The 6-foot-4 sophomore went from averaging 8.1 points against the Big Ten last season to ranking sixth in the league with an 19.2 points per game.

The graduate guard scored 27 points and the Badgers hit 17 three-pointers in an 83-55 victory over the Cornhuskers Sunday at the Kohl Center.

John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while trouncing Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss.

Sunday vs. Nebraska: UW scored 19 of the first 21 points to open the game but broke open the game for good with a 16-2 run early in the second half. The Badgers’ 17 three-pointers in the 84-55 victory tied for the third-highest single-game total in program history.

On Sunday afternoon, former Wisconsin transfer guard Connor Essegian was received with open arms in his return to the Kohl Center. In his first game in Madison since he transferred to the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ program this spring,

John Tonje had 27 points and John Blackwell added 14 to lead 18th-ranked Wisconsin to an 83-55 Big Ten victory over Nebraska on Sunday in Madison, Wis.

Tonje dropped 27 points, 15 of which arrived in the first frame, and corralled five rebounds in 29 minutes of action. Sophomore guard John Blackwell finished with 14 points and four boards, Kamari McGee scored 11 points and nailed three three-pointers off the bench and Max Klesmit chipped in with eight points and seven rebounds.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while routing Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss. Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) bounced back from an 85-83 loss at UCLA that snapped a seven-game winning streak.

MADISON – Wisconsin’s John Blackwell rocked the rim for the first time last weekend and Max Klesmit and Kamari McGee weren’t about to let the moment pass without a word from the star of the ...

Here’s what went right for Wisconsin yesterday afternoon. Johnuary. Wisconsin’s two best players this season have easily been John Tonje and John Blackwell. Blackwell has been

The Nebraska men's basketball team fell 83-55 at No. 18 Wisconsin in front of 16,838 at the Kohl Center in Madison,

MADISON, WI (WSAU) — The Wisconsin mens basketball team beat Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday at the Kohl Center. The Badgers went out to a 19-2 lead with a barrage of early three-pointers. The Huskers cut it to five but Wisconsin then went on a 16-2 run to pull away.