Badgers win comfortably for a change

Nicknamed “Team Drama” by Head Coach Greg Gard for a series of nail biting victories to start the season, the Wisconsin Badgers played a strong second half and finally coasted to a win, beating Lehigh 78-56 at the Kohl Center Thursday night.    It was a night headed for more drama as Lehigh was able to drive to the hoop consistently and they made big shots to carry a one point lead into the locker room.    The visitors were up 43-38 early in the second half when the Badgers took off.   Hitting 52% of their three point shots, Wisconsin found it’s rhythm and got balanced scoring to outscore Lehigh 40-13 over the game’s final 14 minutes.  Stephen Crowl led the way with 15 points, Jordan Davis put up 14 and Tyler Wahl and Connor Essegian each chipped in with 13.    The Badgers, ranked 22 in the AP poll, 23rd in the Coaches poll, improved to 9-2 on the season.