The Nebraska Cornhuskers are heading into Sunday’s matchup against No. 18 Wisconsin with their season hanging by a thread. A loss in Madison would be their sixth straight defeat and might all but end their hopes of salvaging anything meaningful from this year.

Nebraska's men's basketball started slow on the road against No. 18 Wisconsin and never fully recovered in its sixth straight loss. Here are three takeaways from the blowout.

Wisconsin held Nebraska to its lowest point total (55) since a Dec. 7 loss to Michigan State (52). That performance raised the Badgers' KenPom defensive efficiency ranking to No. 50 nationally. That pushed the team's overall ranking to No. 14.

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Wisconsin basketball handed Nebraska its sixth-straight loss thanks to a blistering performance from beyond the arc

The Badgers rushed out to an early lead and nearly lost it, but bounced back in a conference victory in Madison.

Tonje dropped 27 points, 15 of which arrived in the first frame, and corralled five rebounds in 29 minutes of action. Sophomore guard John Blackwell finished with 14 points and four boards, Kamari McGee scored 11 points and nailed three three-pointers off the bench and Max Klesmit chipped in with eight points and seven rebounds.

The transfer by way of Colorado State and Missouri kept the energy going all afternoon. Leading Wisconsin with a team-high 27 points, including draining five of his 11 three-point attempts, Tonje again scored in double-figures. He has done so in 18 of 20 games this season for the Badgers.

A former Badgers sharpshooter plays for Nebraska, which has struggled of late. Here's what to know about the Cornhuskers.

The University of Wisconsin men's basketball team is back on a hot streak, or a miniature one at least. The Badgers (18-5, 8-4 Big Ten), after a big second half helped lift them over Northwestern on Feb.

Wisconsin basketball begins an important two-game road trip with a matchup against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday. The Iowa game precedes Wisconsin's season-defining trip to Purdue on Feb. 15. It is also a rematch of an early-season matchup,