PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) – Duje Dukan thought he had created a turnover with a held ball. The referees said he was guilty of a foul instead.
It’s a play that won’t make highlight reels, won’t get pointed to in any boxscore.
But it sparked No. 2 Wisconsin into finding a way to survive its first test this season.
Sam Dekker scored 17 points, Nigel Hayes’ acrobatic tip-in with 20 seconds left capped his 15-point day, and Wisconsin overcame a nine-point second-half deficit to beat upset-minded Georgetown 68-65 on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals.
“I have bruises,” Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said. “And I was watching.”