D’Mitrik Trice scored 21 points, and the Wisconsin Badgers used smothering defense to overwhelm the Tennessee Volunteers 68-48 on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn.Wisconsin (7-5) notched its first win of the season away from home. Tennessee (8-4) shot 34.8 percent from the field and didn’t have a player reach double-digit points, with John Fulkerson and Jalen Johnson each recording nine. Wisconsin was up 38-24 at the intermission, but the Badgers hadn’t yet delivered their best defensive sequence of the game. Wisconsin limited Tennessee to just four points for more than 10 minutes of the second half as the Badgers increased their 14-point halftime margin to 54-28. The Volunteers didn’t hit their second field goal of the second half until the 8:05 mark.

Source: National Post December 28, 2019 21:00 UTC