Wisconsin men's basketball falls in its Big Ten opener against Michigan

MADISON – Michigan’s Twin Towers were too much for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Tuesday night.

The Wolverines handed over the 11th^Th-Ranked Badgers suffered their first loss of the season, 67-64, at the Kohl Center with 7-footers Danny Wolf and Vlad Goldin leading the way.

Goldin, a graduate student transfer from Florida Atlantic, finished with 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting. Wolf, a junior from Yale, scored 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting and had five assists.

The two combined for 27 points in the second half.

BOX score:Michigan 67, Wisconsin 64

Goldin scored the Wolverines’ last three shots, one point of the game, as they erased a three-point deficit.

The game was the Big Ten opener for both teams, and for Michigan (7-1), it was the second straight win over a ranked opponent. It defeated then-No. 22 Xavier by 25 points last week.

The loss ended the third-best start in program history for the Badgers, who fell to 8-1.

Sophomore John Tonje finished with 18 points on 5-for-12 shooting for UW. Sophomore John Blackwell scored 16 points and set a career high with nine rebounds.

Wisconsin didn’t score in the final 2 minutes, 37 seconds, and its final attempt to force overtime bounced hard off the back of the hoop as Tonje’s three-quarter shot at the buzzer narrowly missed.

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