Wisconsin
Nebrasketball Defense Badgered in Loss at Wisconsin
Blood dripped from Sam Hoiberg’s finger with 9:20 remaining in the second half. The ball had just been poked free from behind, and as he transitioned to defense, he showed the fresh cut to the officials as play continued for a few seconds until they finally stopped play. There was no foul called, but by then Wisconsin had all but slashed Nebraska’s chances of winning a road Big Ten game.
The Huskers fell 88-72 in Madison on Saturday afternoon. Nebraska (12-3 overall, 2-2 Big Ten) shot the ball well enough to win, but their offense overall struggled at times with shot selection, turnovers, and offensive fouls. #21 Wisconsin (11-3, 3-0) drew blood early and often with their sharp shooting, ending up 55% from the floor and 13-26 from beyond the arc.
Keisei Tominaga scored an efficient 17 points on just ten shots to lead all scorers, knocking down 3-of-6 from long range. Rienk Mast added 16 points and a team-high six rebounds. Brice Williams joined them in double figures with ten points and led Nebraska with six assists.
For the Badgers, Tyler Wahl provided 17 points, eight boards, and four assists. Bellevue West alum Chucky Hepburn scored 13 and dropped six assists. Connor Essegian, averaging just 7.5 minutes and 2.5 points per game, buried four triples in a surprising 12-point outburst off the bench.
NU fell behind by ten points with 10:02 to go in the first half and never got back within single digits for the final 30 minutes. Each time it seemed the Huskers were closing in and ready to make a game of it, Wisconsin was able to answer offensively. A Mast 3-pointer cut it to 11 at 56-45 with less than 18 minutes remaining, but the Badgers knocked down a pair of free throws and nailed a 3-pointer in their next two possessions to re-establish full control of the contest.
Nearly 60% shooting resulted in a 13-point Badger lead at the break, and they led by as many as 20 points in the first half. Nebraska tried to keep pace with 54% shooting, but they fouled more, turned it over more, and rebounded less than their opponents in the first half, trailing statistically across the board.
The Badger bench was big with 23 points before the half and 36 for the game. NU also allowed 36 points in the paint as Wisconsin frequently drove to the rim with relative ease. The Huskers couldn’t match them while settling for longer two-point jumpers instead of driving layups.
Juwan Gary, held in check by early foul trouble, finished without a single rebound in 18 minutes. It was his fewest boards since posting just one in 24 minutes in the loss to Creighton in December.
The road doesn’t get any easier for Nebraska as they will host top-ranked Purdue on Tuesday night inside Pinnacle Bank Arena. Tip-off is set for 8:00pm CST.
About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry on Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometres) southwest of Wisconsin’s capital, Madison.
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a video statement that 300 to 400 protesters were “violently trying to break into the property” and assault officers. He said protesters have ignored designated areas for peaceful protest and blocked roads to prevent emergency vehicles from entering.
“This is not a peaceful protest,” Barrett said.
The sheriff’s department said a “significant” number of people were arrested out of about 1,000 protesters at the site but did not give an exact total as they were still being processed as of the afternoon.
Protesters tried to overcome barricades that included a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence. Some protesters did get through the fence but were unable to enter the facility, where an estimated 2,000 beagles are kept, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde reflects on early March Madness exit
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde said the Badgers ‘thought we could do so many things’ in the NCAA Tournament before it ended abrupty with an upset loss.
Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
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On the scene in the morning
What we know:
Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
Storm damage in Caledonia
Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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School and business closings
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