John Tonje scored 17 points and No. 24 Wisconsin staved off a late rally by Ohio State, extending its winning streak to six with a 70-68 victory Tuesday night.
Ohio State trailed 37-20 at the half but cut it to 65-64 on Micah Parrish‘s layup with 16 seconds left before Tonje helped the Badgers stay ahead from the foul line.
Tonje’s 3-pointer put Wisconsin up 65-57 with just over four minutes remaining.
John Blackwell added 15 points and Steven Crowl 14 for Wisconsin (14-3, 4-2 Big Ten) to give coach Greg Gard his 200th career victory.
Bruce Thornton had 21 points and Devin Royal 12 for Ohio State (10-7, 2-4).
