MADISON, WI (WSAU) — The Badger Men’s Basketball team remains unbeaten after a runaway 96-59 victory over Huston Baptist on Saturday, in what proved to be a big day for Senior Ethan Happ.
Happ scored a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds to become the Badger’s all-time leader in the latter category. The Milan, Illinois native secured his 905th rebound in the first half to pass Claude Gregory, who played from 1978-1981.
Happ finished the game with 911 career rebounds. He’s already in the top 10 in scoring and will likely move into the top ten in career assists this week during the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.
The 15-point effort for Happ tied him for second in the game in scoring with Nate Reuvers. Brevin Pritzl scored the game-high with 17 points off the bench. D’Mitrik Trice added 12 points and Charles Thomas IV scored 10 to round out the double-figure scorers.
Ten Badgers scored at least 4 points in the game, which was never in doubt as Wisconsin built a 10-point lead with 14 minutes to go in the first half and led 50-24 at the break.
The Huskies drop to 1-2 on the season and will travel to Wake Forest on Friday. Teams from the Southland conference are now 0-7 all-time against Wisconsin.
Wisconsin turns their focus to the 2018 Battle 4 Atlantis which begins Wednesday at the Imperial Arena in Nassau, Bahamas. The Badgers drew a first-round matchup with Stanford which will be played at 1:30 that afternoon. They’ll face either Florida or Oklahoma in the next round.
The bottom half of the bracket features mid-major powers in Butler and Dayton along with nationally-ranked Virginia and Middle Tennessee State. The tournament is a three-game guarantee format with consolation games for 7th/8th place and 5th/6th place. Semifinal losers play for 3rd and 4th place.
