Wisconsin ends Illinois’ winning streak at 4
Brad Davison scored 18 points and Khalil Iverson 16, and No. 22 Wisconsin (18-8, 10-5) held Illinois (10-16, 6-9) to 37.5 percent shooting in a 64-58 victory in Big Ten action in Madison, Wisconsin.
Ayo Dosunmu scored 13 points, Aaron Jordan 12 and Giorgi Bezhanishvili 10 for the Illini, who had a four-game winning streak broken and have lost 15 consecutive games to the Badgers.
Michigan State forward Nick Ward had surgery on his broken left hand and is expected to be out for at least a few weeks. Ward, who is averaging 15.1 points and 6.7 rebounds, suffered the injury Sunday against Ohio State.
Former Arizona coach Lute Olson, 84, is in a hospital in Tucson, Arizona, after suffering a minor stroke last weekend.