Micah Parrish scored 11 of his career-high 22 points in the final six minutes to lead Ohio State to a 73-70 upset of No. 11 Purdue on Tuesday night in West Lafayette, Ind.
The Buckeyes trailed by 16 points in the waning moments of the first half but produced 10-0 and 15-0 runs in the second half to snap Purdue’s 26-game home winning streak.
Parrish drilled a career-high six 3-pointers on just eight attempts as Ohio State (11-8, 3-5 Big Ten) halted a three-game slide. Devin Royal contributed 16 points and six rebounds, and Bruce Thornton added 11 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Trey Kaufman-Renn paced Purdue (15-5, 7-2) with a career-high-tying 26 points while Fletcher Loyer posted 15 points. Braden Smith battled early foul trouble and finished with 12 points and eight assists, but he hit just 3 of 14 field-goal attempts as the Boilermakers had their seven-game winning streak halted.
No. 3 Iowa State 108, UCF 83
Joshua Jefferson scored a career-high 30 points and Keshon Gilbert added 21 points with eight assists as the Cyclones bounced back from its second loss of the season by beating UCF in Ames, Iowa.
Curtis Jones added 19 points with eight rebounds as the Cyclones (16-2, 6-1 Big 12) scored a season high in points while shooting 56.3 percent. They improved to 11-0 at home and scored at least 100 points in regulation during a Big 12 game for the first time since January 2001 against Oklahoma.
Jordan Ivy-Curry scored a season-high 24 points and Keyshawn Hall added 13 as UCF (12-6, 3-4) lost consecutive games for the second time this season.
No. 4 Alabama 103, Vanderbilt 87
Aden Holloway and Mouhamed Dioubate each scored 22 points as the Crimson Tide defeated Vanderbilt in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Dioubate, a sophomore, registered a career high in points and had his second career double-double as he added 10 rebounds. Mark Sears scored 21 points and dished out seven assists for the Crimson Tide (16-3, 5-1 SEC).
Jason Edwards scored 21 points and Tyler Nickel 19 for the Commodores (15-4, 3-3).
No. 6 Tennessee 68, No. 14 Mississippi State 56
Chaz Lanier scored 23 points and sank five 3-pointers as the Volunteers got back on track with a resounding win over the Bulldogs in Knoxville, Tenn.
After falling twice in their previous four games, the Volunteers (17-2, 4-2 SEC) held the visitors to a season-low 16 points in the first half, breaking a two-game head-to-head losing streak against Mississippi State. Zakai Zeigler had nine points, seven assists and five steals, while Jahmai Mashack and Jordan Gainey netted 10 apiece. Felix Okpara totaled nine points and 12 rebounds.
Josh Hubbard had 14 points, Riley Kugel 12 and RJ Melendez 10 for the Bulldogs (15-4, 3-3), who never led and were never closer than seven points in the second half.
No. 10 Marquette 76, Seton Hall 59
Kam Jones racked up 19 points, four 3-pointers, four assists and three steals as the Golden Eagles stymied the Pirates in Newark, N.J.
Marquette (16-3, 7-1 Big East) bounced back from its first loss of conference play three days earlier against Xavier. The Golden Eagles led by double figures for the final 26:11 of game time. David Joplin scored 12 points and Ben Gold added 11 for Marquette.
Isaiah Coleman carried Seton Hall (6-13, 1-7) with a career-high 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting, plus a game-high nine rebounds. Coleman shook off a 1-for-13 shooting performance Saturday against St. John’s. Prince Aligbe added 12 points and six boards.
No. 15 Oregon 82, Washington 71
TJ Bamba scored a game-high 21 points and the Ducks pulled away late to defeat the Huskies in Eugene, Ore.
Brandon Angel added 15 points, Supreme Cook scored 13 and Keeshawn Barthelemy and Jackson Shelstad had 11 for Oregon (16-3, 5-3 Big Ten). The Ducks rallied from an early eight-point deficit to win for just the second time in five conference home games.
Great Osobor led Washington (10-9, 1-7) with 20 points and eight rebounds. Zoom Diallo scored 18 and Tyler Harris added 15 for the Huskies, who took their fifth consecutive loss — all to ranked teams.
UCLA 85, No. 18 Wisconsin 83
Big second-half performances from reserves Aday Mara, Sebastian Mack and William Kyle III helped host UCLA hold off the Badgers in Los Angeles.
Mack and Mara each scored 15 points after intermission, part of 19 points for Mack and a career-high 22 for Mara, and Kyle came up with a clutch blocked shot in the final seconds. UCLA (13-6, 4-4 Big Ten shot 50.9 percent from the field and improved to 10-1 at home.
John Tonje finished with 24 points and John Blackwell added 23 before fouling out for Wisconsin (15-4, 5-3), which had a seven-game winning streak end.
No. 19 UConn 80, Butler 78 (OT)
Solo Ball scored a career-high 23 points to help the Huskies avoid back-to-back home losses by earning an overtime victory against the Bulldogs in Hartford, Conn.
UConn (14-5, 6-2 Big East) was coming off Saturday’s 68-63 loss to Creighton that ended the program’s 28-game home winning streak. Butler trailed 80-78 when Ball missed a free-throw attempt with nine seconds remaining in OT.
Jahmyl Telfort missed a 3-point shot with three seconds left and then missed another 3-point attempt at the buzzer for the Bulldogs (8-11, 1-7). Telfort led all scorers with 25 points.
Texas 61, No. 22 Missouri 53
Arthur Kaluma racked up 14 points and 12 rebounds and Tre Johnson added 12 points for the Longhorns, who made the plays down the stretch to beat the Tigers in Austin, Texas.
Texas (13-6, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) led by seven at halftime, but Missouri leapfrogged to the lead early in the second half. The Tigers were on top until the Longhorns pulled ahead with a late 7-0 run capped by Kaluma’s putback basket with 1:54 to play.
Tamar Bates scored 10 points to lead Missouri (15-4, 4-2). He was the only player in double figures for the Tigers, who were held to 31.3 percent shooting from the field and scored a season low in points.
Arizona State 65, No. 23 West Virginia 57
Jayden Quaintance powered inside for 15 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks as the Sun Devils stunned the Mountaineers in Morgantown, W.Va.
Basheer Jihad added 17 points and eight rebounds for Arizona State (11-7, 2-5 Big 12), which snapped a four-game losing streak.
Big 12 scoring leader Javon Small led West Virginia (13-5, 4-3) with 14 points but made just 2 of 11 shots. Jonathan Powell added 12 points for the Mountaineers.
No. 25 Louisville 98, SMU 73
Reyne Smith sank 10 3-pointers and Chucky Hepburn dished out 16 assists, both program records, as the Cardinals trounced the Mustangs in Dallas.
Smith poured in a season-high 30 points while James Scott and J’Vonne Hadley each had 16 for Louisville (15-5, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
SMU (14-5, 5-3) struggled on defense, allowing more than 90 points for the first time this season. Matt Cross led the Mustangs with 18 points and eight rebounds. B.J. Edwards had 16 points, and Samet Yigitoglu scored 11.
