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Essegian scores 23, Wisconsin holds off Michigan 64-59

AP
Feb 15, 2023

MADISON, Wis. (AP) Freshman Connor Essegian scored a career-high 23 points, including 5 of 6 free throws in the final 45 seconds, and Wisconsin held off Michigan 64-59 on Tuesday night despite missing its last 15 shots.

The game started with a minute of silence for the campus shooting Monday night at Michigan State that left three people dead and five others wounded, leading to the school postponing Wednesday's game against Minnesota. Michigan is scheduled to host the the Spartans on Saturday.

Essegian's basket at the 10:45 was the last one for the Badgers, and his two free throws at 10:27 following a technical foul on Michigan coach Juwan Howard, capped a personal 6-0 run for a 54-42 lead.

From there, Wisconsin made 10 of 12 free throws, just enough to pull out the win. Twice the Wolverines had free-throw opportunities to tie the game, once with 4:10 to play and again less than two minutes to go, but failed to do so. They also made just two of their last 11 field-goal attempts, including eight straight misses.

Steven Crowl had 11 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for the Badgers (15-10, 7-8 Big Ten Conference), who were coming off an overtime loss to Nebraska after blowing a 17-point lead. Max Klesmit added 10 points. Leading scorer Chucky Hepburn, averaging 13.2 points, had just two on 1-of-9 shooting but had a critical steal with 16 seconds left and the lead at 61-57.

Kobe Bufkin scored 21 points for the Wolverines (14-12, 8-7), who were coming off a 62-61 loss to No. 18 Indiana. Hunter Dickinson had 12 points and 12 rebounds.

Wisconsin was ahead 39-38 five minutes into the second half when Michigan committed turnovers on five of six possessions. Crowl and Kamari McGee combined for nine points to stretch the Wolverines' lead to 48-40. After a Michigan layup, Essegian had his run for the big lead of the game.

But the technical seemed to bring Michigan to life. Dug McDaniel capped a 10-0 run by making 1 of 2 free throws that cut the deficit to 55-54.

Will Tschetter, in his first collegiate start in place of Terrance Williams II, who was out with a deep knee bruise, missed two free throws with 1:17 to play when the Wolverines trailed 57-55.

Michigan finished 6 of 10 from the foul line, all coming in the last seven minutes.

The Wolverines made their last five shots of the first half, two of them 3-pointers, to erase a seven-point deficit, taking a 32-31 lead on Bufkin's 3-pointer five seconds before the break.

The finish helped push Michigan to 50% shooting, including 4 of 8 from distance. The Badgers were 5 of 10 behind the arc but only shot 7 of 23 inside. They were 1 of 9 to close out the half after taking a 27-20 lead on Klesmit's 3-pointer at the 5:31 mark.

Wisconsin is home against Rutgers on Saturday.

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This story has been corrected to show that the Michigan State-Minnesota game originally scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed, not the Michigan-Michigan State game. That game is still scheduled for Saturday.

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1st Half
MICH
Wolverines
32
WISC
Badgers
31

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Hunter Dickinson vs. Steven Crowl (Chucky Hepburn gains possession)
19:40	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup (Connor Essegian assists)	0-2
19:12		Hunter Dickinson misses two point hook shot
19:10		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
18:59	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot	0-5
18:37		Kobe Bufkin misses two point jump shot
18:36		Hunter Dickinson personal foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
18:28		Connor Essegian misses two point layup
18:26		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
18:21	+3	Kobe Bufkin makes three point jump shot (Jett Howard assists)	3-5
18:07	+2	Chucky Hepburn makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	3-7
17:43	+2	Dug McDaniel makes two point floating jump shot	5-7
17:25		Connor Essegian turnover (bad pass) (Dug McDaniel steals)
17:19	+2	Jett Howard makes two point layup	7-7
17:02		Kobe Bufkin blocks Chucky Hepburn's two point jump shot
17:00		Chucky Hepburn offensive rebound
16:50		Hunter Dickinson blocks Tyler Wahl's two point jump shot
16:48		Dug McDaniel defensive rebound
16:36		Hunter Dickinson misses two point layup
16:34		Hunter Dickinson offensive rebound
16:31	+2	Hunter Dickinson makes two point putback layup	9-7
16:14	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Chucky Hepburn assists)	9-10
15:50	+2	Kobe Bufkin makes two point driving dunk	11-10
15:26	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point hook shot	11-12
15:02	+2	Will Tschetter makes two point layup (Hunter Dickinson assists)	13-12
14:32		Steven Crowl misses two point hook shot
14:30		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
14:22		Jett Howard turnover (bad pass) (Connor Essegian steals)
14:14		Tyler Wahl offensive foul (Kobe Bufkin draws the foul)
14:14		Tyler Wahl turnover (offensive foul)
14:14		TV timeout
13:53		Kobe Bufkin misses two point jump shot
13:51		Will Tschetter offensive rebound
13:51		Carter Gilmore personal foul (Will Tschetter draws the foul)
13:50		Jett Howard misses two point jump shot
13:48		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
13:23		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
13:21		Will Tschetter defensive rebound
13:13		Jett Howard misses two point jump shot
13:11		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
12:53	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point hook shot	13-14
12:35	+2	Hunter Dickinson makes two point hook shot (Will Tschetter assists)	15-14
12:03		Max Klesmit misses two point layup
12:01		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
11:58		Kobe Bufkin turnover (traveling)
11:58		TV timeout
11:36	+2	Kamari McGee makes two point pullup jump shot	15-16
11:18		Will Tschetter misses three point jump shot
11:16		Jordan Davis defensive rebound
11:04		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
11:02		Carter Gilmore offensive rebound
10:42		Tyler Wahl misses two point hook shot
10:40		Tyler Wahl offensive rebound
10:19		Joey Baker shooting foul (Carter Gilmore draws the foul)
10:19		Carter Gilmore misses regular free throw 1 of 2
10:19	+1	Carter Gilmore makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-17
10:02	+2	Tarris Reed Jr. makes two point layup	17-17
9:48		Jett Howard blocks Max Klesmit's two point layup
9:46		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
9:38		Kobe Bufkin offensive foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
9:38		Kobe Bufkin turnover (offensive foul)
9:29	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point cutting layup (Steven Crowl assists)	17-19
9:11		Joey Baker misses two point jump shot
9:09		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
8:55		Steven Crowl misses two point hook shot
8:53		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
8:38	+3	Jett Howard makes three point jump shot (Kobe Bufkin assists)	20-19
8:13	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point driving dunk (Steven Crowl assists)	20-21
7:51		Jett Howard misses three point jump shot
7:49		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
7:38		TV timeout
7:27		Steven Crowl misses two point hook shot
7:25		Joey Baker defensive rebound
7:04		Jett Howard misses three point jump shot
7:02		Tarris Reed Jr. offensive rebound
6:57		Tarris Reed Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Steven Crowl steals)
6:40		Steven Crowl misses two point hook shot
6:38		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
6:34		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
6:32		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
6:29		Joey Baker misses three point jump shot
6:26		Badgers defensive rebound
6:16	+3	Connor Essegian makes three point jump shot (Carter Gilmore assists)	20-24
5:50		Dug McDaniel misses two point jump shot
5:48		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
5:33	+3	Max Klesmit makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	20-27
5:29		Wolverines 30 second timeout
5:07		Jace Howard misses two point layup
5:05		Carter Gilmore defensive rebound
4:46		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
4:44		Joey Baker defensive rebound
4:39		Joey Baker misses two point layup
4:37		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
4:32		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
4:30		Jace Howard defensive rebound
4:30		Connor Essegian personal foul (Jace Howard draws the foul)
4:18	+2	Dug McDaniel makes two point pullup jump shot	22-27
3:47		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
3:45		Jordan Davis offensive rebound
3:32		Dug McDaniel personal foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
3:32		TV timeout
3:26		Will Tschetter shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
3:26	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-28
3:26		Tyler Wahl misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:26		Kobe Bufkin defensive rebound
2:56	+2	Will Tschetter makes two point driving layup	24-28
2:33		Jordan Davis misses three point jump shot
2:31		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
2:27		Steven Crowl misses two point hook shot
2:25		Tyler Wahl offensive rebound
2:21		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
2:19		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
2:05	+3	Hunter Dickinson makes three point jump shot (Dug McDaniel assists)	27-28
1:46	+3	Jordan Davis makes three point jump shot (Steven Crowl assists)	27-31
1:14	+2	Hunter Dickinson makes two point hook shot	29-31
0:52		Max Klesmit misses two point layup
0:50		Dug McDaniel defensive rebound
0:45		Kobe Bufkin turnover (traveling)
0:33		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
0:31		Will Tschetter defensive rebound
0:06	+3	Kobe Bufkin makes three point jump shot	32-31
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
MICH
Wolverines
27
WISC
Badgers
33

Time		Play	Score
19:45		Jett Howard misses three point jump shot
19:43		Kobe Bufkin offensive rebound
19:39	+2	Kobe Bufkin makes two point putback layup	34-31
19:28		Max Klesmit misses two point layup
19:26		Dug McDaniel defensive rebound
19:20		Hunter Dickinson misses three point jump shot
19:18		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
19:05	+2	Max Klesmit makes two point layup (Steven Crowl assists)	34-33
18:32		Kobe Bufkin misses three point jump shot
18:29		Wolverines turnover (shot clock violation)
18:15	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point hook shot	34-35
17:50		Will Tschetter misses three point jump shot
17:48		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
17:37		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
17:35		Jordan Davis offensive rebound
17:32	+2	Jordan Davis makes two point putback layup	34-37
17:12		Tyler Wahl personal foul (Hunter Dickinson draws the foul)
17:04	+2	Dug McDaniel makes two point pullup jump shot	36-37
16:48		Max Klesmit misses two point jump shot
16:44		Badgers offensive rebound
16:34	+2	Tyler Wahl makes two point layup	36-39
16:15		Jett Howard misses two point jump shot
16:13		Hunter Dickinson offensive rebound
16:11		Hunter Dickinson misses two point layup
16:09		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
16:05		Max Klesmit misses two point layup
16:03		Jett Howard defensive rebound
15:58	+2	Kobe Bufkin makes two point pullup jump shot (Will Tschetter assists)	38-39
15:27		Tyler Wahl misses two point hook shot
15:25		Steven Crowl personal foul (Hunter Dickinson draws the foul)
15:25		TV timeout
15:18		Kobe Bufkin turnover (traveling)
14:59	+2	Steven Crowl makes two point layup	38-41
14:40		Kobe Bufkin offensive foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
14:40		Kobe Bufkin turnover (offensive foul)
14:28	+2	Kamari McGee makes two point stepback jump shot	38-43
14:28		Will Tschetter offensive foul (Steven Crowl draws the foul)
14:28		Will Tschetter turnover (offensive foul)
14:26		Steven Crowl misses two point layup
14:24		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
14:20		Connor Essegian personal foul (Jett Howard draws the foul)
14:16	+2	Jett Howard makes two point driving dunk (Dug McDaniel assists)	40-43
13:57	+3	Steven Crowl makes three point jump shot (Kamari McGee assists)	40-46
13:37		Hunter Dickinson turnover (offensive goaltending)
13:29		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
13:27		Kamari McGee offensive rebound
13:10		Steven Crowl offensive foul (Will Tschetter draws the foul)
13:10		Steven Crowl turnover (offensive foul)
12:53		Will Tschetter offensive foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
12:53		Will Tschetter turnover (offensive foul)
12:41	+2	Kamari McGee makes two point driving layup	40-48
12:31		Wolverines 30 second timeout
12:31		TV timeout
12:15		Kobe Bufkin misses two point jump shot
12:13		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
11:58		Tarris Reed Jr. blocks Tyler Wahl's two point layup
11:56		Jett Howard defensive rebound
11:39	+2	Tarris Reed Jr. makes two point layup	42-48
11:20	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point driving layup	42-50
10:57		Tarris Reed Jr. misses two point jump shot
10:55		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
10:47	+2	Connor Essegian makes two point driving layup	42-52
10:30		Jett Howard misses two point jump shot
10:27		Juwan Howard technical foul
10:27		TV timeout
10:27	+1	Connor Essegian makes technical free throw 1 of 2	42-53
10:27	+1	Connor Essegian makes technical free throw 2 of 2	42-54
10:18		Hunter Dickinson personal foul (Chucky Hepburn draws the foul)
10:08		Max Klesmit misses three point jump shot
10:06		Tyler Wahl offensive rebound
10:03		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
10:01		Tarris Reed Jr. defensive rebound
9:50	+2	Kobe Bufkin makes two point driving layup	44-54
9:24		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
9:22		Tyler Wahl offensive rebound
9:04		Chucky Hepburn misses two point jump shot
9:02		Kobe Bufkin defensive rebound
8:46		Jett Howard misses two point jump shot
8:44		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
8:27		Tarris Reed Jr. shooting foul (Tyler Wahl draws the foul)
8:27	+1	Tyler Wahl makes regular free throw 1 of 2	44-55
8:27		Tyler Wahl misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:27		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
8:26		Max Klesmit personal foul (Hunter Dickinson draws the foul)
8:16		Steven Crowl personal foul (Kobe Bufkin draws the foul)
8:10	+3	Kobe Bufkin makes three point stepback jump shot	47-55
7:36		Tyler Wahl misses two point jump shot
7:34		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
7:23	+2	Kobe Bufkin makes two point pullup jump shot	49-55
7:14		Badgers 30 second timeout
7:14		TV timeout
7:05		Connor Essegian misses three point jump shot
7:03		Jett Howard defensive rebound
6:43		Kobe Bufkin misses two point jump shot
6:41		Tarris Reed Jr. offensive rebound
6:41		Tyler Wahl shooting foul (Tarris Reed Jr. draws the foul)
6:41	+1	Tarris Reed Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-55
6:41	+1	Tarris Reed Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	51-55
6:21		Kamari McGee turnover (bad pass) (Tarris Reed Jr. steals)
6:01		Hunter Dickinson misses two point hook shot
5:59		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
5:42		Steven Crowl misses two point hook shot
5:40		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
5:25		Tarris Reed Jr. misses two point layup
5:23		Steven Crowl defensive rebound
5:09		Kamari McGee misses three point jump shot
5:07		Jett Howard defensive rebound
4:58		Jace Howard misses three point jump shot
4:56		Tarris Reed Jr. offensive rebound
4:54		Jett Howard misses three point jump shot
4:52		Steven Crowl personal foul (Hunter Dickinson draws the foul)
4:52	+1	Hunter Dickinson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-55
4:52	+1	Hunter Dickinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-55
4:35		Tyler Wahl misses two point layup
4:33		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
4:10		Connor Essegian shooting foul (Dug McDaniel draws the foul)
4:10	+1	Dug McDaniel makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-55
4:10		Dug McDaniel misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:10		Max Klesmit defensive rebound
3:41		Max Klesmit misses two point jump shot
3:39		Hunter Dickinson defensive rebound
3:34		Dug McDaniel misses two point layup
3:32		Chucky Hepburn defensive rebound
3:25		Kobe Bufkin personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
3:25		TV timeout
3:25	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 1 of 2	54-56
3:25	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-57
3:05		Kobe Bufkin misses two point layup
3:03		Will Tschetter offensive rebound
3:00		Will Tschetter misses two point jump shot
2:58		Tyler Wahl defensive rebound
2:44		Chucky Hepburn misses three point jump shot
2:42		Carter Gilmore offensive rebound
2:22		Tyler Wahl misses two point jump shot
2:20		Will Tschetter defensive rebound
1:59		Carter Gilmore shooting foul (Hunter Dickinson draws the foul)
1:59		Hunter Dickinson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:59	+1	Hunter Dickinson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-57
1:30		Hunter Dickinson blocks Steven Crowl's two point hook shot
1:29		Badgers turnover (shot clock violation)
1:17		Max Klesmit shooting foul (Will Tschetter draws the foul)
1:17		Will Tschetter misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:17		Will Tschetter misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:17		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
0:48		Tyler Wahl misses two point hook shot
0:46		Steven Crowl offensive rebound
0:44		Kobe Bufkin personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
0:44	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-58
0:44	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 2 of 2	55-59
0:40		Wolverines 60 second timeout
0:24	+2	Jett Howard makes two point layup	57-59
0:23		Jett Howard personal foul (Max Klesmit draws the foul)
0:23	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-60
0:23	+1	Max Klesmit makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-61
0:23		Badgers 30 second timeout
0:17		Dug McDaniel turnover (lost ball) (Chucky Hepburn steals)
0:12		Dug McDaniel personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
0:12		Connor Essegian misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:12	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 2 of 2	57-62
0:12		Wolverines 30 second timeout
0:07	+2	Kobe Bufkin makes two point driving layup	59-62
0:06		Kobe Bufkin personal foul (Connor Essegian draws the foul)
0:06	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 1 of 2	59-63
0:06	+1	Connor Essegian makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-64
0:03		Jett Howard misses three point jump shot
0:01		Connor Essegian defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Connor Essegian defensive rebound