Big Runs Doom Temple Against Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin used big runs in each half, the first fueled by freshmen and the second by veterans, to run past Temple 76-60 on Saturday.

Nigel Hayes led the way with 18 points, Bronson Koenig added 17 and Zak Showalter pitched in with 11 in a balanced attack for the Badgers (6-3).

Senior Jaylen Bond scored a team-high 12 points for the Owls (3-4), who were held to a season low for points.

Wisconsin, coming off a 66-58 overtime road upset of No. 14 Syracuse on Wednesday, took control with a 19-2 run in the first half. Charlie Thomas had seven points in the surge and fellow freshman Alex Illikainen had six as the Badgers opened up a 30-12 lead.

Temple cut the deficit to five at 39-34 early in the second half, but Showalter started a 13-0 run with a 3-pointer and ended it with a driving layup that gave Wisconsin a 52-34 lead with 13:27 left. Hayes scored six points in the run and Koenig had the other basket.

Senior Quenton DeCosey, Temple's leading scorer who came in averaging 15.5 points per game, was held to a season-low three points on 1-for-6 shooting. He hit his first shot, a 3-pointer from the right corner 2:53 into the game, but got into foul trouble and played just 18 minutes.

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TIP-INS

Temple: Freshmen Levan Shawn Alston Jr. and Trey Lowe came off the bench and added 11 and 10 points, respectively, for the Owls. It was a career high for Lowe, and both players logged career highs for minutes (24 and 21).

Wisconsin: Coming off one of the best performances of his career Wednesday, junior forward Vitto Brown started and played the first four minutes, then didn't return until the second half. He finished with five points, three days after scoring 14 points with eight rebounds and three blocked shots in a career-high 39 minutes in the win over Syracuse.

BADGERS BOSSING THE BOARDS

Wisconsin outrebounded Temple 38-29 — the Badgers have outrebounded all nine of their opponents this season.

IN A PHOG

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan moved into a tie with the legendary Phog Allen for 26th place on the NCAA all-time win list with 746. Ryan is 746-231 in his 32-year career at NCAA Division III Wisconsin-Platteville, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Badgers. Ryan, who grew up in Chester, Pa., just outside Philadelphia, has a 2-1 record against Temple.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

The Badgers improved to 108-9 in non-conference home games in their 15 seasons under Ryan.

RANK AND FILE

It was the Owls' first loss of the season to an unranked team — Temple's other losses were to then-No. 1 North Carolina, then-No. 22 Butler and then-No. 16 Utah.

UP NEXT

Temple plays at Penn in its first Big 5 game of the season Wednesday.

Wisconsin continues its seven-game homestand Wednesday against Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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