Santa Fe New Mexican

No. 2 Michigan St. wins 13 straight

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NEW YORK — Cassius Winston hit a go-ahead jumper with 7:17 to play and No. 2 Michigan State won its 13th straight game Friday, beating Wisconsin 63-60 in the quarterfin­als of the Big Ten Tournament.

Miles Bridges led the Spartans (29-3) with 20 points and Winston finished with 17 in advancing to the semifinals Saturday against No. 15 Michigan.

This was Michigan State’s third win over Wisconsin (15-18) this season.

NO. 8 PURDUE 82, RUTGERS 75

Carsen Edwards and Vincent Edwards each scored 26 points for Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament.

Corey Sanders scored 23 points, including a baseline jumper in the closing minute to pull Rutgers within 78-75. Sanders scored 74 points the three-game run by the last-place Scarlet Knights at Madison Square Garden.

PENN STATE 69, NO. 13 OHIO STATE 68

Tony Carr found Josh Reaves for a game-winning dunk with 3.1 seconds to play for Penn State in the NCAA Tournament.

Carr had 25 points for the second straight night and the seventhsee­ded Nittany Lions scored the final five points in beating the 13thranked and second-seeded Buckeyes for the third time this season.

NO. 15 MICHIGAN 77, NEBRASKA 58

Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman scored 21 points and Moe Wagner had 20 for Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament.

The fifth-seeded Wolverines (26-7) face top-seed Michigan State in the semifinals.

DAVIDSON 63, NO. 17 RHODE ISLAND 61

In Davidson, N.C., Jon Axel Gudmundsso­n’s driving layup with 3.1 seconds left lifted Davidson to the upset.

It was the second loss of the week for the Rams, who were coming off a shocking 30-point home defeat on senior night against unranked Saint Joseph’s on Tuesday night.

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