| Player | Minutes | NU Pts | Wis Pts | Raw +/- | Player +/- | Game +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buie | 37 | 61 | 65 | -4 | +13.03 | +12.23 |
| Hunger | 32 | 41 | 51 | -10 | +2.48 | +0.48 |
| Langborg | 22 | 41 | 33 | +8 | -1.40 | +0.20 |
| Clayton | 3 | 2 | 8 | -6 | +0.18 | -1.03 |
| Smith, Blake | 15 | 25 | 31 | -6 | +0.10 | -1.10 |
| Mullins | 6 | 7 | 7 | +0 | -2.50 | -2.50 |
| Preston | 9 | 20 | 19 | +1 | -2.86 | -2.66 |
| Barnhizer | 40 | 61 | 70 | -9 | -4.64 | -6.44 |
| Martinelli | 37 | 47 | 66 | -19 | -4.38 | -8.18 |
Boo Buie played valiantly but was not able to carry NU by himself, as Barnhizer and Martinelli struggled against the Badgers.
When Buie was injured and had to recover on the bench, the game began to get away from the Wildcats.
Collins replaced Buie with Langborg, but he quickly picked up his 2nd foul and had to re-join Buie on the bench.
That meant Clayton and Smith were out there together and Wisconsin immediately turned a 23-20 deficit into a 25-23 lead.
Langborg's foul problems limited him to 22 minutes, in which NU outscored Wisconsin 41-33.
When Langborg was on the bench, Wisconsin outscored the Cats 37-20.
Luke Hunger played a season-high 32 minutes and did fairly well, while Blake Preston appeared to injure his shoulder trying to block a shot.
Nick Martinelli played almost 30 minutes alongside Luke Hunger and we were outscored 50-32.
As has been noted here previously, the team tends to play better when Preston and Martinelli are on the court together (as opposed to Martinelli and Hunger).
Justin Mullins played 5.5 minutes after Langborg fouled out and didn't show much.
NU simply doesn't have the bench to afford anyone getting into foul trouble.
