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gers went cold from the field and failed to score a
basket over a stretch of 7:34. The Hoosiers countered with a 10-1 run ― capped by a Yogi Ferrell
3-pointer.
Assembly Hall erupted.
Wisconsin 52, Indiana 51.
Could the Badgers hold on?
Ben Brust had the first answer off an offensive
rebound.
"It was tipped out to me, I took a dribble back to
get some space and knocked it down,'' said Brust,
whose jumper restored the lead to 54-51. "That is
like the most hated shot by Coach (Ryan) if you
miss it, so I was like, 'Please God, go in.' I knew
they (the Hoosiers) were closing fast.''
After Indiana's Christian Watford made a couple of free throws, Ryan Evans answered. With
the shot clock running down and Victor Oladipo
draped all over him, Evans had the ball in the circle.
Oladipo is viewed as one of the top defenders in
college basketball.
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"An environment like this
can swallow you up real
quick unless you take the
right attitude," Bruesewitz
said. "Everybody had it from
the jump – everybody had
the attitude – that was the
biggest thing about the win.''
Was Evans looking for a teammate when it appeared that he wasn't going to get a good look?
"No, I was planning on shooting it to tell you the
truth,'' he said.
What ensued was strong will vs. strong will.
"It's a shot that I've been shooting all my basketball career; it's the first shot I took as a player,''
said Evans, a senior from Phoenix, Ariz. "So it was
