(Madison, WI) — The Badgers rallied from a 20 point deficit to climb past the Gopher men’s basketball team 67-63 in Madison. Minnesota was up by 20 late in the first half and took a 35-17 lead into halftime. But Wisconsin kept chipping away outscored the Gophers 50-28 in the second half and came away with the victory. Bobby Durkin had 20 points for the visitors while Isaac Asuma chipped in 16 and Langston Reynolds added 12 points. The Badgers John Blackwell led all scorers with 23 points. The Gophers have lost six straight and are now 10-11 overall and 3-7 in the Big Ten. They’re at Penn State on Sunday afternoon for a 1 P-M tip.
After the game, Mike Grimm caught up with Gopher head coach Niko Medved on the Gophers Radio Network:
