Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Win Streak Ends for UW Men’s Basketball

The Badger Men’s Basketball team’s 5 game winning streak came to an end in their game against 6 Michigan State 61-50. Michigan State’s win was lead by Kalin Lucas’ 17 points, and helped Michigan maintain a 1 game Big Ten Lead over Purdue, with 4 big ten games remaining.
This was a come from behind win for Michigan (21-5, 11-3), with the Badgers leading by as much as 12 points in the second half. This brings the Badgers record to 17-10, 8-7.
Bo Ryan has an 11-4 record against the Michigan State with the Spartans winning 4 straight at Breslin Center. The Badgers helped them with that streak. The Badger led 31-25 at the half and Michigan State had 9 turnovers in the first 13 minutes.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

UW Badgers Youthful Basketball Team is Growing


UW Men’s Basketball team is very young. They currently only have two starting seniors and 4 seniors overall. Coach Bo Ryan says that his team is persevering.
The team is currently riding a four game win-streak that was preceded by a six game skid. The Badgers are hoping to improve upon their 16-9 (7-6 Big Ten) record with their Thursday game against Indiana (6-18; 1-11) in Bloomington.
Bo Ryan said this about his team, “They keep working, don’t put their heads down, they just come to practice every day. If they struggle in an area, they’re still trying to contribute in other areas.”
A standout player on this young team is sophomore forward Jon Leuer. Leuer started in all of the last four games the badgers own and has scored an average of nine points per game.