Yaxel Lendeborg put Michigan in the Big Ten tournament championship final, hitting a 3-pointer as time expired for a 68-65 win on Saturday.
YAXEL GIVES MICHIGAN THE LEAD IN THE FINAL SECOND!
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Wisconsin appeared to run out of gas in its Big Ten tournament semifinal versus Michigan on Saturday. The Badgers fell behind 52-39 midway through the second half and it began to look as if playing three games in three days had tired them out.
Then Austin Rapp caught fire from 3-point range. The sophomore forward from Melbourne, Australia could not miss, hitting five consecutive shots from behind the arc. That powered a 17-2 run for the Badgers, giving them a 62-58 lead with 3:50 remaining in the game.
Michigan answered with a layup by Aday Mara and 3-pointer from Eliot Cadeau to go back on top, 65-62. But Nick Boyd hit a 3 to tie the score for Wisconsin with 29 seconds left.
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