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Five days removed from their 2023 Fort Myers Tip-Off victory in Florida, the University of Wisconsin vanquished Western Illinois University in a 71–49 blowout.
Prior to the tip, Wisconsin honored UW forward Tyler Wahl for recently eclipsing the 1,000-point mark during his tenure as a Badger. The brief celebration heralded a wave of optimism to begin the contest — UW certainly capitalized on it.
Wisconsin opened the game on a 7–0 run and first-year wing AJ Storr erupted from the jump. The 6-foot-7 forward mustered 11 points through a combination of downhill penetration and outside jumpers.