Danny Wolf had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 20 Michigan to a 75-73 win over No. 7 Purdue in a battle for first place in the Big Ten on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Roddy Gayle came off the bench to score 14 points and grab seven rebounds, and Vladislav Goldin and Tre Donaldson each scored 12 points for Michigan (19-5, 11-2 Big Ten), which has won five straight.
Braden Smith scored 24 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn added 22 points with seven rebounds for Purdue (19-6, 11-3), which had a four-game winning streak snapped.
The Boilermakers had a chance to win after Smith drilled a 3-pointer before Wolf missed two free throws on the other end with six seconds to go. Purdue got the ball back to Smith, but his deep running 3-point attempt missed badly to end the game.
No. 1 Auburn 80, Vanderbilt 68
Denver Jones scored a game-high 21 points as the Tigers pulled away for a win over the Commodores in Nashville, Tenn.
Chaney Johnson racked up 20 points off the bench on 9-of-10 shooting, and Johni Broome scored 17 points, 15 in the second half, for Auburn (22-2, 10-1 Southeastern Conference). Broome added seven rebounds and three blocks.
Jason Edwards led the Commodores with 13 points. A.J. Hoggard and Devin McGlockton chipped in 10 each for Vanderbilt (17-7, 5-6). McGlockton also had 13 rebounds. The Tigers went 9 of 24 on 3-point attempts, led by Jones at 5 of 7. The Commodores were just 3 of 17 from beyond the arc.
No. 2 Alabama 103, Texas 80
Jarin Stevenson scored a career-high 22 points to help the visiting Crimson Tide cruise past the Longhorns in Austin, Texas.
Aden Holloway and Mark Sears added 18 points apiece for Alabama (21-3, 10-1 SEC), which has won seven straight games and 15 of its last 16. The Crimson Tide have a home showdown with No. 1 Auburn on Saturday.
Tre Johnson scored 24 points and Jayson Kent added a season-best 19 for Texas (15-10, 4-8), which has lost four of its past five games. Julian Larry added 10 points and three steals.
No. 3 Florida 81, No. 22 Mississippi State 68
Denzel Aberdeen scored 20 points to lead five scorers in double figures as the Gators came away with a win over the Bulldogs in Starkville, Miss.
Walter Clayton Jr. stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, six rebounds and six assists for the Gators (21-3, 8-3 SEC), while Thomas Haugh came off the bench for 16 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
Josh Hubbard scored 19 points and dished out six assists for the Bulldogs (17-7, 5-6), and reserve KeShawn Murphy added 18 points and 13 boards. Mississippi State struggled from the floor, making only 24 of 58 field-goal attempts (41.4 percent).
No. 15 Kentucky 75, No. 5 Tennessee 64
Otega Oweh and Ansley Almonor both scored 13 points for the Wildcats, who held off a second-half push from the Volunteers for a win in Lexington, Ky.
Four players scored in double figures for the Wildcats (17-7, 6-5 SEC), who converted 50 percent of their 3-point attempts against the Volunteers (20-5, 7-5). Tennessee entered Tuesday leading the country in 3-point defense (26.6 percent).
Zakai Zeigler led the Volunteers with 17 points, Igor Milicic Jr. scored 16, and Tennessee began the second half with 8-of-10 shooting to cut the deficit to 50-47. The Volunteers led 60-58 with 4:51 remaining before Kentucky pulled away.
No. 8 Texas A&M 69, Georgia 53
Solomon Washington scored a season-high 17 points off the bench to help the Aggies rally past the visiting Bulldogs in College Station, Texas.
Henry Coleman III added 13 points and Wade Taylor IV chipped in 12 for the Aggies (19-5, 8-3 SEC), who won their fourth straight game. Zhuric Phelps tallied all 10 of his points in the second half as Texas A&M outscored the Bulldogs 46-21 after the break.
Georgia (16-9, 4-8) was led by Silas Demary Jr.’s 19 points and Blue Cain’s 17. The Bulldogs were held without a field goal for the first 12:40 of the second half en route to their seventh loss in nine games.
No. 10 Iowa State 77, UCF 65
Keshon Gilbert scored 15 points, Joshua Jefferson added 13 points and eight rebounds and the Cyclones beat the Knights in Orlando.
Tamin Lipsey had 11 points for Iowa State, which held a 41-32 edge on the boards. Reserve Curtis Jones scored all 10 of his points in the first half and collected six rebounds and five assists for the game.
Keyshawn Hall scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds for the Knights (13-11, 4-9), who lost for the seventh time in eight games — a rut that includes a current five-game skid. Mikey Williams netted a career-high 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Darius Johnson had 11 points and four assists, and Moustapha Thiam grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds.
Indiana 71, No. 11 Michigan State 67
Malik Reneau had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Indiana snapped a five-game losing streak by knocking off the Spartans in East Lansing, Mich.
Oumar Ballo supplied 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Hoosiers (15-10, 6-8 Big Ten), while Myles Rice and Luke Goode had 10 points apiece.
Jaden Akins led Michigan State (19-5, 10-3) with 14 points, and Jase Richardson added 13.
Kansas State 73, No. 13 Arizona 70
Dug McDaniel had season-high 24 points and five steals, including a pivotal theft in the waning seconds, while leading Kansas State to a victory over Arizona in Manhattan, Kan.
Kansas State (13-11, 7-6 Big 12) has won six straight games, four of them against ranked opponents. Arizona (17-7, 11-2) had its six-game winning streak snapped.
David N’Guessan collected 16 points and seven rebounds for Kansas State. KJ Lewis led Arizona with 15 points and eight rebounds. Arizona’s Caleb Love missed a 60-foot heave at the buzzer, and he wound up with six points after shooting 3 of 15 from the field.
No. 17 Kansas 71, Colorado 59
Hunter Dickinson finished with 19 points and nine rebounds and the Jayhawks beat the Buffaloes in Lawrence, Kan.
Zeke Mayo had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Dajuan Harris and KJ Adams scored 10 points apiece for the Jayhawks (17-7, 8-5 Big 12).
Sebastian Rancik tallied 19 points and nine rebounds, Bangot Dak contributed 11 points and Elijah Malone scored 10 for Colorado (9-15, 0-13), which has lost 13 in a row. It is the Buffaloes’ worst start to a conference season since they went 0-14 in the Big 8 in the 1985-86 season.
No. 18 Marquette 68, DePaul 58
Kam Jones scored 19 points and Stevie Mitchell added 17 as No. 18 Marquette secured a Big East win over DePaul in Milwaukee.
Jones moved into third place on the Golden Eagles’ all-time scoring list (1,870 points), passing Lazar Hayward (1,859) to help Marquette (19-6, 10-4) snap a three-game losing skid. The Golden Eagles had a 43-35 rebounding advantage and outscored the Blue Demons 15-2 in second-chance points.
DePaul (11-14, 2-12) — led by CJ Gunn’s 14 points and Isaiah Rivera’s 13 — have lost 10 of their last 12 games.
UConn 70, No. 24 Creighton 66
Liam McNeeley scored a career-high 38 points to go along with 10 rebounds, fueling the Huskies to a victory over the Bluejays in Omaha, Neb.
McNeeley, a freshman, made 12 of 22 shots from the floor and 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Solo Ball scored 11 points and Alex Karaban added 10 for UConn (17-7, 9-4 Big East), which overcame an early 14-point deficit.
Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner collected 13 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, and Steven Ashworth added 13 points and seven assists. The Bluejays (18-7, 11-3) had a nine-game winning streak come to a halt.
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