Nick Boyd had a career-high 36 factors, seven rebounds and 7 assists as Wisconsin beat Providence 104-83 Thursday within the Rady Children’s Invitational semifinals in San Diego.
Boyd, who spent final season at San Diego State, made 15 of 25 discipline objective makes an attempt, together with 4 3-pointers.
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Austin Rapp added 20 factors and eight rebounds, Nolan Winter completed with 19 factors and 10 rebounds and John Blackwell tossed in 11 factors. Rapp made 5 of 11 3-point makes an attempt.
Wisconsin Badgers guard Nick Boyd (2) handles the ball towards Providence Friars guard Jaylin Sellers (2) throughout the second half at Jenny Craig Pavilion on Thanksgiving Day.
Wisconsin (5-1) will play TCU in Friday’s championship sport. TCU beat No. 10 Florida 84-80 in Thursday’s first semifinal. Providence (4-3) and No. 10 Florida will meet in Friday’s comfort sport.
Jason Edwards scored a team-high 20 factors for Providence, which entered the matchup averaging 93.2 factors per sport. The loss ended Providence’s two-game profitable streak.
“A step in the wrong direction,” is how Providence head coach Kim English described the sport, saying he was disenchanted within the workforce’s defensive effort, its hustle and focus.
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Stefan Vaaks (11), Jamier Jones (10) and Oswin Erhunmwunse (10) additionally reached double figures for Providence. Jones and Jaylin Sellers every had a team-high seven rebounds for the Friars, who by no means led within the sport.
The Badgers had a 14-7 edge in offensive rebounds and a 32-14 benefit in fastbreak factors.
Wisconsin used a 12-2 run to take a 39-26 lead with 3:24 remaining within the first half. Boyd made 4 fastbreak layups in that stretch alone.
The Badgers missed 12 of their first 14 3-point makes an attempt within the half, however made their ultimate 4 photographs from behind the 3-point arc. Rapp sank three 3-pointers within the ultimate 80 seconds of the half to put Wisconsin up 51-32 after 20 minutes.
Friars head coach Kim English reacts towards the Wisconsin Badgers throughout the first half at Jenny Craig Pavilion on Thursday.
A Winter layup capped a 12-0 run that handed the Badgers a 65-37 lead with 15:13 to play.
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Jack Janicki hit a pair of 3-pointers 64 seconds aside to assist Wisconsin make it 73-47 with 12:27 remaining, and the Badgers led by at least 19 the remainder of the sport.
Providence will face defending nationwide champion Florida on Friday at 3 p.m.
This article initially appeared on The Providence Journal: Providence basketball loses to Wisconsin 104-83 on November 27 2025