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Badgers collapse in loss to North Texas in NIT

The Wisconsin Badgers basketball season came to a crashing end on Tuesday night, as the North Texas Mean Green overcame a 14-point deficit to win 56-54 in the NIT semi-finals in Las Vegas.

 

Held scoreless over the last nine minutes of the game, the Badgers were unable to get a shot off in their final possession after turning the ball over nine times in the second half.

 

Chucky Hepburn scored all his team-high 15 points in the first half, as the Badgers led 41-29 at halftime.  Tyler Wahl and Connor Essegian added 12 points each, but it was not enough as the Badgers managed only 13 points after intermission. 

 

Tylor Perry scored a game-high 16 points for the Mean Green,

 

Wisconsin ends the season 20-15, while North Texas (30-7) will play in the NIT Championship Game on Thursday night.

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