Richie Saunders scored a game-high 26 points and AJ Dybantsa added 18 as No. 9 BYU rolled past No. 23 Wisconsin 98-70 on Friday in Salt Lake City.BYU (4-1) shot 47.7% in the Bad Boy Mowers Series game while limiting Wisconsin to 37.7% from the floor.Wisconsin (4-1) trailed by as many as 32 points in the second half, unable to overcome shooting struggles or sustain momentum after Dybantsa was whistled for his fourth foul with 17:50 to play.The Badgers pulled to within seven points on a Nolan Winter tip-in with 13:22 remaining but the Cougars quickly regained control, responding with a 9-0 run that included five points from Saunders.He punctuated the spurt with one of his five 3-pointers on nine attempts.Nick Boyd scored 12 of his 16 points after halftime to lead Wisconsin. Winter notched a double-double of 14 points and 14 rebounds and John Blackwell and Braeden Carrington added 14 points as well.Dawson Baker had 11 points for the Cougars. Robert Wright III added 10 points and 11 assists while grabbing seven rebounds to help BYU to a 44-39 edge on the glass.While Kennard Davis Jr. (indefinite suspension) remained out of the lineup, Keba Keita returned at center. He sustained a blow to the head during a Nov. 15 loss to UConn and didn’t practice for much of this week.
