Wisconsin beats Stanford 60-50 at Brewers’ residence stadium

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyler Wahl scored 17 factors as Wisconsin defeated Stanford 60-50 on Friday evening at American Household Area, the house of Main League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers.

Jordan Davis had a career-high 13 factors and Chucky Hepburn added 11 to assist Wisconsin (2-0) win the primary school basketball sport at a baseball-only facility since a 2015 matchup between San Diego and San Diego State at Petco Park, the house of the San Diego Padres.

Badgers coach Greg Gard had tried for about 15 years to deliver a sport to the Brewers’ stadium, positioned about 80 miles east of Wisconsin’s campus. Billed because the “Brew Metropolis Battle,” Friday’s occasion was a part of a doubleheader that began with a girls’s basketball sport that Kansas State received 77-63 over Wisconsin.

“I had followers grabbing me that I don’t know who they’re, as I used to be strolling all the way down to the dugout and stuff, simply so excited to have the ability to be a part of this occasion,” Gard stated. “It turned out higher than we in all probability ever anticipated or imagined.”

American Household Area has a retractable roof that was closed for Friday’s video games. The occasion had an introduced attendance of 17,927 and included a mix of College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Brewers traditions.

One timeout featured a model of the sausage race that occurs within the seventh inning of Brewers residence video games. One other timeout had Wisconsin followers leaping alongside to Home of Ache’s “Bounce Round,” the identical approach they do again on campus.

The stadium was reconfigured for basketball by eradicating the pitcher’s mound and putting the court docket on the infield. About 400 bleacher seats had been positioned courtside, there have been a number of rows of chairs behind every basket and followers additionally crammed parts of the stadium’s everlasting stands.

“It was nice, wanting up within the stands and also you see three or 4 ranges crammed with purple,” Wahl stated.

Steven Crowl had 9 factors and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin.

Brandon Angel scored 14 factors to guide Stanford (1-1), which shot simply 1 of 16 from 3-point vary. Wisconsin was 5 of 20 from past the arc.

Wisconsin led 32-20 after a primary half by which Stanford missed all 9 of its 3-point makes an attempt and had almost twice as many turnovers (12) as baskets (7).

Stanford reduce Wisconsin’s result in 45-40 with 8:22 left however shot simply 2 of 11 from the ground the remainder of the best way.

“I do suppose on the finish of the day, we’re going to have a unbelievable 3-point capturing staff and we’ll be a really environment friendly offensive staff,” Stanford coach Jerod Haase stated. “Clearly that wasn’t the case tonight. Actually Wisconsin will get some credit score for the way they defended us.”

Michael Jones had 9 factors for the Cardinal three nights after the Davidson switch had a career-high 31 in his Stanford debut, an 88-78 victory over Pacific. Maxime Raynaud, who scored 22 towards Pacific, had simply three factors Friday.

Spencer Jones, who led Stanford in scoring final season, had eight factors Friday after an harm stored him out of the Pacific sport.

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