WKU (6-4) fell to Wisconsin 81-80 on Wednesday after allowing the Badgers to shoot 60 percent from 3-point range and being called for a blocking foul with two seconds remaining.
Wisconsin (5-7) went 12-20 from 3-point range, getting over 40 percent of their points from deep. Despite that, WKU was tied with Wisconsin at 80 with two seconds remaining when freshman forward Marek Nelson was called for a charge on the Wisconsin inbound. Wisconsin freshman guard Brad Davison went 1-2 at the free throw line to win the game.
“Everybody will talk about that last play, but there’s plenty of plays that could have happened before that, that last play gets magnified,” head coach Rick Stansbury said.