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Preseason Nov. 7 UW-Oshkosh (ex.) XX-XX
Regular Season Nov. 11 SE Louisiana Nov. 14
at Florida Nov. 18 Cornell Nov. 20 Presbyterian
1 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m.
Nov. 23-24 at Las Vegas Invitational
16-point, three-assist outing, going 7-for-8 (.875) from the field, while not committing a single turnover. Regardless of who takes hold of the
lead guard spot heading into UW's first regular season game against Southeastern Louisiana, it is safe to say that both Marshall and Jackson will be regulars in head coach Bo Ry- an's rotation in 2012-13.
Point guard battle heats
up as season looms Marshall and Jackson shine in scrimmage
before the regular-season home opener on Sunday, no position remains as hotly contested as the point guard spot.
A Spectators got a first-hand
look at how close the battle is, as freshman George Mar- shall and sophomore Trae-
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s the Badgers round out their final practices
von Jackson dueled it out at Sunday's Red-White Scrim- mage. Following a pair of 20-minute games, Marshall finished with 14 points, in- cluding a 4-for-5 effort from 3-point range, while post- ing two assists and two re- bounds.
Not to be outdone, Jack- son looked flawless in his
» Wisconsin enters the 2012-13 sea- son returning four of five starters from last year's team that earned a second-consecutive Sweet 16 berth and fell to Syracuse in a nail-biter in Boston.
» UW returns 70.6 percent of its scor- ing, 84.4 percent of its rebounding and 60.5 percent of its assists from 2011-12. Overall, the Badgers will look to replace 24.3 percent of the minutes played last season.
» The Badgers won 26 games in 2011-12, the third-highest single- season win total in school history. Ryan-led teams own each of the top eight spots in the UW record book for single-season wins.
