High Point Panthers at Wisconsin Badgers

· NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - 1st Round

High Point Panthers

30-4, 7-2 Away

Wisconsin Badgers

24-10, 15-2 Home

Wisconsin and High Point meet in first round of NCAA Tournament

Game Preview

High Point Panthers (30-4, 18-1 Big South) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (24-10, 16-7 Big Ten)

Portland, Oregon; Thursday, 1:50 p.m. EDT

Badgers -10.5; over/under is 162.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 19 Wisconsin plays in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against High Point.

The Badgers' record in Big Ten play is 16-7, and their record is 8-3 against non-conference opponents. Wisconsin ranks ninth in the Big Ten with 16.0 assists per game led by Nicholas Boyd averaging 4.2.

The Panthers are 18-1 against Big South teams. High Point is 24-2 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Wisconsin scores 83.0 points, 12.7 more per game than the 70.3 High Point allows. High Point averages 9.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 more made shots on average than the 8.1 per game Wisconsin gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Boyd is scoring 20.6 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Badgers. John Blackwell is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Terry Anderson is scoring 16.0 points per game and averaging 6.0 rebounds for the Panthers. Rob Martin is averaging 18.1 points and 1.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Badgers: 7-3, averaging 82.2 points, 29.2 rebounds, 16.1 assists, 5.7 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 76.2 points per game.

Panthers: 10-0, averaging 86.2 points, 33.6 rebounds, 14.6 assists, 10.7 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.3 points.

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Wisconsin: 76.3%

High Point: 23.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

HPU		WIS
W14	Streak	L1
70.3	Points Against	75.9
90.0	Points Per Game	83.0
49	Field Goal %	45
36	Three Point %	36
36.4	Rebounds Per Game	35.5
16.3	Assists Per Game	16.0
3.8	Blocks Per Game	3.1
10.9	Steals Per Game	5.7
0.3	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.4
9.6	Total Turnovers Per Game	9.4

Game Information

Venue: Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Capacity:

2025-26 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
High Point	15-1	-	30-4
Winthrop	13-3	2	23-11
Radford	9-7	6	16-16
Longwood	8-8	7	16-16
UNC Asheville	8-8	7	15-17
Presbyterian	7-9	8	15-18
Charleston Southern	6-10	9	15-17
South Carolina Upstate	5-11	10	13-19
Gardner-Webb	1-15	14	4-29

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Michigan	19-1	-	31-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	26-6
Michigan State	15-5	4	25-7
Illinois	15-5	4	24-8
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-10
Purdue	13-7	6	27-8
UCLA	13-7	6	23-11
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-12
Iowa	10-10	9	21-12
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-17
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-19
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20