Alando Tucker, Wisconsin's most consistent scoring threat, made his first field goal with less than a minute to go in the first half. Yet, the No. 3 Badgers still enjoyed a double-digit lead.

"It was commented that we were down 11 at half and he wasn't playing good," Penn State coach Ed DeChellis said, according to Wisconsin athletics. "It was a little of a concern."

When Tucker, a senior guard and Player of the Year candidate, drained 7-of-9 shots in the second half to score 16 of his game-high 22 points, Wisconsin pulled away and won, 75-49, Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis.

Penn State lost its 11th consecutive game while Wisconsin set a new school record for wins in a season with 26.

Despite shooting 46 percent from the field, the Nittany Lions (10-15, 1-11 Big Ten) scored a season-low in points and remained in last place in the Big Ten.

The Badgers (26-2, 12-1), without production from Tucker in the first half, methodically built up their early lead with help from Penn State, which committed 12 of its 18 turnovers in the first frame.

"You can't come and play on the road and turn it over 18 times and not get any shots," DeChellis said. "Some of those turnovers were in the backcourt that led to some easy baskets and there's not a lot of defense for that."

Geary Claxton led Penn State with 15 points and Wisconsin senior guard Kammron Taylor added 18 for Wisconsin.

Badgers freshman guard Jason Bohannon finished with a career-high 11 points in 21 minutes off the bench. He hit three first-half three-pointers against the Lions' zone defense, helping the Badgers tie a season-high with 12 makes from behind the arc.

"They were jamming everything pretty good, taking away our post feeds, and if you don't hit a few [three-pointers] it makes it pretty difficult to get something later in the post," Badgers coach Bo Ryan said. "If you're not stretching the defense you have to hit some, and against a team like that playing the way they were you're going to take more outside shots. It's just natural."

Penn State kept Wisconsin's lead within 10 until 14 minutes remained. Then Tucker hit a three to start a 21-6 run that ended with 6:18 left. Shortly after, with a comfortable 25-point advantage, Tucker headed to the bench and was done for the game with his seventh-consecutive 20-point outing.

Notes: Penn State wideout and basketball walk-on Jordan Norwood saw playing time for the first time since joining the team Jan. 11. He played the final two minutes, and had one rebound and one assist. ... Wisconsin's bench outscored Penn State's, 25-2.