Wisconsin-Northwestern pushed to later date because of COVID

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern has postponed a second straight men's basketball game because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

The Wildcats were slated to host Wisconsin on Saturday, but they announced Thursday night that the game would not be played as scheduled.

Northwestern (12-5, 3-3) instead will play the Badgers on Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The Wildcats were supposed to play Iowa on Wednesday, but that game also was postponed. It has been rescheduled for Jan. 31 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

All distributed tickets for the Northwestern-Iowa and Wisconsin-Northwestern games will be valid for the new dates.

Northwestern's next scheduled game had been set for Tuesday night at Nebraska, but that has been moved to Wednesday night at 7 ET.