Edey leads Boilermakers past struggling Michigan
Ohio State, South Carolina women take crucial victories
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Zach Edey matched his season high with 35 points and had 15 rebounds, helping No. 3 Purdue bounce back from a rough start to beat Michigan 84-76 on Sunday.
The Boilermakers (25-3, 14-3 Big Ten) are closing in on a conference championship, building a 2 1/2-game lead over No. 12 Illinois with three regular-season games left on their schedule.
The Wolverines (8-20, 3-14) moved closer to clinching last place in the Big Ten with their fifth straight loss and 10th setback in 11 games under embattled coach Juwan Howard.
NO. 7 MARQUETTE 88, XAVIER 64: In Milwaukee, Kam Jones celebrated his 22nd birthday by scoring 34 points for a second straight game and Marquette trounced slumping Xavier.
Tyler Kolek added 11 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds to help Marquette (216, 12-4 Big East) win for the 10th time in 11 games. Oso Ighodaro had 12 points and David Joplin got 10.
ST. JOHN’S 80, NO. 15 CREIGHTON 66: In New York, Daniss Jenkins scored a season-high 27 points and St. John’s shredded Creighton for its biggest victory under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino.
Jordan Dingle added 18 points and the Red Storm (16-12, 8-9 Big East) finally closed out a quality conference opponent following a string of blown leads.
Women
No. 2 OHIO STATE 79, MARYLAND 66: In Columbus, Ohio, Celeste Taylor scored 20 points and the Buckeyes clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
Jacy Sheldon had 17 points for the surging Buckeyes (24-4, 15-1 Big Ten), who won their 14th straight game with two to go in the regular season. They can capture the conference title outright with a win in one of those.
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 103, KENTUCKY 55: In Lexington, Ky., Bree Hall scored 18 points, MiLaysia Fulwiley added 17 off the bench and the Gamecocks claimed their third straight Southeastern Conference regular-season title and eighth in 11 years.
With 6-foot-7 star center Kamilla Cardoso sitting out a second straight game, the Gamecocks (27-0, 14-0) built a 20-point lead at the break and led 74-43 lead after three quarters.
NO. 3 STANFORD 81, ARIZONA STATE 67: In Stanford, Calif., Kiki Iriafen had 22 points and 20 rebounds, Cameron Brink added 14 points and Stanford rebounded after an upset loss to Arizona without Brink to wrap up at least a share of the Pac-12 regular-season title.
The Cardinal took at least a share of the regular-season title for the fourth consecutive season, and 27th time in program history.
NO. 4 IOWA 101, ILLINOIS 85: In Iowa City, Iowa, Caitlin Clark had 24 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists for her 16th career triple-double as Iowa bounced back from a loss to No. 14 Indiana.
Clark leads Division I with five triple-doubles. Hannah Stuelke scored 20 points for Iowa (24-4, 13-3 Big Ten).
DUKE 69, NO. 6 N.C. STATE 58: In Durham, N.C., Taina Mair scored 19 points and the Blue Devils beat a ranked opponent for the second time in four days.
Reigan Richardson scored 15 points and Kennedy Brown added 14 as Duke (18-9, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) avenged a 15-point loss to N.C. State last month.
NO. 8 VIRGINIA TECH 74, NORTH CAROLINA 62: In Blacksburg, Va., Elizabeth Kitley scored 34 points and Virginia Tech won its 10th straight game.
Kitley shot 11-for-17 from the floor and 12-for-14 from the line for the Hokies (234, 14-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who clinched a share of the ACC’s regular-season crown.
WASHINGTON 61, NO. 9 OREGON STATE 51: In Seattle, Elle Ladine scored 23 points, Dalayah Daniels added 15 and the Huskies dealt the Beavers a blow in its hopes of at least sharing the Pac-12 Conference regular-season title.
KANSAS 58, NO. 10 KANSAS STATE 55: In Lawrence, Kan., freshman S’Mya Nichols scored 22 points to lead Kansas to its sixth win in seven games.
Taiyanna Jackson added 11 points and Holly Kersgieter scored 10 for Kansas (1611, 9-7 Big 12), which closed out the victory with an 11-4 run.
NO. 13 LSU 75, TENNESSEE 60: In Knoxville, Tenn., Hailey Van Lith scored 12 of her 26 points in the fourth quarter and Angel Reese added 11 points and 16 rebounds as LSU used a late 16-2 run for the win.
Reese scored four points in the decisive run and surpassed 2,000 career points. Mikaylah Williams had 15 points for LSU (24-2, 11-3 SEC).
NO. 15 UCONN 104, DEPAUL 67: In Chicago, Paige Bueckers scored 30 points, Aaliyah Edwards had a season-high 17 rebounds and 23 points and the Huskies beat DePaul for the 25th straight time.
Bueckers made 9 of 15 shots and 11 of 13 free throws for the Huskies (24-5, 16-0 Big East Conference), who have won four in a row since an 83-65 loss to No. 1 South Carolina.
NO. 17 SYRACUSE 63, PITTSBURGH 53: In Syracuse, N.Y., Dyaisha Fair scored 15 of her 23 points in the fourth quarter and moved into the fifth spot on the women’s NCAA Division I career scoring list as the Orange a late rally for the win.
Fair passed Brittney Griner, who scored 3,283 points for Baylor from 2009 through 2013. Fair, who has 3,302 career points, trails Jackie Stiles (3,393), Kelsey Mitchell (3,402), Kelsey Plum (3,527) and Caitlin Clark (3,617) on the career list.
NO. 18 UTAH 74, NO. 7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 68: In Los Angeles, Alissa Pili had 23 points and nine rebounds against her old team and the Utes defeated USC despite 30 points from Trojans star JuJu Watkins.
NO. 19 NOTRE DAME 79, BOSTON COLLEGE 55: In Boston, Hannah Hidalgo scored 19 points, Maddy Westbeld added 18 and Notre Dame overcome a poor first quarter for the win.
VIRGINIA 73, NO. 20 LOUISVILLE 68: In Louisville, Ky., Camryn Taylor scored nine of her 22 points in the fourth quarter, Kymora Johnson made three free throws in the last 14.6 seconds to lead the Cavaliers.