Steven Crowl sets the tone in Wisconsin’s 87-56 win over Appalachian State in basketball

MADISON – This is the version of Steven Crowl Wisconsin’s Greg Gard wants to see.

The Badgers men’s basketball coach has urged his 7-foot grad student to play with more of an edge and that is what he delivered in front of Sunday brunch crowd at the Kohl Center.

With Crowl hunting opportunities in the paint against an Appalachian State team with good size, he was able to help set the tone for an 87-56 victory over the Mountaineers.

The victory raised UW’s record to 3-0. App State dropped to 1-2 with its other loss coming to Miami (Ohio) and lone victory coming over St. Andrews.

BOX SCORE: Wisconsin 87, Appalachian State 56

Crowl finished with 17 points on 7-for-12 shooting. He had eight points in the first half when the Badgers used a 24-0 run to take control of the game.

But his aggressiveness didn’t come at the cost of his passing. He finished with four assists, three in the first half.

Crowl’s play highlighted a balanced effort from UW in its final tune-up before No. 10 Arizona comes to the Kohl Center on Friday night.

John Tonje also continued to produce. The graduate guard, who entered play leading the Badgers in scoring with 18 points per game. posted his third double-digit scoring performance of the season by finishing with 17 points on 8-for-14 shooting. He also had a career-high five assists and seven rebounds. Seven of his points and three assists came during a 24-0 run by UW in the first half.

Senior Max Klesmit added 15 points. Sophomore Nolan Winter and junior Xavier Amos posted 10 points each for the Badgers, who shot 47.1% (33 of 70) and 28.6% (8 for 28) from three-point range.

App State was held to 37.5% (21 of 56) shooting and 7 for 24 (29.2%) from three-point range. Graduate student CJ Huntley led the team with 13 points and six rebounds.

The Badgers started slow for the second time in three games, but when they got going it was impressive.

UW needed only about 7 ½ minutes to put 24 points on the board.

And the Badgers only needed a 2 ½ minutes to erase…

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Author : Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Publish date : 2024-11-10 19:35:00

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