March 22, 2008
Wisconsin shoots down Beasley, Kansas State
OMAHA, Nebraska (Ticker) -- Trevon Hughes had a career day and may have ended the college career of Michael Beasley in the process.
Hughes scored a career-high 25 points and No. 3 Wisconsin rained down 3-pointers to knock off 11th-seeded Kansas State, 72-55, in the second round of the Midwest Regional on Saturday.
The Badgers (30-4) move on to face second-seeded Georgetown or No. 10 Davidson in the regional semifinals next week.
Hughes made four 3-pointers and the Badgers connected on nine overall, including seven in the first half to take a 39-33 lead.
Michael Flowers was 3-of-3 from the arc and scored 15 points and Greg Stiemsma added 14 for Wisconsin.
Now the speculation can begin regarding Beasley and whether or not he has played his final game for the Wildcats. If it was his last college game, he went down swinging but couldn't do it alone.
Beasley finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds and Bill Walker did add 18 points but no other player scored more than four for the Wildcats (21-12). Kansas State struggled from the arc as well finishing 0-of-14, the first time in 349 games it failed to make a 3-pointer.
Wisconsin opened the second half on an 11-2 run, boosted by Hughes' eight points, to take a 49-35 lead with 15:18 left in the game and led by at least nine points the rest of the way.
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