Northwestern holds off Indiana
Aaron Falzon came off the bench to score a career-high 21 points, including six threepointers, and the Wildcats held the Hoosiers to 39 percent shooting en route to a 73-66 victory at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
Falzon was 6-for-7 from the field — all from three-point range — and 3-for-3 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (12-7, 3-5 Big Ten), who wasted most of a 15-point lead with about 12 minutes left before holding on.
Chris Collins became the third Northwestern coach with 100 wins, and the Wildcats handed the Hoosiers (12-7, 3-5) their fifth consecutive loss.
It was 55-40 with about 12 minutes to go after a three-pointer by Ryan Taylor. Indiana then went on a 13-1 run, capped by Romeo Langford’s three on a fallaway jumper to cut the deficit to 56-53.
Jordan Morgan led five players in double figures for Indiana with 18 points.
Northern Illinois 77, Buffalo 75
Noah McCarty banked in a game-winning basket with two seconds left, and the Huskies upset the No. 14 Bulls at the Convocation Center in DeKalb.
The Huskies reserve took a feed from Trendon Hankerson for the layup seconds after Buffalo had tied the score on a threepointer by C.J. Massinburg.
Dante Thorpe scored 23 points and Eugene German 20 as the Huskies (11-8, 4-2 MAC) ended a two-game skid and claimed their first win over a ranked team since 1973 against Oral Roberts at the Chicago Stadium. Their last home win over a ranked team was in 1972, when they beat Indiana.
Massinburg scored 23 points for the Bulls (17-2, 5-1), who had their seven-game winning streak snapped.
Georgia Tech 63, Notre Dame 61
Despite another big game from John Mooney, the visiting Irish suffered their third consecutive loss. Mooney finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds for the Irish (11-8, 1-5 ACC), who fell to last place in the conference standings.
Abdoulaye Gueye had a huge put-back with 52 seconds left and Jose Alvarado hit two clutch free throws to seal it for the Yellow Jackets (11-8, 3-3), who snapped a twogame skid.
Ex-Arizona assistant pleads guilty
Former Arizona assistant coach Emanuel “Book” Richardson pleaded guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit bribery, becoming the second former coach to accept a plea deal with federal prosecutors in their case involving college basketball corruption.
Richardson, 46, who was accused of accepting $20,000 in bribes to steer Arizona players to certain managers and financial advisers once they turned pro, might face 18 to 24 months in prison.