Evans' 22 leads No. 11 Wisconsin over Huskers

Published: Dec 27, 2011, 8:58 p.m. MST

Wisconsin's Jared Berggren (40) keeps Nebraska's Brandon Ubel (3) away from the basket as Nebraska's Caleb Walker (25) and Wisconsin's Ben Brust (1) look on as the Nebraska Cornhuskers hosted the Wisconsin Badgers in their Big 10 opener at the Devaney Spo The Omaha World-Herald, Mark Davis) MAGS OUT TV OUT, Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. — Ryan Evans scored a career-high 22 points and No. 11 Wisconsin defeated injury-plagued Nebraska 64-40 in the Cornhuskers' inaugural Big Ten game Tuesday night.

The Huskers closed within five points early in the second half, but the Badgers went on a 27-5 run to put the game out of reach.

Jordan Taylor added 15 points as the Badgers (12-2, 1-0) won their ninth consecutive Big Ten opener.

Toney McCray led the Huskers (8-4, 0-1) with 16 points and nine rebounds.

The season-high crowd of 10,812 at the Devaney Sports Center began filing out with 5 minutes left and the Badgers leading by 23 points.

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Wisconsin extended its streak of holding opponents to 65 points or less to 18 games. The nation's top defensive team, the Badgers have held 12 of 14 opponents to that team's lowest points total of the season.

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