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Braeden Carrington buries 9 3-pointers, scores 32 points and Wisconsin dismantles Washington 90-73

SEATTLE (AP) — Braeden Carrington had career highs of nine 3-pointers and 32 points, Nick Boyd added 22 points, and Wisconsin defeated Washington 90-73 on Saturday.

Carrington, who averages 7.4 points per game, played 27 minutes off the bench, making 9 of 15 3s. He was 6 for 9 from deep in the second half when he scored 23 points.

Boyd scored eight points in the first six-plus minutes of the game and the Badgers led 14-3. Washington’s Hannes Steinbach opened the scoring with a dunk but the Huskies didn’t get another field goal until Quimari Peterson’s layup with 12 minutes remaining made it 17-7.

Wisconsin (20-9, 12-6 Big Ten) led by double digits over the final six minutes of the half and it was 36-21 at the break. A 10-0 run in the middle of the second half put the game out of reach at 66-42.

Steinbach scored 22 points with 11 rebounds and Zoom Dialo had 21 points for Washington. Wesley Yates III scored three points on 1-for-17 shooting.

It was Steinbach’s 18th double-double of his freshman season, nine of them coming when he scored 20 or more points.

Nolan Winter had 13 points and nine rebounds for Wisconsin. The Badgers average more than 30 3-point attempts per game and were 17 for 38 (45%) in this one.

Washington retired Detlef Schrempf’s No. 22 jersey during a halftime ceremony.

Up next

Wisconsin: The Badgers have a home game against Maryland on Wednesday then wrap up the regular season at No. 8 Purdue on Saturday.

Washington: The Huskies stay on the West Coast to wrap up the regular season. USC visits on Wednesday before the Huskies finish at Oregon on Saturday.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
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