South Dakota State proved it would be a tough nonconference matchup for the Badgers women’s basketball team when it upset No. 21 Creighton on Friday. In that game, the Jackrabbits dominated the Bluejays on the glass and in the paint.

They did the same to the Badgers, who lost 79-57 Wednesday night in Brookings, S.D.

Wisconsin (2-1) was crushed on the boards 42-22. The Jackrabbits (3-0) had 15-second chance points, while the Badgers had zero. Wisconsin was also outscored in the paint 40-32. The physical Jackrabbits proved too much.

South Dakota State outscored the Badgers in all four quarters, and Wisconsin ended the game on a three-minute scoring drought. The Badgers shot OK from the field, shooting 41%, but struggled from 3-point range, hitting just 27% from deep.

Sarah Williams was effective for the Badgers with 19 points and nine rebounds, and Ronnie Porter had 11 points and four assists. But no other Wisconsin players finished in double figures, and the bench only strung together seven points.

The Jackrabbits, meanwhile, got 28 points from their reserves.

Five South Dakota State players in all finished in double figures. Haleigh Timmer, Brooklyn Meyer and Mesa Byom finished with 13 points each, Paige Meyer added 11 and Kate Vasecka contributed 10. Five players had at least four rebounds.

Among positives for the Badgers was they won the turnover battle with just 11 to South Dakota State’s 14. They took advantage of those turnovers, too, scoring 12 points off them, while the Jackrabbits scored just four off turnovers.

But that wasn’t nearly enough to overcome the disparity on the glass. The Badgers will look to bounce back on Sunday when they host Milwaukee for a 2 p.m. tipoff at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

MADISON – A four-star point guard, a 7-foot center and an international recruit.

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team’s 2025 recruiting class became official Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period.

It is also the first time that Badgers coach Greg Gard was allowed to publicly discuss his new players.

Here is a closer look at the class.

Will Garlock, center

Committed: June 8.

Hometown: Middleton.

High School: Middleton.

Club team: Team Herro.

Height: 7-0.

Ratings: Rivals, 247sports, On3 and ESPN list Garlock as a three-star recruit.

The lowdown: Garlock averaged 16.9 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game for Middleton last season. He connected on 66.5% of his shots, including 31.2% from three-point range. He received honorable mention on the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 1 all-state team.

Gard said: We are happy to have Will joining our Badger family. Growing up as a hometown kid located in our backyard, wearing the Wisconsin jersey and being a part of this program means a lot to Will. He has a lot of potential and we see him fitting into our long line of successful big men here at Wisconsin.

Will has the size and the athleticism to compete at a high level, and he will fit right in with our style of play and with how the college game has evolved in recent years. Coming off an injury last season, we are excited to watch Will continue to keep trending towards his immense potential. We look forward to seeing him continuously throughout the upcoming season before he joins us in the summer months ahead. Our staff is eagerly waiting to start helping Will develop into a really good front line addition.

Hayden Jones, guard

Committed: July 25.

Hometown: Nelson, New Zealand.

Club team: Nelson Giants.

Height: 6-7.

Ratings: Unrated international prospect.

The lowdown: Jones has played for the Nelson Giants, a professional team, the past two seasons. He averaged 2.9 points and 1.3 assists per game last season. He has represented New Zealand in multiple international tournaments and last February became the fourth-youngest player (at age 17) to play for the New Zealand national team. His father, Phill, was a teammate of UW assistant Kirk Penney on the New Zealand national team.

Gard said: We are excited about the addition of Hayden to our program. He has really grown in terms of his actual size, and at 6-foot-7 he is very versatile. Hayden has developed himself into a player that can play point guard, plus the two and three positions. Defensively, he’s long and does an excellent job of guarding players and disrupting shots at the rim with his natural size and ability.

He’s also a great rebounder at his position. He has 20-plus rebound games at the guard position, which is really hard to do and shows that he has a nose for the ball. Hayden has a high basketball IQ and we are looking forward to him coming into our program and absorbing what we do here. He comes from an athletic family, which includes his father, Phill, who was an elite shooter for the New Zealand senior national team and one of the leading scorers in the 2004 Olympics. We are thrilled to have Hayden joining our program and we are eager to help him grow.

Zach Kinziger, guard

Committed: Aug. 4, 2023.

Hometown: De Pere.

High School: De Pere.

Club team: Team Herro.

Height: 6-3.

Ratings: ESPN and 247sports list Kinziger as a four-star recruit. On3 and Rivals consider him a three-star prospect.

The lowdown: ESPN ranks him as the No. 68 prospect in the 2025 class. He averaged 19.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game for the Redbirds and was a first team WBCA first-team all-state selection. Last season he helped his team advance to the sectional final. De Pere won a state championship his sophomore season.

Gard said: We are very excited to have Zach joining our program. Growing up in the state of Wisconsin, playing for this program is a dream for him. While evaluating him, it did not take long for my staff and I to identify Zach for his shooting, competitive drive, basketball IQ, and the effort that he competes with on the defensive end.

Zach has been one of the best shooters in all of high school basketball, which will remind Wisconsin fans of many former Badgers that have helped our program sustain a high level of success. As the son of a coach, Zach plays the game the right way, and he has earned everything that has come his way. Just as impressive is Zach’s preparation in the classroom and the hard work that he puts into academics. We are excited for Zach to join our Badger Family and we can’t wait to begin working with him to help him reach his goals.

COMMERCE TWP, Mich. (FOX 2) – A man who feared treatment for Lung Cancer is now cancer free after receiving help from a team of health experts. 

65-year-old Glen Cannon from Detroit began smoking a pack a day since he was 12-years-old. He was diagnosed with stage three lung cancer in May 2023.

“In the black community we’re so ill-informed about what cancer is,” said Cannon. “It was like a gut punch from Mike Tyson.”

Cannon did not want chemotherapy, immune therapy, or radiation. He was told radiation would burn him up. 

Tammy Pouget is an oncology nurse navigator at DMC Huron Valley Sinai Hospital, who helped Glen overcome his fears by feeding him knowledge.

“Do you find it’s more prevalent, the uncertainty of medical treatment, in the black community than other communities?” asked FOX 2’s Charlie Langton.

“I would say it is more prevalent, but I believe most patients diagnosed with cancer really do not have a lot of knowledge,” answered Pouget.

One little weird remedy: Glen’s doctor was a big Prince fan, and Glen used to do promotional work in the 90s for Prince.

“He loved Prince. I worked for Prince, and we bonded. We clicked,” he said. “It’s kind of creepy.”

Creepy or not, Glen beat lung cancer as of September 2024. But he does have a message, especially during Lung Cancer Awareness Month.  

“To the black community, the best thing that you could do for yourself, whether you feel good or not, is go and get screened.”