DePaul comes up short in OT against Providence
Jared Bynum scored 26 points off the bench and Al Durham and Nate Watson finished with 16 apiece as No. 11 Providence (21-2, 11-1 Big East) held on for a 76-73 overtime victory against visiting DePaul (12-11, 3-10) on Saturday.
David Jones led the Demons with 19 points. DePaul scored just one basket in the final 5:12 of the second half, but it was a timely one. Nick Ongenda hit a game-tying turnaround jumper with 20.3 seconds remaining to force overtime.
Durham went 12-for-12 at the free-throw line as the Friars won their eighth in a row. Blake Wesley scored 18 of his 21 points in the first eight minutes as visiting Notre Dame (18-7, 11-3 ACC) cruised to a 76-61 victory over slumping Clemson (12-13, 4-10).
Despite 17 points and eight rebounds from Damara Franklin, visiting UIC (9-14, 5-9 Horizon League) dropped a 73-66 decision to IPFW (15-10, 10-6).
Rutgers (15-9, 9-5 Big Ten) took a giant step toward an NCAA Tournament berth with a 73-65 upset on the road over No. 14 Wisconsin (19-5, 10-4). Ron Harper Jr. led the Scarlet Knights with 21 points.
Coach Tom Izzo benched starter Tyson Walker in favor of A.J. Hoggard, and the two finished with 15 and 14 points, respectively, as
No. 17 Michigan State (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten) took a 76-61 victory at Indiana (16-8, 7-7).
E.J. Liddell (26 points) led No. 16 Ohio State (15-6, 8-4 Big Ten) to a 68-57 victory over host Michigan (13-10, 7-6).
Chicago State’s losing streak grew to six with a 72-58 home-court loss to Sam Houston (15-11, 10-3 WAC). Jahsean Corbett had 13 points for the Cougars (6-19, 2-10).
MISCELLANEOUS
Ryder’s hole-in-one sparks wild scene
Sam Ryder brought down the house with a hole-in-one on the stadium 16th hole in the WM Phoenix Open, in Scottsdale, Arizona, where newcomer Sahith Theegala topped a crowded leaderboard.
Ryder’s wedge shot on the 124-yard hole landed just right and short, bounced a couple of times, spun left and fell in. The fans on the 17,000-seat hole littered the turf with bottles, cans and cups, leading to a 15-minute delay.
The host Wolves fell to the IceHogs 4-3 in a shootout. Stefan Noesen scored with 1:41 left in regulation to tie it, but the IceHogs’ Michal Teply scored the only goal in the shootout. Ryan Suzuki and Jack Drury also scored for the Wolves (27-9-4-3), who extended their home points streak to 14 games.