No. 2 Ohio State tumbles
Miles McBride scored 21 points, including six in the final 2:22, as No. 22 West Virginia rallied for a 6759 victory over No. 2 Ohio State in Cleveland on Sunday.
The Mountaineers (111), who trailed by nine late in the first half, went ahead for good at 5554 on a shot by Derek Culver with 3:31 left. McBride followed with two free throws and an 18foot jumper that he punctuated with a playful shrug.
Kaleb Wesson had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Buckeyes (112), who made 5 of 24 shots in the second half while being outscored 3622.
“I wasn’t very happy with them at halftime because I didn’t think we played as hard as they did and we got in foul trouble,” West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins said of his team. “Then they came out in the second half and played as well as we’ve played defensively all year.” #6 Oregon 98, Alabama State 59: Chris Duarte had 31 points as the host Ducks (11-2) beat the Hornets (1-12). Oregon forced 20 turnovers, which led to 32 points. #8 Auburn 86, Lipscomb 59: Danjel Purifoy had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the host Tigers (12-0) past the Bisons (5-8). Other Top 25: Jon Teske had 25 points as No. 11 Michigan (10-3) prevailed 86-60 over visiting UMass Lowell (6-9) . ... Anthony Cowan Jr. scored 19 points to help No. 13 Maryland (11-2) end a two-game slide with an 84-70 win over visiting Bryant (8-5) . ... Foster Loyer scored 16 points as No. 14 Michigan State (10-3) won 95-62 over visiting Western Michigan (7-6) . ... Braxton Key had 15 points, pacing No. 16 Virginia (10-2) to a 65-56 over visiting Navy (6-5) . ... No. 20 Penn State (11-2), led by Mike Watkins’ 19 points, rolled 90-59 over visiting Cornell (1-10) . ... Kyler Edwards scored 18 of his 20 points after halftime as No. 23 Texas Tech (9-3) prevailed 73-58 against visiting Cal State Bakersfield (6-9) . ... Luka Garza scored 23 points and Ryan Kriener added 20 as No. 25 Iowa (10-3) cruised to a 93-51 win over visiting Kennesaw State (1-12). #3 Oregon State 69, Cal State Bakersfield 50: Taylor Jones scored 16 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked six shots for the host Beavers (12-0) against the Roadrunners (8-4). #10 UCLA 83. USC 59: Japreece Dean and Michaela Onyenwere each scored 21 points as the host Bruins (12-0) beat the Trojans (5-4) in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. Alissa Pili had 28 points and 10 rebounds for USC. #18 Arizona 58, Arizona State 53: Aari McDonald scored 20 points and the visiting Wildcats (12-0) held off the Sun Devils (10-3) in another Pac-12 opener. Eboni Walker scored 12 points to lead Arizona State.