La Crosse’s Davis coming off career game, as No. 19 Badgers take on 12th-ranked Illini
A big matchup at 1:30 p.m. Saturday for the 19th-ranked University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team hosting No. 12 Illinois.
La Crosse native Jonathan Davis is coming off a career game. The freshman scored a career-high 17 points in 18 minutes in the 72-56 win over Penn State on Tuesday.
Not only that, the 6-foot-5 guard had a career high in 3-pointers, going 4-for-4, field goals made — he was 6 of 7. He tied his high in steals at three and, not to rain on the parade, but he also had a career high six turnovers.
The 3-pointers came out of nowhere. Davis hadn’t hit one since Dec. 22, going 0-for-8, and was shooting just 23.5% from beyond the arc — 41.4% from the field.
The 17 points were more than double the output he had in any of his past 12 games. He’s scored double-digits three time now, including 12 against both Loyola-Chicago and Marquette back in mid-December.
Davis is averaging 6.6 points. He is tied for second on the team in rebounds (4.4), fifth in minutes (23.5) and averaging 1.6 blocks/steals a game.
He’s only had one game this season where he hasn’t had a block or a steal.
TOP PHOTO: FILE – Wisconsin guard Jonathan Davis (1) passes the ball around Michigan guard Franz Wagner (21) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)