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Badgers end Pitt's streak

MADISON, Wis. — Alando Tucker looked for Pittsburgh to finally send a second man to try to guard him. Brian Butch was the reason the Panthers never did.

Tucker had 32 points and 10 rebounds and Butch added a career-high 27 points and had 11 rebounds as No. 7 Wisconsin beat No. 2 Pittsburgh 89-75 on Saturday, snapping the Panthers' 21-game nonconference winning streak.

"I just always pick my points in a game," Tucker said. "If a team's not going to double me, I like that. If they're not going to triple me, I like that. But if they do, I recognize I don't have to put up big numbers as far as scoring."

Tucker set a season high for scoring and rebounds and is averaging 25.2 points in his last four games. He and Butch put on a shooting display in the first half, each going 7-of-9 from the field and scoring 20 points. Butch said he knew his day would be special when he finally hit a 3-pointer.

"I haven't hit many this year," Butch said. "Once that one went down, I was pretty happy."

The 6-foot-11 junior center had been 2-of-15 from beyond the arc this season before hitting a rainbow late in the first half. Moments later, Wisconsin closed the opening 20 minutes on a 10-3 run with the duo scoring all of the Badgers' points in that span to take a 47-37 lead.

The rest of the Badgers got into the act in the second half in Wisconsin's first victory over a team ranked higher than No. 7 since Bo Ryan took over the Badgers (11-1) in 2001.

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