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A Bahamian senior men’s national team player is making waves on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball scene as he had a career night with 29 points, helping the University of Wisconsin Badgers (9-3) get an 80-53 win over the Chicago State University Cougars (7-10) on Friday.
AJ Storr and the number 24th nationally ranked Badgers picked up their ninth win of the season, sporting a 9-3 win/loss record. It was their second consecutive victory, ending the calendar year on a positive note
Playing in front of their home crowd at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, the Badgers never trailed in the game. They led wire-to-wire and held the Cougars to just 31.7 percent shooting from the field. The Badgers shot 50 percent in the win, going 28-for-56.
Storr opened the game with a layup and made a three-pointer, helping to put his team up 6-2 with 17:56 left in the first half. He converted an and-one play at the 11:51 mark in the first half to put his team up 18-5.
At the end of the half, the Badgers led by 13 points, 38-25. They held the Cougars to 28.1 percent shooting on just nine made field goals in 32 attempts in the first half.
In the second half, Storr and the Badgers kept the Cougars at arm’s length. Storr connected on a three-point shot with 8:19 left in the second half to give the Badgers a 67-50 lead. The Badgers stretched the lead to 20 points and never looked back. The margin didn’t shrink under 20 points after that.
It has been a good season for Storr as he leads his team in scoring with an average of 15 points per game. He has started in all 12 games for the Badgers this season. He is shooting at a 44.3 percent clip on the season and is averaging 2.8 rebounds per game.
The Badgers return to action on January 2 when they face the Iowa University Hawkeyes on their home court at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin, starting at 6 p.m.
Also in action on Friday night was Deyton Albury for the Queens University of Charlotte Royals. They fell to the Clemson University Tigers (10-1), 109-79, on the road at the Littlejohn Coliseum, in Clemson, South Carolina. Albury posted 10 points in the loss, going 4-for-10 from the field. He also had five rebounds in 25 minutes on the floor. He was able to pick up a steal.https://02e9c279bc6128139e137571e58b478b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
It was a long night for the Royals as they went up against the 18th nationally ranked team. They never led in this game and the only tie came when Albury opened the scoring for his team with a layup at the 19:17 mark of the first half. The Tigers took their first double-digit lead at the 12:24 mark of the first half, going up 21-11.
Albury’s opening basket were his only points of the first half. The Tigers went up 69-36 at the break. The Royals could not find a way to cut into that deficit in the second half. The closest they got was 27 points.
This was Albury’s fifth straight game with at least 10 points. He is averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game and is shooting at a 46.6 percent clip on the season.
The Royals will look to end their three-game losing skid in their next game but they will have their hands full as they take on number 21 nationally ranked Duke University Blue Devils on the road at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. That game will take place on Saturday and get underway at 2 p.m.