Washington leads Ohio State’s rally past 11th-ranked Rutgers
D u a ne Wa s h i n g t on Jr. scored 22 points, and No. 23 Ohio State rallied from a 16- point second- half deficit to beat No. 11 Rutgers 80- 68 on Wednesday.
E . J. L iddell ha d 21 points and Kyle Young added 17 points and 12 rebounds for host Ohio State ( 7-1, 1-1 Big Ten), which trailed 48- 32 with 15 minutes lef t in the game. The Buckeyes went on a 20-1 run late in the second half to seize control and hand Rutgers (61, 2-1) its first loss.
Ron Harper Jr. had 20 points, Montez Mathis sc ore d 16 a nd Ja c ob Young added 12 for the Scarlet Knights.
Harper had 10 points in the first half as Rutgers led 38 - 28 at the break. Young and Geo Ba ker each had eight first- half points for the Scarlet Knights. Harper had seven points during a 12-2 run that gave Rutgers a 22-11 lead. The Scarlet Knights led by as many as 13 points in the first half.
Harper hit a 19- footer and a pair of 3s a minute apart early in the second half for a 48- 32 lead with 15:31 left.
Washington answered with three rapid- fire 3s of his own. Rutgers still led 61- 55 with 7 1/2 minut es lef t before Ohio State dug in on defense and went on its decisive run, which included eight points from Washington and four each from Liddell and Kyle Young.
NO. 5 VILLANOVA 85, MARQUETTE 68 >> Collin Gillespie scored 22 points and sank six 3-pointers as the Wildcats (7-1, 3- 0 Big East) took care of business on the road for their sixth consecutive victory.
Marquette (5- 5, 1- 3), wh ic h lo s t it s third straight, was seeking to beat a top-10 team for the third time this season. The Golden Eagles had beaten then- No. 4 Wisconsin on Dec. 4 and topped then-No. 9 Creighton on Dec. 14.
NO. 8 T E N N E S S E E 8 0 , SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE 60 >>
Victor Bailey scored 18 points, but it wasn’t until a 12-2 run midway through the second half
that the Volunteers (6- 0) finally pulled away. Josiah-Jordan James added 11 points and eight rebounds. John Fulkerson scored 10.
T he Spa r t a n s ( 0 - 8) were led by Tommy Brunner with 18 points. Everette Hammond scored 13 points.
NO. 13 CREIGHTON 66, NO. 22 XAVIER 61 >>
Antwann Jones and Denzel Mahoney scored 13 points each to lead the Bluejays, who handed the Musketeers their first loss of the season. The Bluejays (7-2, 3-1 Big East) used an 8- 0 run to start the second half to open up a 4434 lead before the Musketeers (8-1, 1-1) cut it to 6461 with 10 seconds left. Adam Kunkel then got a steal and had a chance to tie the game, but his 3- pointer with a second
left rimmed out.
NO. 18 ILLINOIS 98, PENN STATE 81 >> Ayo Dosunmu scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half to lead the visiting Illini. Kofi Cockburn added 23 points, and Andre Curbelo had 15 points and eight assists for Illinois (6- 3, 2-1 Big Ten).
Penn State (3- 3, 0- 2) opened up a 19- 4 lead over the first five minutes. The Illini used the remainder of the half to claw back, tying the game at 43 at halftime. Illinois took over midway through the second half, outrebounding Penn State 24-11 after the break. Dosunmu and Cockburn combined for 28 second-half points. WASHINGTON STATE 62, NORTHWE ST E R N STAT E 52 >> Efe Abogidi had his third straight double - double with 15 points and 12 rebounds as the host Cougars (8- 0) remained unbeaten. Isaac Bonton added 13 points, six rebounds and three steals for Wa shing ton State, which is off to its best start since 2007- 08. OREGON- UCLA GAME OFF DUE TO REF TESTING PROTOCOL >> Oregon’s game against UCLA scheduled for Wednesday was postponed because of CO - VID-19 testing protocols for game officials. There was no immediate word on when it might be made up. Oregon (6-1) has won six consecutive games. CH I CAG O STAT E WON’ T PLAY >> Chicago State announced that it is suspending its program for the rest of the season. The university said the move was made to focus on the health and safety of the players.
The school’s other 14 sports programs, including women’s basketball, will continue with their seasons and activ ities. Earlier this week, Chicago State postponed its scheduled Tuesday game at Iowa State due to an “insufficient number of student-athletes available to participate in the competition.”
C ou g a r s t hird-yea r head coach Lance Irvin has not been around the team this season. Irvin, a two- time cancer survivor, isn’t coaching in person due to COVID-19 concerns.
Women NO. 6 ARIZONA 96, IDAHO 42 >>
Shaina Pelling ton scored 16 points, and Helena Pueyo had all of her 14 points in the first half to lead the host Wildcats. Cate Reese scored 12 points, Aari McDonald had 11 points and six assists and Lauren Ware had 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds for the Wildcats (6- 0), who got 58 points from their bench.
McDonald has scored in double figures in 73 consecutive games, the longest active streak in the NCA A.
NO. 19 INDIANA 75, MINNESOTA 54 >> Mackenzie Holmes and Jaelynn Penn scored 19 points apiece to pace the Hoosiers (42, 2- 0 Big Ten).