Ball State upends No. 9 Notre Dame thanks to late 3-pointer

SOUTH BEND, IND. » Tayler Persons hit 3-pointer from the left wing with 1.7 seconds remaining and Ball State shocked No. 9 Notre Dame 80-77 on Tuesday night at Purcell Pavilion.

Persons scored 24 points, Tahjai Teague added 13 and Sean Sellers had 11 as Ball State knocked off a nationally ranked opponent for the first time since downing No. 4 UCLA 91-73 more than 16 years ago.

Notre Dame (7-2) lost a nonconference home game for the first time since falling to North Dakota State four years ago.

The Cardinals (5-4) led by a high of 67-58 with 6:45 to go, but the Irish charged all the way back to a 77-77 tie on Matt Farrell’s 3-pointer with 20 seconds to go.

Persons then drained 3-pointer off the dribble for victory.

Ball State had lost each of nine previous meetings to its in-state rival, the most recent being almost 32 years ago by a 119-78 count.

Bonzie Colson had 26 points for the Irish. Farrell added 14 points and eight assists, while Martinas Geben finished with 12 points. his the MIAMI 69, BOSTON U. 54 » Freshman Lonnie Walker IV scored a seasonhigh 26 points and No. 10 Miami (80) surged in the second half to beat Boston University (3-4).

Walker, making his first career start, shot 9 for 15, went 5 for 7 from 3-point range and added seven rebounds in a season-high 28 minutes. WEST VIRGINIA 68, VORGINIA 61 » Jevon Carter had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Lamont West scored 22 points and No. 18 West Virginia beat No. 15 Virginia (8-1), sending the Cavaliers to their first loss.

Daxter Miles Jr. added 12 points for the Mountaineers (8-1).

Devon Hall led Virginia with 19 points and Kyle Guy added 18, all in the second half. WICHITA STATE 95, S. DAKOTA STATE 85 » Landry Shamet had 21 points and eight assists, Shaquille Morris added 20 points and No. 6 Wichita State (7-1) rallied to beat scrappy, hot-shooting South Dakota State.

Conner Frankamp added 16 points, setting the school record by hitting a 3 in his 30th straight game, and the Shockers slowly dug out of a 13-point second-half hole to beat the Jackrabbits (7-4) for their 23rd consecutive victory at Koch Arena. TEXAS TECH 82, NEVADA 76» Keenan Evans scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half and overtime and Texas Tech (7-1) rallied from 11 points down in the second half to beat No. 22 Nevada (8-1).

Caleb Martin scored a seasonhigh 28 points and twin brother Cody Martin matched his best of the season with 22 in the Wolf Pack’s first game as a ranked team since 2007. DUKE 124, ST. FRANICS 67 » Freshman Marvin Bagley III had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke (11-0) scored 71 points in the first half of its rout of St. Francis (Pa.).