Wisconsin basketball started its 2025-26 season on a strong note with a 96-64 win over Campbell on Monday night.
A career outing from junior guard John Blackwell led the Badgers’ efforts. He finished with 31 points (one shy of a career high), four rebounds, three assists and a steal, while shooting 10-of-19 from the floor, 6-of-11 from 3 and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.
Campbell kept the game moderately close for a significant portion of the second half, trailing just 60-55 with 13:07 remaining and 67-62 with 7:47 left. A 15-0 over the following three-plus minutes of game action sealed the triumph. Blackwell scored eight of those points, including two key makes from beyond the arc.
Wisconsin as a team shot 50.7% from the field, 39.3% from 3 and 89.5% (17-of-19) from the free-throw line. It out-rebounded Campbell 34-30, had 19 assists to Campbell’s seven, 11 steals to its eight and just nine turnovers to its 19. Other standouts from the contest include Nick Boyd (21 points, four assists and three rebounds), Nolan Winter (17 points and 12 rebounds) and Austin Rapp (13 points and four assists).
The Badgers scored just nine points off the bench, a total they will look to improve as nonconference play continues.
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Wisconsin is back on the Kohl Center court on Nov. 7 against Northern Illinois. It faces its first true test on Nov. 21 in a neutral-site contest against No. 8 BYU.
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