UNIVERSITY PARK — Braeden Carrington and John Blackwell each scored 17 points, and Wisconsin pulled away midway through the first half to rout Penn State 98-71 on Thursday night for the Badgers’ fifth consecutive win.

Nolan Winter added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Nick Boyd scored 11 points for Wisconsin (14-5, 6-2 Big Ten). Andrew Rohde’s 3-pointer stretched Wisconsin’s lead to 78-44 with 8:50 to play.

The Badgers shot 51% overall and made 15 of 35 of their 3-point attempts. Carrington was 4 of 6 from long range.

Josh Reed scored 18 points and Freddie Dilione V added 17 to lead Penn State (9-10, 0-8).

Mason Blackwood added 14 points for the Nittany Lions, who have lost six straight and nine of their last 10.

The Badgers outscored the Nittany Lions 38-9 in the last 11-plus minutes of the first half for a 50-22 advantage.

Carrington scored 17 points and Blackwell added 13. Reed scored nine first-half points for the Nittany Lions.

Wisconsin has won six of the last eight games in the series and 19 of 22 dating to 2012.

Game notes

Reed turned in his highest-scoring game in a Nittany Lion uniform. Reed added six rebounds on the night.

Freshman forward Ivan Juric led the Nittany Lions in rebounds with a career-high 12 boards, marking the second time this season that he reached double figures. Juric tallied five points on the night.

Freshman guard Kayden Mingo led the team in assists for the 12th time this season, tallying five on the night. Mingo added six points and collected two rebounds.

Dilione V impressed in the second half, scoring 15 out of his 17 points in the period. Dilione V’s 17 points gave him his 14th game reaching double-digits this season, leading the team in that category.

Blackwood, a freshman forward, surpassed his career high in scoring on the night in 22 minutes. He added six rebounds to go along his career-best scoring mark so far this season.

Up next

Wisconsin: Hosts USC Sunday.

Penn State: At Ohio State Monday.

WISCONSIN (14-5): Bieliauskas 2-6 0-0 4, Winter 6-10 1-2 13, Blackwell 5-10 4-4 17, Boyd 5-13 0-0 11, Rohde 3-7 1-1 9, Janicki 1-3 0-0 3, Carrington 5-7 3-3 17, Rapp 4-6 1-1 10, Garlock 1-2 0-2 2, Kinziger 2-4 0-0 6, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Robison 1-1 1-2 4, Gard 0-0 0-0 0, Greppi 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-71 11-15 98.

PENN STATE (9-10): Juric 2-8 1-3 5, Reed 5-7 5-6 18, Mingo 3-14 0-0 6, Rice 0-2 3-6 3, Stewart 2-4 2-2 6, Dilione 6-17 2-2 17, Blackwood 4-7 4-4 14, Tunca 1-3 0-0 2, Ciani 0-1 0-0 0, Houser 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-64 17-23 71.

Halftime–Wisconsin 50-22. 3-Point Goals–Wisconsin 15-35 (Carrington 4-6, Blackwell 3-7, Kinziger 2-3, Rohde 2-6, Robison 1-1, Rapp 1-2, Janicki 1-3, Boyd 1-5, Bieliauskas 0-1, Winter 0-1), Penn State 8-27 (Reed 3-3, Dilione 3-10, Blackwood 2-5, Houser 0-1, Juric 0-1, Rice 0-1, Tunca 0-1, Stewart 0-2, Mingo 0-3). Rebounds–Wisconsin 42 (Winter 10), Penn State 31 (Juric 12). Assists–Wisconsin 25 (Rohde 6), Penn State 11 (Mingo 5). Total Fouls–Wisconsin 16, Penn State 12.