Tonje achieved 32 as No. 18 Wisconsin Tops No. 7 Michigan St. 77-74 in Big Ten Semis

Associated Press

Indianapolis (AP) -john Tonje scored 32 points and scored seven rebounds to beat No. 7 in Michigan State 77-74 on Saturday in the semi-finals of the Big Ten tournament.

John Blackwell added 14 points when the Badgers (26-8) won for the third time in four days. You will play Michigan for the tournament title on Sunday No. 22. The Wolverines defeated No. 11 Maryland 81-80 in a layup in the last second.

Jase Richardson had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Spartans (27-6). Jeremy Fears Jr. had 14 points and six templates, but he had the ball pushed away in the decreasing seconds when he tried to bind the score with a cover from the vicinity of the mid -court logo.

Michigan State, the regular season champions of the league, had won eight in a row.

In the second half, Wisconsin deleted a 45-41 deficit with an 11-0 run. The roofs were pushed to the end, but they used four direct points to play with 1:10 72-67.

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Wisconsin: The Badgers followed an 86-point game with 19 3-digiters by showing that they could also win a grind IT out game. Tonje was able to make Wisconsin a sneaky Final Four Pick.

Michigan State: The Spartans rolled until Saturday. Could this loss cost the Spartaner for the NCAA tournament No. 2? Perhaps. But having an additional day free could help.

Key moment

After Tonje missed a 3-point with a lead of 34 seconds, Blackwell tried to chase away the rebound, but his path was hindered by Jaden Akins, who was called for the foul. Blackwell made both free throws to bring the Badgers a lead of 74-70 with 31.4 seconds.

Key

The Badgers made three more free throws as Michigan State, 22-19.

Next on

Wisconsin will play Michigan on Sunday No. 22 and try to win his first Big Ten tournament title since 2015 and to claim the league's automatic NCAA tournament. The Spartans will find out their tournament fate on Sunday.

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