32
18:54		Ryan Langborg personal foul (AJ Storr draws the foul)
18:42		Luke Hunger personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
18:40		AJ Storr misses two point jump shot
18:38		Luke Hunger defensive rebound
18:22		Luke Hunger turnover (lost ball)
18:07		Brooks Barnhizer personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
17:59		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
17:57		Tyler Wahl offensive rebound
17:53		Badgers 30 second timeout
17:53		TV timeout
17:38	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	28-34
17:20	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point hook shot (Matthew Nicholson assists)	30-34
16:56	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup (Chucky Hepburn assists)	30-36
16:38	+3	Boo Buie makes three point jump shot (Brooks Barnhizer assists)	33-36
16:14		Tyler Wahl misses two point layup
16:12		Ty Berry defensive rebound
15:55	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point layup (Matthew Nicholson assists)	35-36
15:38	+3	AJ Storr makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	35-39
15:21	+2	Brooks Barnhizer makes two point jump shot	37-39
15:02		Ty Berry shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
15:02		TV timeout
15:02	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-40
15:02	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-41
14:48		Carter Gilmore personal foul
14:43		Boo Buie misses two point layup
14:41		Boo Buie offensive rebound
14:37	+2	Boo Buie makes two point layup	39-41
14:25	+2	AJ Storr makes two point hook shot	39-43
14:10		Boo Buie misses three point jump shot
13:59		AJ Storr defensive rebound
13:59		AJ Storr misses two point jump shot
13:57		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
13:48		Jordan Clayton misses three point jump shot
13:46		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
13:35	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point layup	39-45
13:35		Jordan Clayton shooting foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
13:35	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 1 of 1	39-46
13:21	+2	Ryan Langborg makes two point layup	41-46
13:00		Nick Martinelli personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
12:58		AJ Storr misses two point layup
12:56		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
12:51		Matthew Nicholson turnover (lost ball) (Max Klesmit steals)
12:49		AJ Storr misses two point layup
12:47		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
12:47		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Matthew Nicholson draws the foul)
12:33	+2	Nick Martinelli makes two point hook shot	43-46
12:14	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (John Blackwell assists)	43-49
11:46		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
11:44		Wildcats offensive rebound
11:44		TV timeout
11:38		Boo Buie misses three point jump shot
11:36		Ty Berry offensive rebound
11:36	+2	Ty Berry makes two point layup	45-49
11:36		Tyler Wahl shooting foul (Ty Berry draws the foul)
11:36	+1	Ty Berry makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-49
11:16	+2	AJ Storr makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	46-51
10:56	+2	Ryan Langborg makes two point layup (Brooks Barnhizer assists)	48-51
10:29		Ty Berry shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
10:29	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-52
10:29		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
10:29		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
10:16	+2	Ryan Langborg makes two point jump shot (Brooks Barnhizer assists)	50-52
9:59	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Tyler Wahl assists)	50-55
9:29		Brooks Barnhizer misses two point jump shot
9:27		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
9:27		Jump ball. Ryan Langborg vs. Max Klesmit (Badgers gains possession)
9:17	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point layup	50-57
9:08		Wildcats 30 second timeout
8:57		John Blackwell shooting foul (Boo Buie draws the foul)
8:57	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-57
8:57	+1	Boo Buie makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-57
8:33		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
8:31		Brooks Barnhizer defensive rebound
8:19		Ryan Langborg misses two point jump shot
8:17		John Blackwell defensive rebound
7:52		Tyler Wahl turnover (bad pass) (Nick Martinelli steals)
7:33	+2	Matthew Nicholson makes two point dunk (Boo Buie assists)	54-57
7:11		Matthew Nicholson shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
7:11		TV timeout
7:11	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-58
7:11	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-59
6:57	+3	Brooks Barnhizer makes three point jump shot (Matthew Nicholson assists)	57-59
6:28		Ryan Langborg shooting foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
6:28	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-60
6:28	+1	Steven Crowl makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-61
6:14		Tyler Wahl shooting foul (Brooks Barnhizer draws the foul)
6:14	+1	Brooks Barnhizer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	58-61
6:14		Brooks Barnhizer misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:14		AJ Storr defensive rebound
6:02		Steven Crowl misses three point jump shot
6:00		Ty Berry defensive rebound
5:33		Nick Martinelli misses two point hook shot
5:31		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
5:09		Steven Crowl turnover (bad pass)
4:45		Boo Buie misses two point jump shot
4:43		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
4:27		Max Klesmit turnover (lost ball)
4:22		Wildcats 30 second timeout
4:22		TV timeout
4:13	+3	Ty Berry makes three point jump shot (Brooks Barnhizer assists)	61-61
3:45	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point jump shot	61-63
3:23		Brooks Barnhizer misses three point jump shot
3:21		AJ Storr defensive rebound
2:55		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
2:53		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
2:52		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
2:50		Matthew Nicholson defensive rebound
2:50		Steven Crowl personal foul (Matthew Nicholson draws the foul)
2:50	+1	Matthew Nicholson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-63
2:50	+1	Matthew Nicholson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-63
2:33	+2	AJ Storr makes two point jump shot	63-65
2:13		Matthew Nicholson misses two point layup
2:11		Wildcats offensive rebound
1:59		Boo Buie turnover (bad pass) (AJ Storr steals)
1:52		Boo Buie shooting foul (AJ Storr draws the foul)
1:52	+1	AJ Storr makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-66
1:52	+1	AJ Storr makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-67
1:32		Steven Crowl blocks Boo Buie's two point layup
1:30		Ryan Langborg offensive rebound
1:21		Ty Berry misses three point jump shot
1:19		Badgers defensive rebound
0:59		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
0:57		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
0:38		Max Klesmit misses two point jump shot
0:36		Chucky Hepburn offensive rebound
0:29		Brooks Barnhizer personal foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
0:29	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-68
0:29	+1	Chucky Hepburn makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-69
0:25		Boo Buie turnover (bad pass)
0:22		Justin Mullins personal foul (AJ Storr draws the foul)
0:22	+1	AJ Storr makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-70
0:22	+1	AJ Storr makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-71
0:18		Boo Buie misses three point jump shot
0:16		John Blackwell defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

John Blackwell defensive rebound