Ayala, Wiggins lift Maryland by No. 9 Wisconsin
MADISON, WIS. » Eric Ayala scored 17 points, while Aaron Wiggins added 15 points and nine rebounds as Maryland beat No. 9 Wisconsin 70-64 on Monday.
Maryland (6-3, 1-2 Big Ten) snapped Wisconsin’s 15- game home winning streak and a stretch of 10 straight conference wins that dated back to last season.
D’Mitrik Trice hit a 3-pointer with just less than 2 minutes left to pull the Badgers (8-2, 2-1) to 60-59.
Donta Scott hit backtoback shots and Ayala knocked down two free throws to put the Terrapins up 66-59 with less than 25 seconds to go. Trice was fouled on a 3-point attempt on Wisconsin’s next possession and hit all three, but the Badgers got no closer.
Trice led Wisconsin with 25 points, while Aleem Ford added 10. But the Badgers’ post team of Nate Reuvers and Micah Potter combined for just 12 points as Maryland outscored them 38-20 in the paint.
NO. 1 GONZAGA 88, NORTHERN ARIZONA 58 » Joel Ayayi had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Drew Timme added 14 points and topranked Gonzaga beat Northern Arizona.
Andrew Nembhard finished with 10 points and seven assists for Gonzaga (8- 0), which has the nation’s longest home winning streak at 42 games.
Cameron Shelton scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Northern Arizona (1- 6), which was undone by 35% shooting. Jay Green had 12 points.
Gonzaga used to play the Lumberjacks regularly when both were in the Big Sky Conference, but this was only their second meeting since 1979.
NO. 21 MINNESOTA 81, NO. 17 MICHIGAN STATE 56 » Liam Robbins had 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocks, leading a stifling effort by No. 21 Minnesota on defense to beat No. 17 Michigan State.
Marcus Carr scored 19 points and dished out five assists for the Gophers (91, 2-1 Big Ten), who never trailed and held the sputtering Spartans to 25.7% shooting (18 for 70) while outrebounding them 52-36.
Aaron Henry, who came off the bench for the first time this season, had 11 points and three assists, both paltry team highs as the Spartans (6-3, 0-3) hit their first 0-3 start in Big Ten play in 19 years.
Minnesota, which beat then-No. 4 Iowa on Friday, has faced and defeated consecutive opponents ranked in the Associated Press poll for the first time since beating Michigan State and Purdue in the Big Ten tournament in 2010. The Gophers have five more games in a row against teams currently in the AP Top 25.