**4:54 ? Final Score UW 58 OSU 53**

Marcus Landry ended the scoring with a dunk with ten seconds left. With the win the Badgers are now in first place by themselves of the Big Ten. Bohannon led the Badgers with 16 points.

Check the Herald tomorrow for full coverage.

*4:47 ? 0:42 left in the second half*

Wisconsin is up three but Ohio State is putting the pressure on UW forcing two turnovers in the last three trips. Butch has come up big on the defensive end with two blocks on the last two OSU possessions.

**UW 56 OSU 53**

*4:39 ? 3:15 left in the second half*

The final media timeout of the game and the Badgers are up five. Bohannon leads all players with 16 points and four 3s. Butler will be at the line shooting two coming out of the timeout.

**UW 56 OSU 51**

*4:30 ? 6:24 left in the second half*

After OSU took the lead at 49-47 off a Diebler three, the student section got really loud. Wisconsin responded with a 7-0 run to take its biggest lead of the game. Butch hit a shot in the lane forcing Thad Matta to take a timeout. Butch now has 1,001 points for his career and his the 32nd Badger to top the 1,000 point plateau.

**UW 54 OSU 49**

*4:24 ? 10:09 left in the second half*

Butch now needs one point to hit 1,000 after hitting a free throw.

**UW 47 OSU 46**

*4:20 ? 11:37 left in the second half*

Bohannon continues to hit from long range. His last three gave the Badgers the lead for the first time this half. Bohannon leads UW with 13 points and is 3-5 from behind the arc.

**UW 44 OSU 43**

*4:11 ? 15:52 left in the second half*

At the first media timeout of the second half, Wisconsin is down by one. Brian Butch had to head to the bench again after picking up his third foul about a minute into the second half. Bohannon hit another three to reach 10 points for the game. This is the fifth straight game Bohannon has reach double digits.

**UW 39 OSU 40**

*3:53 ? end of the first half*

After starting the game 1-5 from behind the arc, Wisconsin hit a three on its last three possessions to grap a brief lead. OSU then got a dunk by Koufos with three seconds left to tie it going into the half.

Despite both teams allowing their opponents to shoot less than 40% from the field, Wisconsin shot 54.5% in the first half. Flowers is the only player on either team in double figures with 10 points including two 3s. Ohio State shot 46.4% from the field Othelo Hunter with nine points. Jamar Butler, who didn’t start for the first time all season, had seven points while playing 16 minutes.

The story of the first half has been turnovers. Despite both defenses allowing high field goal percentages than normal, the defenses has been able to force turnovers. Wisconsin, who averages 12.7 turnovers per game, turned the ball over 12 times, while Ohio State, who averages 13.5 turnovers per game, coughed the ball up ten times.

OSU has stolen the ball six times and had 16 rebounds. Wisconsin stole the ball twice and had 11 rebounds.

Brian Butch is still just two points away fom 1,000 after only playing six minutes in the first half because of early foul trouble.

**UW 32 OSU 32**

*3:38 ? 3:39 left in the first half*

Both teams continue to turn the ball over. Wisconsin, who averages 12.7 turnovers per game, already has 11 and Ohio State has 10. Despite turning the ball over Wisconsin has been able to cut the lead to two on a Bohannon layup.

**UW 21 OSU23**

*3:29 ? 7:27 left in the first half*

The Buckeyes went on a 8-2 run over the last three minutes. Jarmusz will be at the line shooting two coming out of the media timeout.

**UW 12 OSU 19**

*3:24 ? 10:34 left in the first half*

OSU and UW come out of the media timeout and turn it over on three straight possession, all steals.

**UW 10 OSU 14**

*3:20 ? 11:26 left in the first half*

We hit the second media timeout of the game and both teams have not been sharp with the ball. Wisconsin already has six turnovers, while Ohio State has four.

Tim Jarmusz also enters the game. Jarmusz played a season-high 13 minutes against Illinois Wednesday.

**UW 10 OSU 11**

*3:15 ? 14:30 left in the first half*

Jamar Butler just entered the game and proceeded to hit a three from the top of the key. Butch also picked up his second foul and headed to the bench.

**UW 8 OSU 7**

*3:08 ? 18 minutes left in the first half*

Brian Butch hits a three from the top of the key. Butch already has 5 points in the game and now need 3 points to hit 1,000

**UW 7 OSU 2**

*3:06 ? 19 minutes left in the first half*

Wisconsin won the tip and after a missed shot its first time down the floor, Landry scores the first points of the game with a jumper in the lane.

*3:02 ? Pregame introductions*

Just got done with the introductions and the students seem to be confused as to why Butler is not starting today.

Starters
UW: Landry, Butch, Krabbenhoft, Hughes, Flowers
OSU: Turner, Lighty, Koufos, Diebler, Hunter

*2:58 ? 2 minutes before tip*

Senior Jamar Butler, who has started every game for the Buckeyes this year, is not in the starting lineup today. No word yet as for the reason, but it doesn’t appear to be because of injury as Butler led the team out of the locker room and participated in pregame warm-ups.

*2:45 ? 15 minutes before tip*

Some more notes as both teams are on the floor for warm-ups.

Value City Arena, like the Kohl Center, is celebrating its 10th season. The Buckeyes are 87-18 all-time in this building including 12-2 this year. The arena holds 19,049 with students at both end of the floor.

Brian Butch needs just eight points to become the 32nd Badger to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

*2:00 ? 1 hour before tip*

We’re live at Value City Arena in Columbus as Wisconsin is set to take on Ohio State. Check back later for updates during the game. Here are some pregame notes.

Since Purdue is idle this weekend, a win today would move the Badgers into sole possession of the Big Ten, a half a game up on the Boilermakers. A win today would also give UW its most conference road victories in a season. Entering today, Wisconsin is 6-1 on the road in the Big Ten (it’s only loss was to Purdue), which ties the school record for road conference wins set in 1912 and 1914.

Ohio State sits in fifth place in the conference standings and will try to make its case for the NCAA tournament with a win over Wisconsin. The Buckeyes will have a chance to get a number of signature wins down the stretch as they also play Indiana, Michigan State, and Purdue who are all ranked in the top 25.

Expect this game to be low scoring game like last year’s contests when the teams were No.1 and No.2 in the AP polls. The Badgers enter the game leading the Big Ten in scoring defense giving up 55.4 points per game. The Buckeyes are third with 60.1 points per game but lead the Big Ten in holding their opponents to .378 field goal percentage. The Badgers are right behind holding their opponents to a .388 field goal percentage

Expected Starting Lineups:
UW ? Marcus Landry (F), Brian Butch (F/C), Michael Flowers (G), Trevon Hughes (G), Joe Krabbenhoft (G/F)
OSU ? Jamar Butler (G), Evan Turner (G/F), David Lighty (G/F), Kosta Koufus (F/C), Othello Hunter (F)