MADISON, Wis. (AP) Chad Baker-Mazara made five 3-pointers and scored 29 points, Ezra Ausar added 17 points, and USC Trojans beat Wisconsin Badgers 73-71 on Sunday to snap the Badgers’ five-game win streak.
Jacob Cofie had 11 rebounds to go with nine points and five assists for USC (15-5, 4-5 Big Ten).
Nick Boyd hit a 3-pointer, made two free throws and added a layup to spark a 17-2 run that gave the Badgers a 58-46 lead with 12 minutes to play, but the Badgers made just 4 of 16 from the field the rest of the way. Baker-Mazara scored nine points – which included the final seven – in a 16-2 run over the next seven-plus minutes to take a two-point lead with 4:54 remaining.
John Blackwell made two free throws that tied it 65-all with 3:13 left, but Ausar made back-to-back baskets, Baker-Mazara scored in the lane, and Jerry Easter II hit two free throws with two seconds left that made it a four-point game.
Boyd made 10 of 17 from the field, hit 8 of 9 from the free-throw line, and led Wisconsin (14-6, 6-3) with 29 points. Nolan Winter added 12 points and Blackwell 11.
The Badgers shot 34% (23 of 67) overall and made 9 of 37 (24%) from behind the arc.
USC: The Trojans visit Iowa on Wednesday.
Wisconsin: The Badgers host Minnesota on Wednesday.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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4
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C. Baker-Mazara G | 29PTS | 4REB | 3AST | |
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2
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N. Boyd G | 29PTS | 6REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Baker-Mazara | 29 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| E. Ausar | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Cofie | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 |
| A. Arenas | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Woods | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Easter II | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Brownell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Cornish | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| G. Dynes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Williams II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Rice | – | – | – | – |
| J. Marsh | – | – | – | – |
| E. Neal Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| J. Goorin | – | – | – | – |
| A. Dickerson | – | – | – | – |
| B. Burden | – | – | – | – |
| P. O’Brien | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 73 | 38 | 9 | 15 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| N. Boyd | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| N. Winter | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Blackwell | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Rohde | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| A. Bieliauskas | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Carrington | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Rapp | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| W. Garlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Janicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| I. Gard | – | – | – | – |
| Z. Kinziger | – | – | – | – |
| R. Greppi | – | – | – | – |
| J. Robison | – | – | – | – |
| H. Jones | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 71 | 38 | 10 | 17 |