Michigan continues to roll, overpowers Indiana
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Franz Wagner matched his season high with 21 points and Isaiah Livers added 16 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 3 Michigan pull away for a 73- 57 victory Saturday at Indiana.
The Wolverines ( 18- 1, 13- 1 Big Ten) took another major step toward the league title by winning their seventh straight, improving to 5- 0 since resuming play following a COVID- 19 pause, and capturing their third straight victory in Bloomington.
NO. 5 ILLINOIS 74, NO. 23 WISCONSIN 69
MADISON, Wis. — Kofi Cockburn scored 19 points and Illinois topped Wisconsin, completing its first sweep of the regularseason series since 2005.
After Wisconsin trailed by 13 points with less than three minutes left, D’Mitrik Trice nearly brought the Badgers all the way back by scoring 19 points in the final 2: 12. Trice’s 3- pointer cut Illinois’ lead to 70- 69 with 6.7 seconds left.
OKLAHOMA STATE 94, NO. 7 OKLAHOMA 90 ( OT)
NORMAN, Okla. — Freshman star Cade Cunningham scored 10 of his season- high 40 points in overtime to lead Oklahoma State.
NO. 10 WEST VIRIGNIA 64, KANSAS STATE 43
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Sean McNeil scored 16 points and West Virginia used a two big second- half runs to beat Kansas State.
NORTH CAROLINA 78, NO. 11 FLORIDA STATE 70
CHAPEL HILL, N. C. — Freshman Walker Kessler scored a season- high 20 points to help North Carolina upset Florida State, earning a needed victory to boost its NCAA Tournament chances while giving coach Roy Williams his 900th career victory.
XAVIER 77, NO. 13 CREIGHTON 69
CINCINNATI — Paul Scruggs scored 23 points and Zach Freemantle added 17, helping Xavier bolster its NCAA Tournament hopes.
NO. 18 TEXAS TECH 68, NO. 14 TEXAS 59
LUBBOCK, Texas — Mac McClung had 16 points to lead five Texas Tech players in double figures and the Red Raiders snapped a three- game losing streak.
NO. 16 VIRGINIA TECH 84, WAKE FOREST 46
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Keve Aluma scored 23 points, Tyrece Radford had 15 and Virginia Tech pounded Wake Forest.
NO. 20 ARKANSAS 83, LSU 75
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Justin Smith had 19 points and 10 rebounds, helpingArkansas beat Cameron Thomas and LSU.
AUBURN 77, NO. 25 TENNESSEE 72
AUBURN, Ala. — Allen Flanigan scored a season- high 23 points and had seven rebounds to lead Auburn.