Northwestern shocks No.1 Purdue
Kansas tops UConn in battle of NCAA champs
EVANSTON, Ill. — Boo Buie scored seven of his 31 points in overtime to help Northwestern beat Zach Edey and No. 1 Purdue for the second straight season, winning 92-88 on Friday night in the Big Ten opener for each school.
Buie also had nine assists and four rebounds, rallying Northwestern from an eight-point halftime deficit. Ty Berry also scored seven points in OT and finished with 21, and Ryan Langborg added 20 points.
The Wildcats (6-1, 1-0) became the seventh program since 2010-11 to beat a team ranked No. 1 in the AP poll in consecutive seasons. They topped the Boilermakers 64-58 on Feb. 12 for their first win against a No. 1 team.
Edey had 35 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots, but Purdue (7-1, 0-1) had no answer for Buie when it mattered most.
Moments after the final seconds ticked off, Edey & Co. trudged off the floor as students stormed the court at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Northwestern went ahead to stay on Berry’s two foul shots with 2:09 left in overtime. Blake Preston forced a key turnover by stepping in front of Edey, and Buie and Berry each made two free throws in the final seconds to help close it out.
Fletcher Loyer scored 17 points for Purdue, and Braden Smith had 12 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. The Boilermakers outrebounded the Wildcats 52-27 and went 31 for 41 at the line.
NO. 5 KANSAS 69, NO. 4 UCONN 65: In Lawrence, Kan., Kevin McCullar Jr. scored 21 points, including backto-back 3-pointers that gave Kansas the lead down the stretch, and the fifth-ranked Jayhawks held on to beat No. 4 UConn in a showdown of the past two national champions.
The Jayhawks (7-1) had a chance to wrap up the game in the final minute, when the Huskies (7-1) were forced to foul, but KJ Adams Jr. and Dajuan Harris Jr. were only able to make one of their four free throws.
The defending champion Huskies raced down the floor, and Cam Spencer got a good look at a potential go-ahead 3-pointer, but the shot came up short and Adams grabbed the rebound. He was fouled, and this time he made both free throws with 2.4 seconds left to clinch the win.
Hunter Dickinson had 15 points and nine rebounds, and Adams finished with 18 points, helping the Jayhawks snap the Huskies’ remarkable streak of 24 consecutive nonconference wins by double digits.
Tristen Newton hit a career-high six 3s and scored 31 points for the Huskies.
NO. 19 BYU 85, FRESNO STATE 56: In Salt Lake City, Jaxson Robinson scored a career-high 24 points, making six 3-pointers, while Spencer Johnson added a career-high 22 points to lead BYU to a victory over Fresno State.
Johnson also had five assists and five rebounds for BYU (7-0). Isaiah Hill led the Bulldogs with 14 points. Jalen Weaver added 10. Fresno State (3-4) suffered its third straight loss after trailing by double digits throughout most of the game.
The Bulldogs committed 21 turnovers leading to 36 points for BYU.
Mountain West PORTLAND 81, WYOMING 70: In Portland, Ore., Chris Austin scored 17 points as Portland beat Wyoming.
Austin also had three steals for the Pilots (5-3). Vasilije Vucinic shot 5 of 7 from the field and 3 for 4 from the line to add 13 points. Alimamy Koroma had 13 points and shot 4 of 9 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line.
The Cowboys (4-3) were led in scoring by Sam Griffin, who finished with 17 points and five assists. Wyoming also got 15 points and three steals from Akuel Kot. Kobe Newton also had 14 points.
Women
NO. 3 STANFORD 85, SAN DIEGO STATE 44: In San Diego, Cameron Brink had 25 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots in 25 minutes for Stanford, which routed San Diego State and moved Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer one victory closer to history.
VanDerveer is already the winningest women’s coach in history and her 1,194th career victory moved her within nine wins of breaking Mike Krzyzewski’s alltime record of 1,202.
Stanford (8-0) dominated from the opening tip and raced to leads of 13-0 and 18-2. Adryana Quezada scored 12 and Kim Villalobos 10 for SDSU (4-4).