Lucas' Five Takes: Wisconsin at Purdue
January 09, 2017 | Men's Basketball
Thoughts on the Badgers' road game against the Boilermakers
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — UWBadgers.com Senior Writer Mike Lucas offered his observations after No. 13 Wisconsin dropped a 66-55 contest to No. 20 Purdue at Mackey Arena on Sunday.
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Big momentum swing on D'Mitrik Trice's missed layup. Instead of cutting PU lead to 40-38 it opened door for 12-0 run. No one picked up frosh
— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) January 8, 2017
UW missed high number of shots at rim in 1stH (9 of 19 from 2 feet/in) while never finding range from 3pt arc (2 of 14). Five previous low
— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) January 8, 2017
Ethan Happ exhibited unique playmaking skills and all-out, relentless hustle on both ends. Matched career hi with 6 steals. Didn't flinch
— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) January 8, 2017
Khalil Iverson provided a little spark off bench with 6 points (3 of 4). Only miss was ill-advised 3. Had monster dunk on Happ feed
— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) January 9, 2017
After handful of B10 games, there may not be clear cut favorite tho Boilers will be toughest out if they play with this efficiency/urgency
— Mike Lucas (@LucasAtLarge) January 9, 2017
