LIVE GAME THREAD: Grambling State at Wisconsin

This isn’t quite the atmosphere of the Duke game, but important for the Badgers to maintain their winning streak.

Trevon Hughes taking it up the court

Tigers ball, no score.

Count it and a foul. Leuer had 17 against Duke, and his improvement has been a key for Wisconsin’s hot start this season.

Akpele commits a foul on the other end

Leuer commits a loose-ball foul. Still 3-2 Wisconsin

Almost impossible to avoid an atmospheric letdown after what took place here Wednesday night.

Grambling State has taken the lead over Wisconsin, something Duke never achieved in 40 minutes here.

Bohannon drains a three! 6-4 Badgers.

But went in! Akpele responds on the other end and it’s 8-6 Wisconsin

Timeout on the floor, 15:26 remaining in the first half. Wisconsin up 8-6.

Many of them will leave the Kohl Center at the end of this game, take a nap, grab some dinner, then come back here for men’s hockey at 7 and head to the bar to watch the football team’s late game at Hawaii!

The charity stripe has not been kind to the Badgers so far this season, but they are off to a good start today.

This freshman has some serious energy and is seeing some serious minutes!

Nothing but net on that one! Badgers on a 7-0 run.

15-6 Wisconsin and getting out of hand in a hurry.

Berggren goes up and gets fouled. Now HE needs to work on free throws….

Bo going all bench now… Evans, Taylor, Wilson, Bruesewitz and Berggren on the floor.

Wisconsin up 20-6.

Long three-pointer by Qualls.

Leuer and Nankivil back in for the Badgers.

He has six quick points off the bench.

20-12 Badgers

Rob lays it in, Grambling State calls a 30-second timeout. Badgers doubling up on the Tigers 24-12.

Bohannon in for Jarmusz

Count it and a foul. Tigers have committed 7.

Badgers up 12.

Young makes both free throws for the Tigers.

He has 5 points

Taylor makes one of two free throws. Wisconsin up 31-18.

Definitely should have been a charge by Qualls. Bo and the entire bench are clapping for Keaton.

He was seeing a ton of pressure as he made his way up the court.

Timeout on the floor with 3:43 left in the half. Wisconsin up 35-20

One of only two players on the court for Grambling who has scored

Turnover by Hughes and Perkins scores for the Tigers on the other end. They have cut the lead to 11.

He’ll shoot two.

Harris at the line for Grambling State.

Qualls responds with a bucket. 39-27 Wisconsin inside of one minute to play in the half.

28.2 seconds remaining, Badgers up 41-27.

Wisconsin 41, Grambling State 27.

Before we do, it’s obvious UW isn’t playing with maximum intensity today. It’s hard to blame the players, though. They’re facing a pretty bad team and have a 14-point halftime lead, despite playing with less than 110% effort. It’s a Saturday morning game, and it’s impressive they and the fans have anything left after Wednesday night. They will still win this game easily and then prepare for tougher games against Green Bay and Marquette.

6 of those are on two three-pointers

14-of-24 for the Badgers

Five players each with at least five points. Very balanced scoring thus far. Leuer leads with 9.

The hot shooting continues: 58.3% from the floor.

Nothing but net! Badgers open up a 49-27 lead by opening up with an 8-0 run!

Hughes with 12, Bohannon with 11

He’s now in double figures with 11.

Timeout on the floor with 15:51 left to play.

Beautiful feed from Hughes! We saw a lot of that in the Duke game too. Guards making great, unselfish plays!

Two field goals in a row for him

Misses the first, makes the second.

33% from the field, 2-of-8 from three-point land

Timeout on the floor with 10:56 remaining in the game, Badgers up 62-36

With 11 points

Count i and a foul.

Grambling calls timeout after diving for a loose ball. Badgers still up by 30

Bruesewitz in for Evans as well

2-of-9 now from behind the arc. The two were long ones from Qualls.

Badgers have gotten contributions nearly across the board today.

Bohannon and Leuer will 11 each

Wquinton Smith gets in the game!

Quite an effort with a 37-point lead!

Two and a half minutes to play in this one

He has five points. Poor shooting continues for Grambling, even into the waning minutes.

They should just run this one out.

Final score: Wisconsin 79, Grambling State 46.

Heading down for interviews now!

We’ll be back with much more later today!

Thanks for being with us on Bucky’s Fifth Quarter!