No. 2 Michigan rolls to best start after beating Wildcats
Wolverines improve to 17-0; MSU takes down Penn State
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jon Teske scored all 17 of his points in the first half, and No. 2 Michigan is now off to its best start in program history after an 80-60 victory over Northwestern on Sunday night.
The Wolverines (17-0, 6-0 Big Ten) started 16-0 on two previous occasions, but this season’s team surpassed that by routing Northwestern. Zavier Simpson scored a career-high 24 points for Michigan, and Teske matched his own career high in scoring.
The 7-foot-1 Teske made three 3-pointers, plus a couple more midrange shots. Simpson — who entered the game shooting 29 percent from 3-point range — connected five times from beyond the arc.
Northwestern (10-7, 1-5) was without leading scorer Vic Law, who was out with a lowerbody injury. Dererk Pardon scored 20 points for Northwestern.
Michigan also started 16-0 in 1985-86 and 2012-13. The Wolverines have matched the longest winning streak in school history. They won 17 in a row in 1985 before losing in the NCAA Tournament.
Michigan and Virginia are the only unbeaten teams remaining in Division I. NO. 6 MICHIGAN STATE 71, PENN STATE 56: In State College, Pa., Nick Ward had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Michigan State past Penn State.
Matt McQuaid added 15 points and Cassius Winston chipped in 11 for the Spartans (15-2, 6-0 Big Ten), who have won 10 straight. They also beat the Nittany Lions (7-10, 0-6) for the 10th consecutive time.
Kenny Goins added 10 rebounds for the Spartans, who only trailed for 10 seconds and led by as many as 21 with 6:44 to play.
Women
NO. 1 NOTRE DAME 78, WAKE FOREST 48: In South Bend, Ind., Marina Mabrey scored 18 points and No. 1 Notre Dame dominated from start to finish in a victory over Wake Forest on Sunday.
Jessica Shepard had 16 points while Brianna Turner had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (16-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who got a rare off-day from leading scorer Arike Ogunbowale. Ogunbowale, who had 30 points Thursday in Notre Dame’s 82-68
win over No. 2 Louisville, saw her 37-game double-digit scoring streak end. She scored just four points on 1-of-11 shooting from the field.
But roommate Mabrey hit 7 of 11 shots, including 4 of 7 3-pointers, and had seven rebounds and four assists. Shepard finished with six rebounds, five assists and four steals. No. 2 LOUISVILLE 61, GEORGIA TECH 44: In Louisville, Ky., Asia Durr scored 21 points and Louisville bounced back nicely from its first loss of the season, topping Georgia Tech.
The Cardinals (15-1, 3-1 ACC) shot 38 percent from the field in Thursday’s 82-68 loss at topranked Notre Dame. But they put together a fast start against Georgia Tech and then used their defense to put away the Yellow Jackets (12-5, 2-2) after they made a charge in the third quarter. No. 3 UCONN 63, SOUTH FLORIDA 46: In Storrs, Conn., Katie Lou Samuelson scored 19 points to reach the 2,000-point milestone and UConn overcame a sluggish start to beat South Florida.
Megan Walker added 14 points and Napheesa Collier had 12 for the Huskies (14-1, 3-0 American), who have never suffered a conference loss in the AAC. No. 5 OREGON 72, UCLA 52: In Los Angeles, Ruthy Hebard had 19 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, Satou Sabally added 19 points and Oregon routed UCLA for its eighth straight victory.
Hebard’s double-double was her fourth in six career games against the Bruins (9-8, 2-3 Pac-12), who dropped their fifth in a row to the Ducks (15-1, 4-0).
No. 6 STANFORD 78, ARIZONA 48: In Tucson, Ariz., Alanna Smith scored 20 points, DiJonai Carrington added 19 and Stanford rolled past Arizona to complete a two-game Pac-12 road sweep in the desert.
Arizona’s Aari McDonald, who entered the game as the nation’s leading scorer at 26 points per game, scored 17 but was just 6 of 22 from the field and 0 for 6 from 3-point range.
Arizona (13-3, 3-2) had beaten ranked opponents — Arizona State and California — in its last two home games. No. 8 N.C. STATE 66, VIRGINIA 38: In Charlottesville, Va., Erika Cassell had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and North Carolina State remained the only unbeaten Division I women’s team with a victory over Virginia.
No. 10 OREGON STATE 76, USC 52: In Los Angeles, Mikayla Pivec scored 19 of her 21 points in the second half and Oregon State routed USC. Maddie Washington added 19 points and Aleah Goodman had 17.