Michigan overtakes No. 11 Wisconsin in Big Ten opener

Senior Vladislav Goldin scored a career-high 24 points and Danny Wolf added 20 to help Michigan to a 67-64 victory over No. 11 Wisconsin in the Big Ten opener for each team on Tuesday night in Madison, Wisconsin .

Max Klesmit’s turnaround jumper from the lane gave Wisconsin a 64-61 lead with 2:37 to play, but the Badgers didn’t score again. Goldin scored three straight baskets to give Michigan a 67-64 lead with 22.9 seconds left.

Klesmit missed a 3-point attempt, but Michigan’s Roddy Gayle Jr. missed a 1-1 free throw chance with 6.8 seconds left.

Nolan Winter missed Wisconsin’s first win with 3.2 seconds left. Goldin missed a free throw at the other end with 0.6 seconds left, and John Tonje’s desperate shot from outside halfcourt bounced off the rim at the buzzer.

Tonje had 18 points and John Blackwell added 16 points and nine rebounds for Wisconsin (8-1, 0-1 Big Ten), averaging 85.3 points per game.

Michigan (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) has won six straight since a 72-70 loss to Wake Forest.

Goldin, a 7-foot-1 Florida Atlantic graduate, hit 9 of 16 shots. Wolf, a 7-foot transfer from Yale, hit 7 of 11 shots and blocked five shots.

Michigan, which trailed 32-26 at halftime, stormed into a 40-39 lead after Goldin’s half-hook from the lane.

Nimari Burnett sank a 3-pointer and Wolf scored underneath to give Michigan a 52-49 lead as Wisconsin missed eight consecutive shots.

Wisconsin, which ranked No. 1 in the country with a free throw rate of 86.4 percent, was 14 of 19 (73.7 percent) from the line.

The Badgers went without a field goal for more than 7 1/2 minutes of the first half until Steven Crowl scored from undercover for a 23-20 lead. Two consecutive dunks from Winter increased the lead to 29-20.

Michigan went without a field goal for the final 7:42 of the half and scored its final six points from the free throw line, pulling within six points by halftime.

–Field level media