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MADISON, Wis. -- Another week, another key injury for Wisconsins defense.The 11th-ranked Badgers have weathered the adversity just fine so far, but the loss of leading tackler Jack Cichy for the year may provide coach Paul Chrysts defense its toughest challenge yet.Teammates were understandably down as preparations began this week for Saturdays showdown against No. 7 Nebraska . They need to move on quickly, however difficult it may be, without the popular Cichy.Its going to take our whole defensive front seven to fill in for guys who go down like Jack, said linebacker Vince Biegel, who returned for Wisconsins 17-9 win over Iowa last week after missing two games with a foot injury.But the Badgers (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten) have become frustratingly used to having to replace key pieces on defense.Cichy is the second starting inside linebacker to be lost for the year, after Chris Orr got hurt in the season opener. Biegel missed the losses to Michigan and Ohio State.Third cornerback Natrell Jamerson has missed several games with a left leg injury. Backup outside linebacker Zack Baun missed the Iowa game with his own left leg injury. Space-eating nose tackle Olive Sagapolu (right arm) has already been ruled out for the Nebraska game, missing a second straight contest.Starting cornerback Derrick Tindal left the Iowa game with a right leg injury.Sometimes life throws you curveballs. Sometimes football is the same way, Biegel said.Yet there the Badgers remain near the top of key categories in the FBS:-Fourth in scoring defense (14.3 points per game)-Ninth in total defense (300.6 yards)-Tenth in rushing defense (102.9 yards)Theres talent and chemistry to it. I think theres a good scheme to it, Chryst said.First-year coordinator Justin Wilcox has successfully built on the scheme that former coordinator Dave Aranda established last season before leaving for LSU.At outside linebacker, formerly untested Garrett Dooley filled in well for Biegel. Ryan Connelly will take over for Cichy. The top sub at inside linebacker also filled in when Orr went down in the opener, before the Badgers got T.J. Edwards back from a season-opening injury.In a testament to the depth at linebacker, that unit remains one of the best in the Big Ten in spite of the injuries. T.J. Watt has emerged as a force on the outside with Biegel, while there shouldnt be much drop-off with Connelly joining Edwards inside.Theres a challenge that weve got to rise up to ... where weve been successful, but that doesnt guarantee anything going forward, Chryst said.Perhaps the Badgers will draw inspiration from the red T-shirts they started wearing the last few days with the phrase, Got grit? printed in across the chest.Said Chryst: Grit is something thats important. There (are) a lot of guys on this team that have it.Wisconsin prides itself on a blue-collar, grind-it-out mentality. The Badgers can go step-for-step against squads at Ohio State and Michigan filled with highly-rated recruits.Cichy himself emerged from walk-on status to becoming an energetic heart of the defense.Weve really got a bunch of guys who embody what Wisconsin is all about. Thats smart, tough and dependable, safety Leo Musso said.---Online:College Football site: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP NMD Skor Sverige . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Adidas Stan Smith Sverige . The winner Saturday will remain in the elite 10-team field next year. "We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. http://www.nmdsverige.com/nmd-xr1-adidas-skor.html . LOUIS -- Rookie Tavon Austin has missed another day of practice, lessening the odds hell be ready for the St. Adidas NMD R1 Billigt . The Australian is competing in his final season in Formula One and still looking for his first win this year. He will look to end Vettels run of six straight race wins on Sunday. Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. Adidas Stan Smith Rea . -- Jimmie Johnson held off a teammate, passed a pair of Hall of Famers, and dominated once more at Dover. PHOENIX -- The last 24 hours werent easy on the Phoenix Suns, but they pulled together and got a win.The team landed at 3 a.m. from a close loss at Portland on Tuesday night, having already learned before that game that center Tyson Chandlers mother had died. Chandler was away from the team Wednesday as well.They trailed by as many as 11 points, but Eric Bledsoe scored 14 of his 21 in the fourth quarter to help the Suns to a 107-100 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.Bledsoe added 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Suns (3-6), who got a season-high 19 points off the bench from Jared Dudley. Alex Len added 16 points and 14 rebounds.The guys came out and they played for a bigger purpose beyond basketball, coach Earl Watson said.My team needed me, Bledsoe said. All of us are a family. You dont ever want to see one of your brothers go down like that.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope led the Pistons (4-4) with a season-high 27 points, making 5 of 10 3-point attempts, but he missed a potential tying 3 with 1:35 to play and the Suns up 99-96. Andre Drummond added 18 points and 14 rebounds.The Pistons went on a 14-0 run between the end of the third quarter and early in the fourth to take an 87-81 lead. Former Sun Jon Leuer scored six of the points and finished with 11 points and nine rebounds.Phoenix went back ahead 92-90 when Dudley fed Len for a dunk with 5:02 to play. Dudleys fourth 3 of the game made it 99-93.Thats been my role the last couple of years, the trailing jump shot, Dudley said. Once you hit one, your teammates start looking for you.The Pistons led by as many as 11 points in the first quarter and 28-19 going into the second. Caldwell-Pope scored nine points in the first.The Suns made only 6 of 22 shots in the first quarter.Phoenix rallied in the second quarter, going on a 16-4 run. Dudley then knocked down three 3s as part of his 15 points in the quarter and gave the Suns a 49-47 lead with 3:17 left.Suns leading scorer Devin Booker didnt make his first field goal until early in the third quarter, but his three-point play with 6:15 to go gaave the Suns a 66-60 lead.ddddddddddddBooker had scored 100 points in his previous three games. He had 11 on Wednesday.Len had seven points in the third quarter, two on a power move inside to give the Suns a 78-69 lead at the 1:02 mark. But Caldwell-Pope hit a 26-footer at the third-quarter buzzer to cut the Suns lead to 81-76.We couldnt get stops the last of the fourth quarter, Caldwell-Pope said. We just kept trading baskets and that wasnt what we wanted to do.TIP-INSPistons: G Reggie Jackson remained out with a left knee injury ... F Marcus Morris, a former Sun, was roundly booed when introduced as a starter and when he touched the ball. He did have the dunk of the night in the second quarter when he flew in for a one-handed slam.Suns: Len recorded his first double-double of the season. ... The Suns bench totaled 41 points, compared to 21 for Detroit.VAN GUNDY RIPS TRUMPPistons coach Stan Van Gundy went on a near 6-minute rant about the election of Donald Trump before Wednesdays game. I dont think anybody can deny this guy is openly and brazenly racist and misogynist and ethnocentric, and say thats OK, were going to vote for him anyway, Van Gundy told reporters. We have just thrown a good part of our population under the bus.Van Gundy said what the country has done to women and minorities in electing Trump is despicable, and that hed never been ashamed of the United States until Wednesday.LOVE FOR BOOKERVan Gundy said a case can be made that Booker is the best player in his draft class at present. He doesnt have a lot of holes in his offensive game at all, Van Gundy said.WINLESS ON THE ROADDetroit is 0-4 on the road this season. Were not bringing enough at either end of the floor so weve got to get it changed around, Van Gundy said.BACK-TO-BACK AT HOMEThe Suns won consecutive home games for the first time since Dec. 13 and 18 of last season.UP NEXTPistons: At San Antonio on Friday night.Suns: Host Brooklyn on Saturday night. ' ' '