The Wisconsin Badgers relied on a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Northwestern Wildcats in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. Six playmakers accounted for at least seven points,

Nolan Winter and John Tonje each scored 18 points to lead No. 18 Wisconsin to a 70-63 victory over Northwestern in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.

In beating the Northwestern Wildcats 70-63 in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, Wisconsin came closer to proving they are playing like the team that won 24 regular season games and reached as high as No. 11 in the AP Poll, not the team that embarrassingly folded to bottom-feeding Penn State.