No. 3 Purdue rallies past No. 12 Ilinois
Zach Edey had 28 points and eight rebounds as No. 3 Purdue rallied in the second half to beat No. 12 Illinois 7771 on Tuesday night, becoming the first team in 17 years to win consecutive outright Big Ten regular-season championships.
Fletcher Loyer added 16 points for the Boilermakers (27-3, 16-3), who had already clinched at least a share of their second straight conference title with Saturday night’s victory over Michigan State.
The last Big Ten team to win back-to-back outright regular-season crowns was Ohio State in 2006 and 2007.
NO. 7 NORTH CAROLINA
84, NOTRE DAME 51>> Armando Bacot played in his record 162nd ACC game and North Carolina claimed at least a share of the regular-season conference title in Chapel Hill, N.C..
Bacot, a fifth-year player who holds the school’s record for career rebounds and doubledoubles, finished with 14 points and five rebounds.
RJ Davis added 22 points and six assists for the Tar Heels (24-6, 16-3). Harrison Ingram finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds.
NO. 14 KANSAS 90, KANSAS STATE 68>> Kevin Mccullar Jr. had 19 points in his Allen Fieldhouse farewell, Hunter Dickinson added 15 points and 20 rebounds, and Kansas snapped a two-game skid in Lawrence, Kan.
Nick Timberlake added 18 points and KJ Adams Jr. had 16 for the Jayhawks (22-8, 10-7 Big 12), who beat the Wildcats at home for the 18th straight time and won their 40th in a row on senior night, a run that stretches to the 1983-84 season.
FLORIDA 105, NO. 16 ALABAMA 87>> Will Richard scored 23 points, Walter Clayton Jr. added 22 and Florida beat Alabama to stay in contention for a top four seed in the upcoming Southeastern Conference Tournament.
The Gators (21-9, 11-6 SEC) won for the 10th time in 13 games and finished 14-1 at home this season. More important to coach Todd Golden, they moved a step closer to potentially landing a double bye in the league tourney.
NO. 24 SOUTH FLORIDA 85, TULANE 72>> Chris Youngblood had 29 points and five assists and South Florida extended its winning streak to 15 games.
Kasean Pryor scored 13 points and Selton Miguel added 12 for the Bulls (23-5, 16-1 American Athletic Conference), the conference’s regularseason champions. USF was playing its first home game and second overall as a team ranked in the Top 25 in the program’s half-century history.
NO. 25 DAYTON 100, SAINT LOUIS 83>> Daron Holmes II had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Koby Brea and Kobe Elvis each hit five 3-pointers as Dayton snapped a three-game road losing streak.
The Flyers made a Chaifetz Arena record 18 3-pointers and matched the school record for 3s, set earlier this season in a win over Oakland.
Brea and Elvis each scored 21 points for Dayton (23-6, 13-4 Atlantic 10), which won without starting point guard Javon Bennett, who was sidelined with a thumb injury.
WOMEN
No. 23 UNLV women earn 60-point victory over Utah State
LOGAN, UTAH >>Nneka Obiazor scored 16 points, Amarachi Kimpson and Mckinna Brackens each added 14 points and No. 23 UNLV dominated Utah State 104-44 for its 12th straight victory.
UNLV (27-2, 17-1 Mountain West) improved to 19-0 on the road in conference play dating to the 2021-22 season. The Lady Rebels will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament that begins on Sunday.
UNLV pulled away in the second quarter during a 19-0 run. Utah
State missed all 12 of its field-goal attempts in the frame and trailed 49-14 at the break. The Lady Rebels also scored the final 13 points of the third quarter to make it 78-27.