Ohio State came up short at No. 24 Wisconsin on Tuesday, but freshman center Ivan Njegovan made a case for a bigger role with a strong performance.

Ohio State women's basketball limited turnovers and played tough defense at Wisconsin. The Buckeyes are now 17-0.

A lot of it is a result of personnel, and Wisconsin has one of the best free throw shooters in the nation. Graduate guard John Tonje made 10 of 10 at the line Tuesday. In that game against the Wildcats earlier this season, he scored 21 of his 41 on 21-of-22 shooting at the free throw stripe.

The Badgers lost almost all of a 17-point halftime lead, but hit on 25 of 28 free throw attempts and posted 70-68 win over the Buckeyes.

No. 24 Wisconsin delivered a strong performance at home against Ohio State, building a commanding 17-point lead by halftime. Despite a second-half rally by the Buckeyes that

Resurgent Wisconsin, which rejoined the AP rankings at No. 24 this week, will look for its sixth consecutive victory when it faces Ohio State on Tuesday in Madison, Wis.

The Badgers are on a five-game win streak entering tonight's matchup, which is part of a busy night on Peacock.

Everything you need to know in order to watch the Wisconsin Badgers take on the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Wisconsin made 25 of 28 free throws against the Buckeyes, outscoring Ohio State by 12 points at the line. The Badgers continue to boast the nation's best free throw percentage at 85.4%, which is on pace to rank as the best percentage in program history.

Jordan Reid, a former Ohio University standout who spent the past two seasons on Lance Taylor's Western Michigan staffs, has accepted the wide receivers post at Wisconsin, multiple sources told FootballScoop. With this being a live recruiting period, Reid already is on the ground and working at Wisconsin, sources added.

A WEDC report noted that 0.22% of the Wisconsin population start new businesses of all descriptions compared with the U.S. average of 0.34%.