Game notes and top plays from Wisconsin’s win vs. South Dakota

The Wisconsin Badgers managed to notch their first win of the 2022-2023 males’s basketball season on Monday evening, taking down the South Dakota Coyotes 85-59. 

The 26-point victory was spurred by some stellar three-point capturing and a robust efficiency by the Badgers. 

Here’s a look again at some sport notes, and high performs from Wisconsin’s season opener. 

Sport notes

• Tyler Wahl had his fifth profession double-double, ending the sport wiht 19 factors and 10 rebounds. He additionally added a career-high 9 free throws, capturing 90% from the stripe. 
• Tyler Wahl really led Wisconsin in factors, rebounds, and assists. 
• Chucky Hepburn added 14 factors in opposition to South Dakota, marking his thirteenth sport with a minimum of 10 factors with Wisconsin. Steven Crowl additionally reached double-digits for the for the fourteenth time in his profession with the Badgers. 
• The Badgers had 11 totally different gamers rating versus South Dakota, with 4 of the staff’s 5 starters ending with over 10 factors. 

• With the win, Wisconsin has now gained 24 of their final 25 home-openers, and 7 in a row. 
• Wisconsin made 9 first half three-pointers, that’s the ninth-most for a single half in program historical past. Total, seven totally different gamers made a minimum of one three-point shot.  
• The Badgers made 17-of-23 free throw makes an attempt, that might have been the fifth-most all of final season. 

• Wisconsin completed the sport averaging 1.288 factors per possession an scored on 56.1% of their offensive possessions through the sport. 
• Wisconsin was 2-of-2 on dunks, 8-of-14 on layups, had 13 fast-break factors on Monday evening. 
• The Badgers led for everything of the sport following a three-point make by Steven Crowl 10 seconds into the competition.

• Wisconsin’s largest lead on the evening was 28 factors with 46 seconds remaining, whereas the staff had a 10-0 run halfway via the second quarter that finally helped them draw back from South Dakota. 
• Greg Gard’s bench had 23 factors on Monday night, outscoring South Dakota’s bench by 5. 

Prime performs

#1: Chucky Hepburn’s buzzer-beater earlier than halftime

Wisconsin level guard Chucky Hepburn made arguably the play of the evening with a deep three-pointer as time expired within the first half. Tyler Wahl hurried the ball down the court docket and located Hepburn for the large shot to provide the Badgers momentum heading into the intermission. 

#2: Tyler Wahl with the steal and breakaway dunk

This time Tyler Wahl took care of issues himself, arising with an awesome steal after which ending the play with a dunk on the opposite finish. The defensive steal was an amazing particular person effort and Wahl was in a position to get a straightforward two factors. 

#3: Connor Essegian with the beautiful move, Tyler Wahl with the large flush

Whereas Connor Essegian shot the ball effectively in opposition to South Dakota, he additionally made an amazing move off decide and roll to discover a diving Tyler Wahl. Wahl took care of the remaining with an enormous one-handed dunk that he put down with authority. 

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