WATCH: La Crosse native Bronson Koenig set Badgers record for 3-pointers

Bronson Koenig scored a career-high 28 as UW moves on in tourney.

He was 8-for-17 from beyond the arc. He set a career high, scoring 28 points. And his Wisconsin men’s basketball team is moving on in the NCAA tournament.

La Crosse native Bronson Koenig set a UW record with those 3-pointers in taking down Virginia Tech 84-74. 

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Bronson Koenig was living downtown tonight. #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/XqPAme8PmK

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 17, 2017

Wisconsin will face the NCAA tournament’s No. 1 overall seed, Villanova, in a second-round game Saturday at KeyBank Center.

Koenig tied the school record with a bomb from several feet beyond the arc to beat the shot clock. His eighth, the record-setter, came minutes later from the corner. 

Bronson Koenig got us feeling like… ????????#OnWisconsin #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/gn0xQGtSoY

— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) March 17, 2017