Minnesota knocks off Big Ten foe No. 4 Iowa
Brandon Johnson made all four of his three- point attempts in overtime and f inished with 26 points and nine rebounds, leading Minnesota’s late surge to upset No. 4 Iowa 102- 95 on Friday night.
Marcus Carr had 30 points while shooting six for 13 from threepoint range and eight assists, and Liam Robbins added 18 points and four blocks for the Gophers ( 8- 1, 1- 1 Big Ten). They trailed by seven points with 44 seconds left in regulation and outscored the Hawkeyes 29- 15 the rest of the way.
Luka Garza had 32 points on 11for- 27 shooting and 17 rebounds for the Hawkeyes ( 7- 2, 1- 1), who gave up 99 points in their f irst loss last week to No. 1 Gonzaga. C. J. Fredrick scored 23 points and Joe Wieskamp added 14 points and nine rebounds, but a 55- 38 rebounding edge wasn’t enough for Iowa to overcome the barrage of three- balls by the 6- foot- 8 graduate transfer Johnson.
No. 9 Wisconsin 85, No. 12 Michigan State 76: D’Mitrik Trice scored a season- high 29 points as Wisconsin( 8- 1, 2- 0 Big Ten) won at the Breslin Center for the first time since 2004 and extended its Big Ten winning streak to 10 games, dating to last season when the Badgers shared the conference championship with the Spartans and Maryland. Michigan State ( 6- 2, 0- 2) trailed by two points before Wisconsin scored 14 of the last 21 points over the final 4: 03 to turn a closely contested game into a lopsided result.
No. 19 Michigan 80, at Nebraska 69:
Franz Wagner had 20 points and Michigan scored 10 straight points early in the second half to pull away. Michigan ( 7- 0, 2- 0 Big Ten) started slowly in its f irst game since Dec. 13 but stunned Nebraska ( 4- 5, 0- 2) with the two- minute f lurry that began with Isaiah Livers’ three- pointer.