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Wisconsin beats No. 2 Michigan 91-88 to give Wolverines their 1st loss of the season

AP
Jan 10, 2026

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) John Blackwell had 26 points, Nick Boyd scored 22 and Aleksas Bieliauskas set a career high with 17 points to lead Wisconsin Badgers to a 91-88 win over previously unbeaten, second-ranked Michigan Wolverines on Saturday.

The Badgers (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) beat their highest-ranked regular-season opponent since a win over No. 2 Michigan in 2019. They beat the AP poll's No. 2 team on the opponent’s court for the second time since winning at Maryland on Feb. 13, 2016.

The Wolverines (14-1, 4-1) led by as much as 14 in the first half and lost because they gave up 54 points in the second half.

Michigan had a game-tying basket waved off by basket interference on Aday Mara, who followed up Roddy Gayle Jr.'s missed layup with 35.2 second left. The call stood after video review.

Braeden Carrington made two free throws on the ensuing possession after being fouled on a long, inbounds pass.

Carrington split a pair of free throws with 9.6 seconds left for a three-point lead that gave Michigan a shot to tie the game, but Gayle missed a 3.

Michigan’s Elliot Cadeau scored all 19 of his points in the first half and Morez Johnson Jr. scored 13 of 18 points in the first half. Yaxel Lendeborg finished with 14 points and Nimari Burnett added 10 points for the Wolverines.

Wisconsin trailed 38-37 at halftime but outscored Michigan 20-7 to start the second.

Bieliauskas entered the game averaging 4.0 points per game. The freshman forward from Lithuania showed why Greg Gard recruited him early in the second half, making 4 of 4 3-pointers in less than three minutes.

Wisconsin: Visits Minnesota on Tuesday.

Michigan: Visits Washington on Wednesday.

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1st Half
WISC
Badgers
37
MICH
Wolverines
38

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Morez Johnson Jr. gains possession)
19:41	+2	Aday Mara makes two point dunk (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)	0-2
19:16		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses three point jump shot
19:14		Wolverines defensive rebound
19:00	+2	Aday Mara makes two point jump shot	0-4
18:44	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	2-4
18:41		Aday Mara shooting foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
18:41	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-4
18:29		Elliot Cadeau misses three point jump shot
18:27		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
18:22	+3	Nimari Burnett makes three point jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)	3-7
18:13		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
18:11		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
17:58		Aleksas Bieliauskas shooting foul (Aday Mara draws the foul)
17:58		Aday Mara misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:58	+1	Aday Mara makes regular free throw 2 of 2	3-8
17:45	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot (Nick Boyd assists)	6-8
17:27		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point layup
17:25		Yaxel Lendeborg offensive rebound
17:25	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point layup	6-10
17:25		Nolan Winter shooting foul (Yaxel Lendeborg draws the foul)
17:25	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 1 of 1	6-11
17:11		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses three point jump shot
17:09		Nimari Burnett defensive rebound
16:58		Nimari Burnett misses three point jump shot
16:56		John Blackwell defensive rebound
16:56		John Blackwell turnover (out of bounds)
16:47	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point dunk	6-13
16:36		Yaxel Lendeborg personal foul
16:18		Will Garlock turnover (lost ball)
15:56		Morez Johnson Jr. turnover
15:56		TV timeout
15:46		Jack Janicki turnover (out of bounds)
15:25		Roddy Gayle Jr. turnover (Will Garlock steals)
15:15		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
15:13		Elliot Cadeau defensive rebound
15:09		Yaxel Lendeborg misses two point layup
15:07		John Blackwell defensive rebound
15:01		Morez Johnson Jr. blocks Nick Boyd's two point layup
14:59		Badgers offensive rebound
14:51	+2	Aleksas Bieliauskas makes two point layup (Braeden Carrington assists)	8-13
14:43		Braeden Carrington personal foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
14:35		Andrew Rohde personal foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
14:25		Trey McKenney misses three point jump shot
14:23		Badgers defensive rebound
14:09		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses two point jump shot
14:07		Roddy Gayle Jr. defensive rebound
14:00		John Blackwell shooting foul (Trey McKenney draws the foul)
14:00	+1	Trey McKenney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-14
14:00	+1	Trey McKenney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-15
13:45	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	10-15
13:33	+3	Trey McKenney makes three point jump shot (L.J. Cason assists)	10-18
13:04		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
13:02		Aday Mara defensive rebound
12:50	+3	Yaxel Lendeborg makes three point jump shot (Roddy Gayle Jr. assists)	10-21
12:47		Badgers 60 second timeout
12:28	+3	Nolan Winter makes three point jump shot (Nick Boyd assists)	13-21
12:08		L.J. Cason misses two point jump shot
12:06		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
11:50		Trey McKenney shooting foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
11:46		TV timeout
11:46	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 3	14-21
11:46	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 3	15-21
11:46		Braeden Carrington misses regular free throw 3 of 3
11:46		Trey McKenney defensive rebound
11:15		Aday Mara misses two point layup
11:13		Aday Mara offensive rebound
11:10	+2	Aday Mara makes two point layup	15-23
11:04		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
11:02		Wolverines defensive rebound
10:50	+2	Trey McKenney makes two point layup (Aday Mara assists)	15-25
10:29		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses three point jump shot
10:27		Aday Mara defensive rebound
10:20		Trey McKenney misses two point layup
10:18		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
10:07		Nick Boyd misses two point layup
10:05		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
9:54		Morez Johnson Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Nick Boyd steals)
9:45		Nick Boyd misses three point jump shot
9:43		L.J. Cason defensive rebound
9:26		Trey McKenney misses three point jump shot
9:24		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
9:14	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	17-25
8:43	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point layup	17-27
8:27		Andrew Rohde turnover (bad pass) (Yaxel Lendeborg steals)
8:22		Andrew Rohde shooting foul (Yaxel Lendeborg draws the foul)
8:22	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-28
8:22	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-29
8:08		Nick Boyd misses two point layup
8:06		Badgers offensive rebound
7:53		John Blackwell misses two point jump shot
7:51		Nimari Burnett defensive rebound
7:39	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists)	17-31
7:21		Elliot Cadeau personal foul
7:21		TV timeout
7:05	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot	20-31
6:49		Elliot Cadeau misses two point layup
6:47		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
6:42		Jump ball. Nick Boyd vs. Roddy Gayle Jr. (Nick Boyd gains possession)
6:35	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot (Nolan Winter assists)	23-31
6:20		Roddy Gayle Jr. misses three point jump shot
6:18		Nick Boyd defensive rebound
6:18		Elliot Cadeau personal foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
5:58		Morez Johnson Jr. shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
5:58		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:58	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-31
5:39	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point layup	24-33
5:25		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
5:23		Morez Johnson Jr. defensive rebound
5:19		Morez Johnson Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Nolan Winter steals)
5:11	+2	Jack Janicki makes two point dunk (Nolan Winter assists)	26-33
4:53	+2	Morez Johnson Jr. makes two point jump shot	26-35
4:44		Yaxel Lendeborg personal foul
4:44	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-35
4:44	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	28-35
4:24		Roddy Gayle Jr. turnover (bad pass)
4:14		Jack Janicki misses three point jump shot
4:12		Nick Boyd offensive rebound
4:08	+3	Aleksas Bieliauskas makes three point jump shot (John Blackwell assists)	31-35
3:55	+3	Morez Johnson Jr. makes three point jump shot (L.J. Cason assists)	31-38
3:40		Trey McKenney personal foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
3:40		TV timeout
3:40	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 1 of 2	32-38
3:40	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	33-38
3:24		Trey McKenney misses three point jump shot
3:22		Wolverines offensive rebound
3:14		Aday Mara misses two point hook shot
3:12		Nick Boyd defensive rebound
3:03		Morez Johnson Jr. blocks Nick Boyd's two point layup
3:01		Aday Mara defensive rebound
2:52		Braeden Carrington blocks L.J. Cason's two point layup
2:50		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
2:44	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup (Braeden Carrington assists)	35-38
2:30		Aday Mara turnover (Braeden Carrington steals)
2:30		John Blackwell turnover (bad pass)
2:10		Trey McKenney turnover (out of bounds)
1:56		Aday Mara blocks Nick Boyd's two point layup
1:54		Aday Mara defensive rebound
1:54		Roddy Gayle Jr. misses two point layup
1:54		Roddy Gayle Jr. offensive rebound
1:54		L.J. Cason misses three point jump shot
1:52		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
1:20	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point jump shot	37-38
0:50		L.J. Cason turnover (bad pass) (John Blackwell steals)
0:38		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses three point jump shot
0:36		Will Tschetter defensive rebound
0:29		Wolverines 30 second timeout
0:09		Nick Boyd blocks Yaxel Lendeborg's two point jump shot
0:07		Aleksas Bieliauskas defensive rebound
0:00		Braeden Carrington misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WISC
Badgers
54
MICH
Wolverines
50

Time		Play	Score
19:49	+2	Aday Mara makes two point layup (Yaxel Lendeborg assists)	37-40
19:35	+3	Aleksas Bieliauskas makes three point jump shot (Andrew Rohde assists)	40-40
19:11		Aday Mara misses two point layup
19:09		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
19:00	+3	Nolan Winter makes three point jump shot (John Blackwell assists)	43-40
18:47		Andrew Rohde shooting foul (Nimari Burnett draws the foul)
18:47	+1	Nimari Burnett makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-41
18:47	+1	Nimari Burnett makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-42
18:29	+3	Aleksas Bieliauskas makes three point jump shot (Nick Boyd assists)	46-42
18:13	+3	Elliot Cadeau makes three point jump shot (Morez Johnson Jr. assists)	46-45
17:49	+3	Aleksas Bieliauskas makes three point jump shot (Nick Boyd assists)	49-45
17:48		John Blackwell personal foul
17:28	+2	Roddy Gayle Jr. makes two point layup	49-47
17:05	+3	Aleksas Bieliauskas makes three point jump shot (Nick Boyd assists)	52-47
16:52		Nick Boyd shooting foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
16:52	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-48
16:52	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-49
16:45	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	54-49
16:33	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point layup	54-51
16:12	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point jump shot	56-51
16:01	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point layup	56-53
15:41	+3	Nick Boyd makes three point jump shot (John Blackwell assists)	59-53
15:26	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point layup	59-55
15:26		Aleksas Bieliauskas shooting foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
15:26		TV timeout
15:26	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 1 of 1	59-56
15:11	+3	Braeden Carrington makes three point jump shot (Nick Boyd assists)	62-56
15:04	+3	Nimari Burnett makes three point jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists)	62-59
14:50		Nimari Burnett personal foul
14:34		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
14:32		Elliot Cadeau defensive rebound
14:20		Aleksas Bieliauskas shooting foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
14:20	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-60
14:20		Morez Johnson Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:20		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
14:08	+3	Nolan Winter makes three point jump shot (Braeden Carrington assists)	65-60
13:51		Nick Boyd shooting foul (Elliot Cadeau draws the foul)
13:51	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-61
13:51	+1	Elliot Cadeau makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-62
13:25		Will Garlock turnover (bad pass)
13:18	+3	Elliot Cadeau makes three point jump shot	65-65
13:01		Nimari Burnett personal foul
13:01		Badgers 30 second timeout
13:01		TV timeout
12:43		Aleksas Bieliauskas misses three point jump shot
12:39		Badgers offensive rebound
12:25	+3	John Blackwell makes three point jump shot	68-65
12:13		Nolan Winter blocks Yaxel Lendeborg's two point layup
12:11		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
12:02		Nolan Winter offensive foul
12:02		Nolan Winter turnover (offensive foul)
11:52	+2	Roddy Gayle Jr. makes two point layup	68-67
11:37	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	70-67
11:25	+2	Elliot Cadeau makes two point layup	70-69
11:02		John Blackwell turnover (traveling)
11:02		TV timeout
10:51	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point jump shot	70-71
10:28		Jack Janicki misses three point jump shot
10:26		Aday Mara defensive rebound
10:09		Trey McKenney misses three point jump shot
10:07		John Blackwell defensive rebound
9:54		Nick Boyd misses two point layup
9:52		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
9:41		Yaxel Lendeborg misses three point jump shot
9:39		Will Tschetter offensive rebound
9:37		Nick Boyd personal foul (Will Tschetter draws the foul)
9:37	+1	Will Tschetter makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-72
9:37	+1	Will Tschetter makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-73
9:29		Andrew Rohde offensive foul
9:29		Andrew Rohde turnover (offensive foul)
9:12		Roddy Gayle Jr. misses two point layup
9:10		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
8:54	+2	John Blackwell makes two point jump shot	72-73
8:54		Trey McKenney shooting foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
8:54	+1	John Blackwell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	73-73
8:31		L.J. Cason misses two point layup
8:29		Jack Janicki defensive rebound
8:08	+2	Nick Boyd makes two point layup	75-73
7:57		Nick Boyd personal foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
7:57		TV timeout
7:57	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	75-74
7:57	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-75
7:35		John Blackwell turnover (out of bounds)
7:20		Trey McKenney misses three point jump shot
7:16		Wolverines offensive rebound
7:07		Nimari Burnett misses three point jump shot
7:05		John Blackwell defensive rebound
6:43		Nolan Winter misses three point jump shot
6:41		Braeden Carrington offensive rebound
6:40		Yaxel Lendeborg shooting foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
6:40	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-75
6:40	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-75
6:22		Nolan Winter shooting foul (Morez Johnson Jr. draws the foul)
6:22	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	77-76
6:22	+1	Morez Johnson Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-77
5:57		Aday Mara shooting foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
5:57	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	78-77
5:57	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-77
5:45	+2	Yaxel Lendeborg makes two point layup	79-79
5:11	+2	John Blackwell makes two point jump shot	81-79
4:54	+2	Nimari Burnett makes two point dunk	81-81
4:40		Yaxel Lendeborg blocks John Blackwell's two point layup
4:40		Badgers offensive rebound
4:26		Morez Johnson Jr. shooting foul (Nick Boyd draws the foul)
4:26	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 1 of 2	82-81
4:26	+1	Nick Boyd makes regular free throw 2 of 2	83-81
4:12	+3	Roddy Gayle Jr. makes three point jump shot (Elliot Cadeau assists)	83-84
3:49	+2	John Blackwell makes two point layup	85-84
3:34		Nimari Burnett misses three point jump shot
3:32		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
3:05		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
3:03		Braeden Carrington offensive rebound
3:00	+3	Andrew Rohde makes three point jump shot (Braeden Carrington assists)	88-84
2:38		Elliot Cadeau turnover (bad pass)
2:17		John Blackwell misses three point jump shot
2:15		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
2:09		Roddy Gayle Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:07		Nolan Winter defensive rebound
2:02		Roddy Gayle Jr. personal foul
2:02		TV timeout
2:02		Braeden Carrington misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:02		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
1:39		Elliot Cadeau misses three point jump shot
1:37		Braeden Carrington defensive rebound
1:27		Yaxel Lendeborg personal foul (John Blackwell draws the foul)
1:27		John Blackwell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:27		Yaxel Lendeborg defensive rebound
1:14	+2	Roddy Gayle Jr. makes two point layup	88-86
1:11		Wolverines 30 second timeout
0:46		Aday Mara blocks Nick Boyd's two point jump shot
0:44		John Blackwell offensive rebound
0:38		Andrew Rohde misses three point jump shot
0:36		Elliot Cadeau defensive rebound
0:35		Roddy Gayle Jr. misses two point layup
0:35		Badgers defensive rebound
0:33		Badgers 30 second timeout
0:32		Elliot Cadeau personal foul
0:32	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 1 of 2	89-86
0:32	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	90-86
0:27		Wolverines 30 second timeout
0:25		Nolan Winter blocks Nimari Burnett's three point jump shot
0:22		Wolverines offensive rebound
0:17		Nimari Burnett misses three point jump shot
0:15		Badgers defensive rebound
0:15		John Blackwell personal foul
0:15	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 1 of 2	90-87
0:15	+1	Yaxel Lendeborg makes regular free throw 2 of 2	90-88
0:09		Roddy Gayle Jr. personal foul (Braeden Carrington draws the foul)
0:09		Braeden Carrington misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:09	+1	Braeden Carrington makes regular free throw 2 of 2	91-88
0:02		Roddy Gayle Jr. misses three point jump shot
0:00		Morez Johnson Jr. offensive rebound
0:01		Morez Johnson Jr. misses two point layup
0:00		Wolverines offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

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