The graduate guard scored 27 points and the Badgers hit 17 three-pointers in an 83-55 victory over the Cornhuskers Sunday at the Kohl Center.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore went from averaging 8.1 points against the Big Ten last season to ranking sixth in the league with an 19.2 points per game.

John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while trouncing Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss.

On Sunday afternoon, former Wisconsin transfer guard Connor Essegian was received with open arms in his return to the Kohl Center. In his first game in Madison since he transferred to the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ program this spring,

Sunday vs. Nebraska: UW scored 19 of the first 21 points to open the game but broke open the game for good with a 16-2 run early in the second half. The Badgers’ 17 three-pointers in the 84-55 victory tied for the third-highest single-game total in program history.

John Tonje had 27 points and John Blackwell added 14 to lead 18th-ranked Wisconsin to an 83-55 Big Ten victory over Nebraska on Sunday in Madison, Wis.

Tonje dropped 27 points, 15 of which arrived in the first frame, and corralled five rebounds in 29 minutes of action. Sophomore guard John Blackwell finished with 14 points and four boards, Kamari McGee scored 11 points and nailed three three-pointers off the bench and Max Klesmit chipped in with eight points and seven rebounds.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — John Tonje scored 27 points and No. 18 Wisconsin never trailed while routing Nebraska 83-55 on Sunday to hand the Cornhuskers their sixth consecutive loss. Wisconsin (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) bounced back from an 85-83 loss at UCLA that snapped a seven-game winning streak.

MADISON – Wisconsin’s John Blackwell rocked the rim for the first time last weekend and Max Klesmit and Kamari McGee weren’t about to let the moment pass without a word from the star of the ...

The transfer by way of Colorado State and Missouri kept the energy going all afternoon. Leading Wisconsin with a team-high 27 points, including draining five of his 11 three-point attempts, Tonje again scored in double-figures. He has done so in 18 of 20 games this season for the Badgers.

The Badgers jumped on the Huskers early, getting out to a 19-2 lead only five minutes into the game. Wisconsin also hit five 3-pointers in that span.

The 18th-ranked Wisconsin men didn’t waste any time getting back into the win column, blasting Nebraska on Sunday. Coming off a long road trip to California tha