Williams, Purdue upset No. 23 Michigan St.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Trevion Williams made a short jumper with 4.5 seconds left and scored 22 of his 26 points after halftime, rallying Purdue past No. 23 Michigan State 55-54 on Friday night after trailing by 17.
Aaron Henry, who scored 13 points, missed a runner from the left side of the lane just before the buzzer to seal the collapse for the Spartans.
Williams made 9 of 14 shots and 8 of 12 free throws to spur the Boilermakers (8-5, 3-3 Big Ten).
The Spartans (8-4, 2-4) missed 11 of their last 13 shots and connected on just 39 percent of their shots overall.
And they simply couldn’t stop Williams in the second half.
The 6-foot-10, 265-pound forward did not connect on his last attempt at the line with a chance to pull Purdue into a 54-all tie with 9.8 seconds left.
The Spartans and Boilermakers both got to the loose ball
after the missed free throw, and the visitors had the alternate possession arrow pointing in their direction. Williams caught a lob pass on an inbounds play and took full advantage with a short, floating, go-ahead jumper.
POSTPONEMENTS
No. 13 Missouri has paused all men’s basketball activities as a result of COVID-19 protocols and postponed Saturday night’s home game against LSU.
The Tigers (7-1) did not disclose any details and said the status of the Jan. 12 game against Vanderbilt and the Jan. 16 game at Texas A&M will be determined at a later date.
No. 19 Clemson paused team activities due to a positive COVID-19 test result and contact tracing, leading to the postponement of the Tigers’ games at North Carolina on Saturday and Syracuse on Tuesday.
George Washington will not visit St. Bonaventure for Saturday’s game because of a positive COVID-19 test by a staff member in the team’s traveling party.
Georgia State postponed games against Troy on Friday and Saturday and paused all team activities following multiple positive COVID-19 tests.
The game between Uconn and Villanova, scheduled for Jan. 15 in Connecticut, has been postponed.
Women
NO. 1 STANFORD 70 NO. 11 OREGON 63
Haley Jones had 18 points and six rebounds, and the topranked Cardinal used an explosive third quarter to defeat the Ducks in an afternoon game at Santa Cruz, Calif.
Francesca Belibi’s three-point play with 17 seconds remaining in the third capped a second decisive 9-0 run by the Cardinal (10-0, 7-0 Pac-12).
Oregon (8-2, 6-2) lost again after it fell out of the top 10 with a home defeat to UCLA that also ended the Duck’s 27-game home winning streak.
POSTPONEMENTS
The Atlantic Coast Conference says Virginia’s game Tuesday against Wake Forest has been postponed.
Memphis’ game against Wichita State scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues in the Shockers program.
Washington has postponed games scheduled at No. 9 UCLA on Jan. 15 and Southern California on Jan. 17.