Max Klesmit helps lead Wisconsin past with Liberty with assertive performance in final minutes of second-round NIT game

MADISON – Max Klesmit has contributed in myriad ways in his first season at Wisconsin.

The gritty junior guard from Neenah High School shone brightest late Sunday at the Kohl Center to help the Badgers keep their season alive.

Klesmit scored all seven of his points in the final 2 minutes 11 seconds to help UW rally past Liberty, 75-71, in the second round of the NIT in front of an energized crowd of 10,436.

“He had some big buckets…