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Jordan Taylor is now tied for second in the nation in assist/turnover ratio thanks in large part to his game against the Phoenix of Greenbay. He looked his best all year against them having 15 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, and perhaps the best of all 0 turnovers. Ryan Evans also added in on the 70-42 win, scoring 14 and picking up 6 rebounds, while the big man, Berggren, dominated on the defensive side with 3 blocked shots and leading the Badgers defense to 32.1% opponent's FG%.

Ben Brust dominated the game against UNLV, scoring 25 points (21 off 3-pointers) and only missing 1 shot in our 62-51 win. The latter half of this blog is devoted to him. The redshirt-freshman is our leading scorer at 12.6 PPG and perhaps most explosive player. Hes the only Badgers player to score over 20 twice this season, both of those games finishing with at least 7 threes.

Dropped to #16

Nov. 30th was perhaps the Badgers biggest game of the year. Playing the #5 Tar Heels, Wisconsin, came up short in a 57-60 game. Leading UNC's charge was Harrison Barnes, North Carolina's captain and future lottery pick, who had 20 points. Ten of those points came in the late surge that the Tar Heels managed. Adding on the defensive side for UNC was John Henson who racked up 17 rebounds and 5 shot blocks. One reason UW struggled in the second half was Jordan Taylor who led our scoring. Even though he had 18 points and 4 assists he only shot 6-20 and forced too many shots when we needed to score.

On Saturday, Dec. 3rd, I had the privilege of attending the Marquette vs. Wisconsin Matchup. This game was one of only four ranked teams on our preseason schedule. The Badgers fell short 61-54, which snapped our 23-game home winning streak. A huge reason the Badgers lost was their FG percentage--32%. To add to the poor shooting the Badgers also only had one player, Taylor, who scored in the double digits. Although Taylor had had 13 points he struggled having 5 turnovers, his highest total this season, and hurting his ankle at one point in the game.