(Undated) — In college basketball last night, D’Mitrik Trice scored 21 points and Ethan Happ had a triple-double as Wisconsin opened the season with an 85-63 win over Coppin State at the Kohl Center.
Happ had 10 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds, along with four blocks. It’s only the second triple-double in Wisconsin history. Josh Gasser was freshman when he did it in 2011.
Trice was 5-9 from 3 pt range on the way to a career high. He sat out most of last year with a broken foot. The Badgers were 9-17 from distance. Brevin Pritzl hit four 3’s and finished with 16 points.
Wisconsin will return to action November 13th at Xavier.
Elsewhere, Marquette turned back visiting UMBC 67-42 at Fiserv Forum.
Theo John haad 11 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Markus Howard had 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists. Sam Hauser added 15 points and eight rebounds.
The Golden Eagles host Bethune-Cookman on Saturday.
UW-Milwaukee dropped a 73-53 road decision at Boston College
