Nick Boyd’s career day leads Wisconsin past Providence in San Diego

Nick Boyd had a career-high 36 points, seven rebounds and seven assists as Wisconsin beat Providence 104-83 Thursday in the Rady Children’s Invitational semifinals in San Diego.Boyd, who spent last season at San Diego State, made 15 of 25 field goal attempts, including four 3-pointers.Austin Rapp added 20 points and eight rebounds, Nolan Winter finished with 19 points and 10 rebounds and John Blackwell tossed in 11 points. Rapp made 5 of 11 3-point attempts.Wisconsin (5-1) will play TCU in Friday’s championship game. TCU beat No. 10 Florida 84-80 in Thursday’s first semifinal. Providence (4-3) and Florida will meet in Friday’s consolation game.Jason Edwards scored a team-high 20 points for Providence, which entered the matchup averaging 93.2 points per game. The loss ended Providence’s two-game winning streak.Stefan Vaaks (11), Jamier Jones (10) and Oswin Erhunmwunse (10) also reached double figures for Providence. Jones and Jaylin Sellers each had a team-high seven rebounds for the Friars, who never led in the game.The Badgers had a 14-7 edge in offensive rebounds and a 32-14 advantage in fastbreak points.

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