Badger men roll over Illini, remain unbeaten in Big 10 play

Jared Berggren had the first double-double of his career at Wisconsin, scoring 15 points and taking down a dozen rebounds in the Badgers’ surprisingly easy 74-51 romp past Illinois Saturday afternoon.

The Illini came in ranked No. 12 in the country, but they have now lost four of their last six.

Wisconsin scored the first 14 points and led at 20 at halftime, 39-19.

A smothering Badger defense held Illinois to 35 percent shooting.

Traevon Jackson had 14 for Wisconsin.

Even the Illinois players admitted Wisconsin just out-hustled them, beating them to loose balls, rebounding missed free throws and maintaining possessions.

The win is the sixth in a row for Coach Bo Ryan’s team. Wisconsin now has an overall record of 12-4 and has won its first three games in Big Ten Conference play.

Bucks beat Raptors

The Milwaukee Bucks came back from a 20-point first quarter deficit Sunday to beat the Raptors in Toronto 107-96. The Bucks clawed their way back in the second period, and were down by two at the half.

The Bucks were down by one with about four minutes left when they used an 11-0 run to pull away Toronto could get no closer than seven the rest of the way.

It was the Raptors' 23rd straight loss when allowing 100 points or more. Milwaukee out-shot the Raptors 52 to 42 percent.

Brandon Jennings had 19 points and 10 assists. John Henson had 19 points and six boards off the bench, as the Bucks are now 3-1 under new Coach Jim Boylan.

The Bucks are on a four-game road trip, and game two is Tuesday night in Los Angeles against the Lakers.

It could have taken the heart out of the Marquette Golden Eagles when Pitt hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the score. Instead, Marquette stayed unbeaten in the Big East, rolling to a 74-67 overtime victory Saturday. Vander Blue led the way with 22 points. Davante Gardner was 6-for-6 from the floor, scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds. Point guard Junior Cadougan suffered a leg injury in the victory. This is the first time in four years the Eagles have started the conference season with three straight wins, good for first place in the standings. Two of those wins were in overtime and the third was the one-point nail-biter against Georgetown. The Panthers were hurt badly by a poor performance at the free throw line, hitting just 13-of-26 and only 2-for-7 in the overtime. Marquette’s overall record improves to 12-3, while Pitt drops to 13-4.

Badgers hockey team on winning streak

The Wisconsin men’s hockey team is suddenly one of the hottest teams in the NCAA. John Ramage scored the winning goal for the second straight night as the Badgers defeated Mankato State in overtime, 2-1.

That gave Wisconsin its first-ever weekend sweep of the Mavericks and ran its string of consecutive games without a loss to 10. During that time the Badgers are 7-0-3.

Jefferson Dahl broke the scoreless tie for the Badgers in the second period with an assist from Ramage. The teams ended regulation tied at one. Then the senior from St. Louis gave his team the win with a goal while six seconds was showing on the clock.

Wisconsin’s overall record is now 8-7-5, including 6-5-5 in the WCHA. Joel Rumpel got the win in goal, stopping 35 shots.

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