Loyola falls to Northern Iowa in 2 OTs
Bennett Koch scored six of his 21 points during an 8- 0 run in the second overtime, and Northern Iowa outscored Loyola 24- 6 from the free- throw line on its way to a 72- 69 victory in Missouri Valley Conference play in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Koch — who also grabbed nine rebounds — was only 3- for- 10 from the field, but he was 15- for- 17 from the line for the Panthers ( 7- 11, 2- 5), who won despite shooting 38.2 percent from the field and committing 18 turnovers.
Jeremy Morgan added 17 points and eight rebounds and Jordan Ashton and Luke McDonnell 13 points apiece for Northern Iowa.
Donte Ingram had 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Ramblers ( 13- 7, 3- 4), who also got 16 points from Clayton Custer, 12 from Milton Doyle and 10 from Aundre Jackson. Doyle committed nine of Loyola’s 20 turnovers.
Florida State 83, Notre Dame 80
Jonathan Isaac scored 23 points, including 17 in the second half, and the No. 10 Seminoles ( 17- 2, 5- 1) fought off the No. 15 Irish ( 16- 3, 5- 1) in Tallahassee, Florida, to move into a three- way tie atop the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Isaac, who also had 10 rebounds to notch his second consecutive double- double, scored nine of his points during an 11- 1 spurt that helped Florida State take control. The Seminoles trailed 64- 62 with 5: 40 left before Isaac made a threepointer to start the decisive burst.
Dwayne Bacon added 11 points for Florida State, which has won 16 home games in a row and is tied with Notre Dame and North Carolina for the conference lead.
Steve Vasturia scored 18 points to lead the Irish, who had their seven- game winning streak broken despite shooting 15- for- 21 from three- point range.
Indiana 78, Penn State 75
James Blackmon made a threepointer at the buzzer to lift the Hoosiers ( 13- 6, 3- 3) past the Nittany Lions ( 11- 8, 3- 3) in Big Ten action in State College, Pennsylvania.
Blackmon, Thomas Bryant and Robert Johnson each scored 17 points for Indiana, which survived a late Penn State rally. Tony Carr scored a career- high 24 points and Shep Garner 15 for the Nittany Lions, who trailed by 14 with 9: 19 left and by seven in the final minute.
The Hoosiers appeared to be in control with a 67- 53 lead before a combination of poor shooting and sloppy ballhandling enabled Penn State to get back into the game. The Nittany Lions tied the score on two free throws by Lamar Stevens with less than five seconds left, setting up Blackmon’s heroics.
Ohio State 67, Nebraska 66
Marc Loving scored off an inbounds pass from C. J. Jackson with less than a second left to boost the Buckeyes ( 12- 7, 2- 4) past the Cornhuskers ( 9- 9, 3- 3) in a Big Ten game in Lincoln, Nebraska.
After Tai Webster gave Nebraska a 66- 65 lead on a layup with 35 seconds left, Ohio State played for the last shot. Loving missed a three- pointer, but JaQuan Lyle got the rebound, and the Buckeyes were able to call a timeout with 1.9 seconds left. Loving moved freely into the lane after Glynn Watson Jr. fell down, and his soft shot bounced on the rim before dropping through with 0.6 seconds left.
Loving scored 15 points and Lyle and Jae’Sean Tate 13 apiece for Ohio State. Webster had 18 points to lead Nebraska.
Arizona star admits PED violation
Arizona sophomore swingman Allonzo Trier, who has been under suspension all season for unspecified reasons, admitted he tested positive for a banned performanceenhancing drug in September. Trier had a strong freshman season, averaging 14.8 points for the Wildcats.