Michigan shook off its habit of second-half collapses and held on to upset No. 11 Wisconsin 72-68 on Wednesday night in a Big Ten matchup in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan (8-15, 3-9 in the Big Ten) had lost 10 of its last 11, struggling in particular late in games. Wisconsin (16-7, 8-4) lost its third game in a row and dropped out of a second-place tie in the Big Ten with idle No. 10 Illinois. Dug McDaniel led the Wolverines with 16 points, while Tarris Reed Jr. had 12. AJ Storr topped the Badgers with 20 points, and Chucky Hepburn added 17. No. 6 Tennessee 88, LSU 68 Dalton Knecht scored 27 points and the Volunteers never trailed in their win over the Tigers in Knoxville, Tenn. Jordan Gainey added 18 points, Zakai Zeigler had 17 and Jonas Aidoo added 10 for Tennessee (17-5, 7-2 SEC), which took command during a first half in which it shot 58.1 percent from the floor and 64.3 percent on 3-pointers while building a 23-point halftime lead. Will Baker scored 16 points and Derek Fountain had 11 to lead LSU (12-10, 4-5), which played without Jalen Cook (hamstring), who was tied for the team lead in scoring (15.5 points per game). No. 9 Duke 71, Notre Dame 53 Freshman Caleb Foster came off the bench to score 13 points and the Blue Devils were in control most of the way in defeating the visiting Fighting Irish in Durham, N.C. Mark Mitchell also finished with 13 points and added 10 rebounds and two steals, Jared McCain chipped in 11 points and Tyrese Proctor nine for Duke (17-5, 8-3 ACC), which sits third in the league. Markus Burton notched 19 points and Braeden Shrewsberry had 13 points for Notre Dame (7-16, 2-10), which lost its seventh game in a row and shot just 33.9 percent from the floor. No. 12 Auburn 99, No. 16 Alabama 81 Jaylin Williams scored 26 points, Johni Broome added 24 points and the Tigers cruised past the Crimson Tide in a Southeastern Conference matchup in Auburn, Ala. Auburn (19-4, 8-2) pulled into a tie with Alabama (16-7, 8-2) and South Carolina (20-3, 8-2) for first place in the SEC standings. Tre Donaldson added 14 points for the Tigers, who avenged a loss at Alabama two weeks ago. Chad Baker-Mazara finished with 13 points. Providence 91, No. 19 Creighton 87 (OT) Josh Oduro logged 32 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Friars to an overtime win over the visiting Bluejays. Devin Carter also posted a double-double with 28 points, 11 boards and six assists for Providence (15-8, 6-6 Big East). The Friars shot 4-for-5 in the extra session. Baylor Scheierman led Creighton (16-7, 7-5) with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Steven Ashworth scored 20 points on 6-of-7 3-point shooting, and Trey Alexander had 18 points and six assists. --Field Level Media

Jaylon Tyson recorded 27 points and 11 rebounds and Cal halted an 11-game losing streak against Southern California with an 83-77 overtime triumph on Wednesday night at Berkeley, Calif. Jalen Cone scored 20 points and Fardaws Aimaq added 15 points and a season-best 20 rebounds for the Golden Bears (10-13, 6-6 Pac-12), who won for the fourth time in the past five games. Jalen Celestine had 11 points and eight rebounds as Cal beat the Trojans for the first time since Jan. 8, 2017, in Los Angeles. Isaiah Collier scored all of his 20 points after halftime for USC in his first outing after a six-game absence caused by a hand injury. DJ Rodman added 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting for the Trojans (9-14, 3-9), who have dropped seven of their past eight games. The Golden Bears held a commanding 54-27 rebounding advantage to overcome 14 turnovers. A layup by Boogie Ellis gave USC a 69-68 lead 52 seconds into overtime, lifting the Trojans to their first lead since the opening seven minutes. The contest was tied before Celestine buried a trey to give Cal a 75-72 lead with 1:31 left. Cone hit a 3-pointer to make it a four-point game with 49 seconds to go. Rodman answered with a trey to bring USC within 78-77 with 36 seconds remaining. However, the Trojans couldn't catch up as Keonte Kennedy made two free throws and Celestine made three of four as Cal held on. USC trailed by 16 points early in the second half but moved within 67-66 with 1:02 left after layups by Ellis and Rodman. Collier split two free throws with 27 seconds left to tie it. Tyson missed a 3-point attempt as time expired. Overall, the Golden Bears made 41.4 percent of their field-goal attempts and hit 11 of 26 (42.3 percent) from 3-point range. USC shot 43.8 percent from the field, including 6 of 15 (40 percent) from behind the arc. The Trojans led for just 3:01. Cal enjoyed a 11-point halftime lead and opened the second half with a 3-pointer by Celestine and a layup by Tyson to take a 47-31 lead. The Trojans rallied, and a layup by Collier allowed USC to move within 61-58 with 4:09 remaining. He sank two free throws to make it a one-point game with 2:36 left. Cone's 3-pointer gave the Golden Bears a 67-62 lead with 1:58 to play. Aimaq and Cone each scored 14 first-half points as the Golden Bears led 42-31 at the break. --Field Level Media

To say Oregon State is a different team at home would be an understatement. Washington State is keenly aware entering Thursday night's Pacific-12 Conference matchup in Corvallis, Ore. The Beavers (11-11, 3-8 Pac-12) are tied for last in the conference, but they're 11-2 at Gill Coliseum -- including an 83-80 home upset of then-No. 9 Arizona on Jan. 25 as Jordan Pope scored a career-high 31 points, including a 3-pointer at the final buzzer. "Coming back home ... it was all about bringing the fight to them," Beavers coach Wayne Tinkle said of beating the Wildcats. "They're a talented team, obviously." The same can be said about the Cougars (16-6, 7-4), who are tied for second in the Pac-12 with Oregon, just a game behind Arizona. Washington State is coming off a 90-87 overtime victory Saturday at rival Washington. Guard Myles Rice assisted on the tying basket with four seconds remaining in regulation and made a decisive 3-pointer in the extra session. Rice earned his second consecutive Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor and fifth this season. Rice ranks second on the Cougars in scoring (15.7 points per game) and leads them in assists (3.7 apg). Isaac Jones tops the Cougars in scoring (15.8) and rebounds (7.8 rpg). "We've been in a lot of tight ones on the road," Cougars coach Kyle Smith said, "so I just like the fact we hung in there and gave ourselves a chance." To highlight the Beavers' home-road split, they lost 82-54 on Saturday at USC, with whom they are tied at the bottom of the conference standings. Washington State and Oregon State met Jan. 4 in Pullman, Wash., with the host Cougars rallying from a five-point deficit early in the second half to prevail 65-58. Oscar Cluff scored 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds off the bench. Pope scored 20 for the Beavers, who played without the injured Dexter Akanno. Akanno is third on the team in scoring at 10.9 points per game, behind only Pope (17.5) and forward Tyler Bilodeau (13.6). --Field Level Media

Washington and Oregon are coming off disappointing losses last week heading into their future Big Ten rivalry game Thursday night at Eugene, Ore. Washington lost at home to traditional rival Washington State 90-87 in overtime and Oregon fell to UCLA 71-63 in Los Angeles. The Huskies (12-10, 4-7 Pac-12) and Ducks (15-7, 7-4) are headed to the Big Ten next season and they will take their Pacific Northwest rivalry with them. When the teams met in Seattle on Jan. 4, Oregon won 76-74 behind Jackson Shelstad's 17 points and Jermaine Couisnard's 16 points and eight rebounds. Oregon is in contention to win the last Pac-12 title with the conference disbanding after this season. The Ducks are a game behind No. 8 Arizona (17-5, 8-3) with five weeks left in the regular season. Oregon fell behind by as many as 18 in the opening eight minutes of the game at UCLA before it rallied to take a one-point halftime lead. The score was tied at 58 with 5:23 to play, but the Bruins pulled away with a 13-3 run as Oregon was held to two field goals in the final 4:30 of the game. "We needed to hit some shots there," Oregon coach Dana Altman said. "We had some really good looks to take the lead, keep the lead in the second half, and we go 1-for-10 from three. I thought we had some really good looks. We had to hit something, and we didn't." N'Faly Dante had 16 points and eight rebounds to lead the Ducks. In Washington's loss to Washington State, Keion Brooks Jr. scored a career-high 35 points, but missed an off-balance three-point attempt with two seconds left in overtime that could have tied the score. Brooks was 12-of-23 shooting from the floor and 11 of 13 at the free-throw line. "I'm sick for our fans," Washington coach Mike Hopkins said. "We just couldn't get some stops when we needed stops. We didn't execute when we had to execute." Moses Wood finished with 18 points and Sahvir Wheeler had 16 points and five assists, but Wheeler also had six turnovers. --Field Level Media

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Tyrece Radford scored 22 points as Texas A&M defeated Missouri 79-60 on Wednesday in Columbia, Mo., keeping the Tigers winless in Southeastern Conference play. Wade Taylor IV scored 18 points, Jace Carter added 12 and Andersson Garcia had 16 rebounds and five assists for the Aggies (14-8, 5-4 SEC), who won for the fourth time in their past five games. Texas A&M dominated inside, claiming 16 offensive rebounds and outscoring Missouri 48-26 in the paint. Tamar Bates scored 20 points, Nick Honor posted a season-high 19 points and Noah Carter added 11 for the Tigers (8-16, 0-10), who dropped their 10th straight game. Missouri lost for the 13th time in the past 14 games. The Tigers played without leading scorer Sean East II, who was sidelined due to a knee contusion. After Noah Carter hit a 3-point jumper to put Missouri up 8-7, Texas A&M went on a 9-2 run with Radford scoring two baskets and making two free throws. The Tigers surged ahead 23-22 with Honor hitting a 3-point jumper and Mabor Majak converting a three-point play on a put-back dunk shot. Texas A&M responded by scoring 16 unanswered points. Jace Carter sank a 3-point jumper and Henry Coleman III scored three baskets at the rim. The Aggies built their 38-23 halftime lead by amassing a 23-14 rebounding edge, forcing eight Missouri turnovers and scoring 14 points off of those miscues. Missouri opened the second half with a 9-2 run capped by a steal and layup by Curt Lewis. The Tigers cut their deficit to 46-43 on Honor's 3-point jumper with 12:57 to play. The Aggies pushed out to a 59-45 lead by scoring 10 straight points, capped by a Jace Carter three-point play, and they maintained control the rest of the way. --Field Level Media

Boo Buie scored 17 of his 22 points in the first half and Northwestern tallied 26 points off turnovers to beat Nebraska 80-68 in their Big Ten Conference matchup on Wednesday night in Evanston, Ill. The Wildcats (16-7, 7-5 Big Ten) improved to 6-0 at home in league play and avenged a loss at Nebraska last month. The Cornhuskers (16-8, 6-7) fell to 0-7 on the road in conference games. Buie, a fifth-year senior guard who 2 of 15 from the field in the previous matchup with Nebraska, was 6 of 9 from the field in the first half, including 4 of 5 from 3-point range. The team made 8 of 16 treys and scored 14 points off seven Nebraska giveaways. Ryan Langborg added 18 points, Nick Martinelli 15 and Brooks Barnhizer 14 with 10 rebounds and two steals for Northwestern, which moved into sole possession of fourth place in the Big Ten. Nebraska got 15 points from Juwan Gary and 13 points and 10 boards from Brice Williams, but top scorers Rienk Mast and Keisei Tominaga combined for 19 points on 5-of-15 shooting. It wasn't all good for Northwestern, as starting guard Ty Berry left the game with 8:52 left in the first half with an apparent leg injury and did not return. Northwestern led 47-31 at the half. Nebraska cut the deficit to 54-43 on a 3-pointer by Williams with 12:59 left, only to see the Wildcats go on a 10-0 run. The Cornhuskers went more than five minutes without scoring but managed to get within 67-55 with 4:41 remaining. A layup by Williams cut the deficit to 10 with 1:38 left, but Nebraska wasn't able to complete the comeback. Northwestern used a 14-2 run to build a 30-15 lead midway through the first half. A Buie 3-pointer upped the edge to 42-25 with four minutes left before halftime. Nebraska returns home to host Michigan on Saturday, while Northwestern hosts Penn State on Sunday. --Field Level Media

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Sebastian Mack scored 21 points and shot 4-of-7 from beyond the 3-point arc to power UCLA to a season-high 11 made 3-pointers as a team, and the Bruins notched their fourth consecutive win with an 82-74 victory over Stanford on Wednesday. UCLA (12-11, 7-5 Pac-12 Conference) shot 44 percent from long range and five Bruins connected on at least one. Will McClendon went 3-of-6 from beyond the arc and scored 13 points off the bench. Stanford (11-11, 6-6) came into Wednesday's contest averaging 9.5 made 3-pointers a game after hitting 14 on Sunday at Arizona. The Cardinal shot just 4 of 17 from beyond the arc against UCLA, however, their second-fewest made attempts from outside this season. Stanford trailed much of the night, but remained within striking distance thanks to its 24-of-36 shooting on 2-point field-goal attempts and 14-of-17 performance at the free-throw line. The Cardinal's only missed foul shots came at inopportune times, however, as Maxime Raynaud split a pair then missed two consecutively in the final 1:26 as Stanford was trying to rally. UCLA answered every Cardinal comeback push down the stretch with balanced scoring and timely baskets. Lazar Stefanovic, who finished with 10 points, made one of his two 3-pointers that pushed the lead to seven points with 5:56 remaining. Dylan Andrews scored two of his 13 points on a jumper that turned a one-possession lead back into a two-possession difference with 4:47 left, and Adem Bona hit a layup to give UCLA a 74-76 lead with 1:38 left. Bona finished with 16 points and eight rebounds before fouling out. UCLA's 82 points marked a season high. Raynaud recorded a double-double in the loss with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Spencer Jones scored 15 points and Brandon Angel added 12. --Field Level Media

Tolu Smith's 19-point, 12-rebound effort led Mississippi State to a 75-62 Southeastern Conference win over Georgia on Wednesday in a matchup of Bulldogs at Starkville, Miss. Josh Hubbard added 14 points for Mississippi State (15-8, 4-6 SEC), while Shakeel Moore scored 11 and KeShawn Murphy came off the bench to net 10 points. Mississippi State made just 41.7 percent of its shots from the field but controlled the boards 43-33 and boasted a 28-14 advantage in points in the paint. Noah Thomasson scored a game-high 20 points for Georgia (14-9, 4-6), hitting 6 of 11 3-point attempts, and Blue Cain contributed 10 points. It wasn't enough to prevent the visitors from dropping their fourth straight game. Georgia made 12 of 33 3-point attempts (36.4 percent) but finished the game at just 35.1 percent from the field. Mississippi State led for nearly 38 minutes but still needed a late surge to put the game away. Georgia used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to pull within 56-53 with 6:21 left when Cain sank a basket. However, Mississippi State promptly got back-to-back 3-pointers from Shawn Jones Jr. and Hubbard in a 20-second span, fueling an 8-0 run that pushed the lead to 11. Georgia never really threatened again. The early storyline was Georgia being absolutely ice cold to begin the game. After Thomasson initiated the visitors' scoring with a 3-pointer just under two minutes in, Georgia went 4 1/2 minutes before Jabri Abdur-Rahim made a 3-pointer. Then Georgia went another 3:49 before making its first 2-point shot on a midrange jumper by Cain. However, Mississippi State wasn't a whole lot better offensively, so Georgia trailed only 14-8 with just over 10 minutes elapsed. Both teams found some offensive traction after that. Mississippi State upped the advantage to 31-17 when Jones dunked with 3:06 left in the half, but Georgia fought back. Silas Demary Jr. made two foul shots with two seconds left as Georgia finished with an 8-2 spurt to pull within 36-28 at halftime. Georgia managed just nine makes in 29 field goal attempts (31 percent) in the half. Mississippi State was 11 of 29 (37.9 percent) from the floor before the break. --Field Level Media