Xavier Edmonds of TCU dribbles the ball while defended by Nolan Winter of the Wisconsin Badgers. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO – David Punch led a balanced offense with 17 points and TCU defeated Wisconsin 74-63 on Friday in the championship game of the Rady Children’s Invitational.
By the numbers:
Brock Harding scored 16 points, Xavier Edmonds 12, and Jayden Pierre and Liutauras Lelevicius 11 each for the Horned Frogs (5-2).
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John Blackwell scored 30 points for Wisconsin (5-2) and Nick Boyd added 15.
TCU built a 10-point lead in the first five minutes and led by double digits for most of the first half. The Horned Frogs were ahead 41-28 with 3 1/2 minutes left before halftime but Wisconsin closed with a 9-0 run to trail only 41-37.
TCU scored the first eight points of the second half and a 7-0 run a few minutes later put the Horned Frogs up 61-42 with 11 1/2 minutes remaining.
The margin was still 19 points with 10 minutes to go when TCU went 0-for-6 in a 5-minute stretch that saw Wisconsin get to within 65-53. A layup by a Andrew Rohde had Wisconsin within 70-63 with two minutes to go but the Badgers missed their last six shots and did not score again.
What’s next:
TCU visits Notre Dame on Friday. Wisconsin hosts Northwestern in a Big Ten opener on Wednesday.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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