THIS. IS. MARCH.

Big Ten Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg may have been held to just 12 points in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal. But man, those last three came when it counted.

The No. 5 seed Wisconsin Badgers mounted a 17-2, second-half run behind five consecutive triples from Austin Rapp to erase a 15-point deficit and tie the game. Elliot Cadeau and Nick Boyd each threw punches, burying threes of their own to knot the score at 65 with 29 seconds left.

Cadeau dribbled to the right corner to draw the defense and found Lendeborg open beyond the arc. The Big Ten Player of the Year pulled up, and the arena went silent... before the game-winning shot fell with just four tenths of a second left on the clock.

Boyd threw up a 3/4-court heave, but it skewed right. The No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines survived to advance to their second consecutive Big Ten championship game, 68-65.

Lendeborg finished with 12 points and five rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting, while Rapp led all scorers with 18 points behind a season-high six buckets. Aday Mara led four Wolverines in double figures with 16 points and eight rebounds.

No. 1 seed Michigan advances to take on the winner of No. 7 seed Purdue/No. 6 seed UCLA in the championship game at 2:30 p.m. CT tomorrow on CBS. The Wolverines have a chance to defend their tournament title and be the first team to repeat as tournament champions since they did it in 2017-2018. Want to see the title game in person?  Click here .

Full game breakdown below. 👇 Get  more tournament stories here .

First Half: Defensive battle

• Tough defense in the first three minutes. Morez Johnson Jr. gets two on the board for Michigan before Andrew Rohde nails a triple for the Badgers. We've already seen four combined turnovers.
• Trey McKenney and Nimari Burnett find four for the Wolverines, before Wisconsin stars Nick Boyd and John Blackwell bury back-to-back threes. Elliot Cadeau responds with one of his own, and it's tied at nine with 12:18 to go.
• The teams trade blows as Aleksas Bieliauskas hits three from distance. Wisconsin gets up by as many as seven points. It's 21-16 at the media (7:17).
• Notable: Morez Johnson Jr. and Roddy Gayle Jr. currently lead Michigan with 12 points each. They average 13.6 and 7.3 per game, respectively.
• After a field goal drought, the Wolverines put up seven straight points to pull within one. Boyd counters with a fast break layup to make it 28-25 Wisconsin with 39 seconds left in the half.
• Big Ten Player of the Year Yaxel Lendeborg gets his first points of the game with a three, and we head to the break knotted at 28.

Second Half: THIS. IS. MARCH.

• The Wolverines go on a 7-1 run to open the half, led by three points from Aday Mara!
• Blackwell breaks up Michigan's scoring, but Lendeborg and Cadeau lead the Wolverines on another 7-0 spurt. Michigan leads 42-31 with 14:20 to go.
• Boyd and Blackwell score five straight for UW, but Mara comes through with a three-point play. 45-36, Maize and Blue (13:08).
• Notable: Michigan's depth is on display yet again. The Wolverines have 17 bench points to Wisconsin's four.
• Notable: Boyd has been held to just nine points so far.
• Both teams score, but Michigan holds a 54-45 advantage with 8:50 left.
• AUSTIN RAPP BURIES BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK THREES FOR WISCONSIN TO TIE THE GAME! 56-56 with 5:31 remaining. 🤯
• Notable: Wisconsin is on a 17-2 run over the last 3:57, 9-0 over the last 1:22.
• AUSTIN RAPP MY GOODNESS! HE DRILLS TWO MORE CONSECUTIVE TRIPLES to give UW a 62-58 edge with 3:50 to go! He leads four Badgers in double figures with 18 points, all coming from three-pointers. His six buckets are the most he's made in a game this year.
• Notable: Lendeborg has been held to nine points with three minutes remaining.
• ELLIOT CADEAU RATTLES IN THE GO-AHEAD THREE with 45.6 seconds left! Michigan's 7-0 spurt gives them a 65-52 lead.
• NICK BOYD MATCHES IT! TIE GAME!
• YAXEL. LENDEBORG. GAME-WINNER. FROM THREE. MICHIGAN ADVANCES 68-65.

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