John Blackwell leads No. 19 Wisconsin past UCF for sixth straight win

John Blackwell scored 17 and John Tonje added 15 to lead the No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers to an 86-70 win over UCF at the Greenbrier Tip-Off in West Virginia.The Badgers (6-0) also got 14 from Kamari McGee on 5-of-6 shooting from the floor. Nolan Winter scored 13 and grabbed a game-high 10 boards.Jordan Ivy-Curry led the way for UCF (4-1) with 13 points despite shooting 3-of-14 from the floor. Keyshawn Hall and Dior Johnson each added 11.Wisconsin jumped out in front quicky, making six of their first 10 shots from the floor to take 24-12 lead by the halfway point of the first half. The Badgers’ lead grew to as much as 22 with four minutes left but UCF battled back to cut Wisconsin’s halftime lead to 46-31.Blackwell led the Badgers with 10 at the break while McGee had nine, despite the team missing nine of their final 11 shots to close the half.Ivy-Curry led UCF with 10 points in the half. The Knights struggled from the field in the first half, going 0-for-9 from deep and 10-for-34 overall.

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