Postgame notes after Wisconsin’s 96-64 win over Campbell
Notes and notable statistics from the Badgers' victory over the Campbell Fighting Camels.
Despite the slow start and lulls throughout a good chunk of the game, the Wisconsin basketball team turned it on late in the second half, outscoring the Campbell Fighting Camels 29-2 in the final 8:39 of the game to win 96-64.
The victory by the Badgers showed what this team was capable of. Campbell head coach, John Andrzejek, who was an assistant for the NCAA Champion Florida Gators last season, was very complimentary of the Badgers’ team and program as a whole, saying, “Wisconsin is a very good basketball team. They are a team that can advance far into the NCAA Tournament.”
Greg Gard has this program moving in the right direction as they look to make some noise later on in the season.
There were plenty of accomplishments to go around after the Badgers’ victory on Monday night. Here are the postgame notes and notable statistics following their season-opening victory from the Wisconsin basketball program.
Team Notes
This is the 10th consecutive home-opening victory for the Badgers and the 27th win in the past 28 seasons.
Wisconsin is 10-0 all-time in home opening games under Greg Gard.
In those 10 victories, the Badgers have won by a margin of 23.6 points per game.
Gard is 9-1 overall in season-opening games, with the only loss coming at the hands of Saint Mary’s in 2019 when the Badgers fell 65-63 in overtime.
Greg Gard is now 214-117 (.647) as the head coach and 124-36 (.775) at the Kohl Center.
Wisconsin is now 375-73 (.838) all-time at the Kohl Center, the 10th-best home record among active venues in the country.
The Badgers’ 96 points are the most since they defeated Iowa last season, 116-85. The Badgers had 90 points in four games last season.
Wisconsin went 9-11 from 3-point range. The team averaged 9.9 made threes per game last season. They made 11+ threes in 13 games last season.
The Badgers went 17-19 (89.5%) from the free-throw line, continuing the trend from last season when the Badgers led the country in free-throw percentage and had the second-best percentage in NCAA history (82.6%).
Individual Notes
John Blackwell opened the season with 31 points, one point shy of his career high.
Blackwell reached 30 points for the third time in his career and 20 points for the ninth time.
This is the 45th game Blackwell scored in double figures. In those games, the Badgers are 31-14.
Blackwell went 6-11 from three, matching his career high in made threes and setting a new career mark in attempted threes in a game.
Nick Boyd finished with 21 points in his debut for the Badgers. Boyd’s 21 points are the second-most points in a debut since 2000. Only John Tonje scored more (23 points) last season against Holy Cross to open the season.
Nolan Winter scored in double figures for the 18th time in his career. The Badgers are 15-3 when he scores 10+ points.
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