Spokesman-Review
National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Marquette 82, Wisconsin 63
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 9, 2017
Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Officials: # Pat Driscoll, # Robert Riley, # Bo Boroski
Attendance: 17142

Senior transfer guard Andrew Rowsey scored a game-high 24 points to pace Marquette to an 82-63 win over short-handed Wisconsin on Saturday in Madison, Wis.

Rowsey scored 18 second-half points, and was 5 of 6 overall from 3-point range, for the Golden Eagles. Rowsey contributed 7 of 7 free throws.

Sophomore guard Markus Howard delivered 16 first-half points on 6-of-13 shooting for the Golden Eagles (7-3), who had lost three of the last four against their intrastate rivals.

Howard had 23 points and seven rebounds in the victory.

The Badgers (4-7) were without sophomore starting point guard D'Mitrik Trice for Saturday's game due to a right foot injury.

Trice, who is averaging 9.3 points this season, will have surgery on Monday and is expected to miss at least four weeks.

In addition, Wisconsin freshman guard Kobe King is out indefinitely with a left knee injury. King, a reserve, averaged 5.2 points per game.

Freshman guard Brad Davison delivered a team-high 20 points for Wisconsin, which has lost two straight games. Junior forward Ethan Happ added 17 points and a game-high nine rebounds for the Badgers.

Davison provided a much-needed spark for Wisconsin with his physicality, indicated by his 11-of-16 shooting from the free-throw line.

Happ drained lay ups on consecutive possessions to trim Marquette's lead to 46-40 early in the second half, but junior forward Khalil Iverson then missed on two attempts in the lane -- and Marquette pulled away.

Meanwhile, sophomore Sam Hauser, a 6-foot-8 guard-forward from Stevens Point, Wis., scored 3-pointers on consecutive possessions for the Golden Eagles. Hauser's 3-pointer from the top of the key padded Marquette's lead at 28-11 with 10 minutes, 12 seconds left in the first half.

The Golden Eagles shot 57 percent from 3-point range -- making 8 of 14 attempts -- in the first to take a 41-34 lead into the halftime break.

Marquette shot 52.7 percent from the field (29 of 55), and 63.6 percent from 3-point range (14 of 22), which won at the Kohl Center for the first time in two years.

The game marked the 100-year anniversary of the rivalry between the teams. Wisconsin leads the series with a 67-57 record, and beat Marquette last season 93-84 in Milwaukee.
Top Game Performances
 
Marquette   Wisconsin
Andrew Rowsey 24 Scoring Brad Davison 20
Andrew Rowsey 4 Assists Brad Davison 4
Markus Howard 7 Rebounds Ethan Happ 9
Andrew Rowsey 7 Free Throws Made Brad Davison 11
Sacar Anim 1 Steals Ethan Happ 2
Matt Heldt 2 Blocks Nate Reuvers 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Marquette 82 52.7 14-22 10-10 14 27 5 3 9
Wisconsin 63 42.6 4-12 13-20 11 26 5 4 12