CHICAGO - The Badgers seemed in a daze, almost like jittery rookies playing in their first NCAA Tournament. The Islanders, a newcomer to college basketball's big event, looked like the veterans - at least at the start.

Flustered for most of the first half, Wisconsin overcame an 18- point deficit to beat 15th-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the opening round.

"We don't fall apart when things aren't going our way,"

Kammron Taylor said after scoring all 24 of his points in the second half.

Second-seeded Wisconsin (30-5) advanced to the second round Sunday at the United Center to play Nevada-Las Vegas.

The Islanders (26-7) came out strong, scoring the first 10 points and later leading 25-7 against the stunned Badgers.

"We didn't finish it. You can't let up against a team like that when you get them down," Islanders coach Ronnie Arrow said.

Badgers standout Alando Tucker also shook off a slow start to finish with 23 points.

		FG	FT	Reb
TA&M-CC	Min	M-A	M-A	O-T	A	PF	Pts
Menifee	24	2-4	0-2	2-4	4	4	4
Engelken	19	2-2	2-2	1-1	2	3	6
Daniels	34	7-14	5-6	0-9	0	3	20
Ervin	29	2-4	0-0	1-5	3	2	5
Mitchell	30	3-8	2-4	0-3	7	5	11
Washigton	20	2-5	2-4	0-1	0	2	7
Johnson	10	1-3	2-3	0-0	0	1	4
Slatnick	8	0-3	2-2	0-1	0	1	2
Smith	22	1-3	2-2	1-6	0	4	4
CaNelson	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0
Totals	200	20-46	17-25	7-34	16	26	63

Percentages - FG .435, FT .680. Three-point goals - 6-12, .500 (Mitchell 3-4, Ervin 1-1, Washington 1-2, Daniels 1-3, Slatnick 0-1, Menifee 0-1). Team rebounds - 4. Blocked shots - 5 (Daniels 4, Menifee). Turnovers - 17 (Ervin 4, Mitchell 4, Daniels 4, Smith 3, Engelken, Menifee). Steals - 5 (Mitchell 2, Daniels, Ca.Nelson, Smith). Technicals - None.

		FG	FT	Reb
WIS.	Min	M-A	M-A	O-T	A	PF	Pts
Landry	23	2-3	3-4	2-7	0	3	7
Tucker	35	6-17	9-10	2-5	1	4	23
Chappell	11	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	4	0
Flowers	20	1-4	2-3	2-6	1	3	4
Taylor	38	7-15	7-9	0-1	3	0	24
Bohannon	26	3-8	2-2	0-0	3	2	10
Bronson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Cain	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Hughes	8	0-1	0-0	0-2	0	0	0
Stiemsma	17	1-3	2-2	1-6	3	3	4
Gullikson	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Krabbnhoft	19	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	2	4
Totals	200	22-55	25-30	11-34	13	21	76

Percentages - FG .400, FT .833. Three-point goals - 7-20, .350 (Taylor 3-8, Tucker 2-4, Bohannon 2-5, Hughes 0-1, Flowers 0-2). Team rebounds - 3.

Blocked shots - 4 (Flowers, Stiemsma, Landry, Bohannon). Turnovers - 10 (Taylor 2, Flowers 2, Chappell, Stiemsma, Krabbenhoft, Bohannon, Hughes).

Steals - 8 (Chappell 2, Taylor 2, Landry 2, Flowers, Bohannon). Technicals - Stiemsma.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ......27 36 - 63

Wisconsin ......19 57 - 76

A - 18,237. Officials - Jamie Luckie, Bernard Clinton, Robert D. Staffen.

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