Ethan Happ scored 20 points, Nigel Hayes added 15 and 10 rebounds, and No. 10 Wisconsin outmuscled Indiana to hold on for a 65-60 win on Sunday.
Happ was 8 of 10 from the field to help the Badgers (20-3, 9-1 Big Ten) win their seventh straight game. Maryland’s loss to Purdue on Saturday allowed Wisconsin to take a one-game lead in the conference over the Terrapins.
The 6-foot-8 Hayes joined the 6-10 Happ to give Indiana problems in the paint. But the Badgers were plagued by mistakes or missed foul shots after building a 12-point lead midway through the first half.
Indiana (15-9, 5-6) stayed within a couple possessions of the lead for most of the rest of the way. Josh Newkirk’s two foul shots with 28.6 seconds left got Indiana within 60-57, but Wisconsin went 5 of 6 from the foul line from that point to seal the win.
Newkirk led the Hoosiers with 22 points. Thomas Bryant tried to provide balance but was plagued by foul trouble. He scored nine of his 11 points in the first half.
On the other end, Happ provided gave Indiana fits all over the court.
The fluid big man had a steal and layup on the break with 3:33 left, then saved another possession about a minute later by calling timeout just before falling out of bounds after grabbing a defensive rebound.
Iowa 81, Nebraska 70
Jordan Bohannon scored 15 points, Tyler Cook added 13 and Iowa held on for an 81-70 win over Nebraska on Sunday.
Brady Ellingson scored 11 points and hit a late 3-pointer to help the Hawkeyes (14-10, 6-5 Big Ten) secure their third straight win and avenge a double-overtime loss at Nebraska last month. Bohannon hit four 3-pointers and has a freshman school-record 54 on the season.
Peter Jok, the Big Ten’s leading scorer, scored 12 points in his return to the lineup after missing Iowa’s last two games with back issues. Jok played 30 minutes and shot 2 of 7 from the field.
Jack McVeigh scored 16 points to lead Nebraska (10-13, 4-7), which outrebounded Iowa but made only 3 of 19 3-pointers. Tai Webster had 14 points, six rebounds and six assists. The senior became the 28th player in Nebraska history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
Referee Tom Eades suffered an undisclosed injury with 12 minutes left in the second half and did not return. The rest of the game was officiated by two referees.
No. 15 Florida State 109, Clemson 61
Dwayne Bacon tied a career high with 29 points as No. 15 Florida State rolled to a 109-61 victory over Clemson on Sunday in Tallahassee, Fla.
The sophomore guard, who has scored in double figures in 34 straight games, was 10 of 14 from the field, including 6 of 9 on 3-pointers. He had 18 points in the first half as the Seminoles built a 51-25 lead at halftime.
It is the first time FSU (20-4, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) has reached the century mark in an ACC game since a 111-109 loss in double overtime to Georgia Tech on Feb. 11, 1999. The 48-point margin also marks its biggest win in conference history, surpassing the 36-point victory over Virginia in 1994.
Braian Angola-Rodas added 12 points and Terance Mann 11 for the Seminoles, who were 17 of 30 on 3-pointers and had all 13 players get in the scoring column.
Avry Holmes led Clemson (13-9, 3-7) with 15 points and Marcquise Reed added 12.
WOMEN
No. 1 UConn 96, Tulsa 50
Napheesa Collier scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead top-ranked UConn to its 97th consecutive win, 96-50 over Tulsa on Sunday in Storrs, Conn.
The sophomore hit 10 of her 13 shots from the floor in reaching the 20-point plateau for the 12th time this season.
Saniya Chong added 17 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Huskies (22-0, 10-0 American Athletic Conference), who have now won 124 straight games against unranked opponents.
All five UConn starters scored in double figures. Katie Lou Samuelson, who has reached double digits in every game this season, had 16 points. Kia Nurse had 14 and Gabby Williams chipped in with 10.
Freshman Shug Dickson had 12 points lead Tulsa (8-15, 4-6).
The Huskies were just 7 of 21 from the field in the first quarter and led by only five points after 10 minutes. But they opened the second quarter on a 20-4 run to break the game open. Collier had 17 points and eight rebounds by halftime, and UConn led 40-23.
Samuelson had 10 points in the third quarter, after hitting just three of her first 14 shots and the Huskies extended the lead to 69-34
Both teams struggled from the outside. UConn made just one of its first 12 attempts from 3-point range and Tulsa was 1 of 9.
But the Huskies dominated underneath, outscoring Tulsa 48-16 in the paint.
UConn won the first meeting between the two teams, 98-58 last month in Oklahoma.
No. 17 DePaul 86, Seton Hall 60
Brooke Schulte scored 22 points and pulled down 12 of DePaul’s season-high 61 rebounds and the No. 17 Blue Demons defeated Seton Hall 86-60 on Sunday for its 20th victory.
Tanita Allen added 19 points, Amarah Coleman 17 and Jacqui Grant 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Blue Demons (20-5, 12-1 Big East), who rolled to their 14th win in 15 games.
DePaul made up for 6-of-33 shooting from 3-point range by outrebounding Seton Hall 61-35, including 25 on the offensive glass which led to 25 second-chance points. DePaul also scored 24 points off 21 turnovers.
Kaela Hilaire scored 12 points with seven assists for Seton Hall (11-13, 4-9). JaQuan Jackson and Lubirdia Gordon added 10 points each.
Seton Hall led only at 4-2 with DePaul scoring the next 12 points. Claire Lundberg’s bucket to open the second half got the Pirates within three, but they were outscored 29-14 in the third period. The lead reached 30 points in the fourth quarter.
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