No. 12 Auburn coasts past No. 16 Alabama

Jaylin Williams scored 26 points and Johni Broome 24 to lead No. 12 Auburn past No. 16 Alabama 99-81 on Wednesday in Auburn, Alabama, to move into a tie atop the Southeastern Conference.

The Tigers (19-4, 8-2 SEC) are tied with the Crimson Tide (16-7, 8-2) and No. 15 South Carolina. They held the nation’s top-scoring offense to 37.3 percent shooting two weeks after Alabama halted their 11-game win streak with a 79-75 victory in Tuscaloosa.

Mark Sears scored 25 points for the Crimson Tide, who were trying to win their fourth straight in the rivalry — something neither team had done since 2012.

Auburn stretched a 14-point intermission lead to 20 early in the second half. Alabama didn’t trim it to single digits, even with the Tigers missing nine straight shots over a seven-minute span.

■ No. 6 Tennessee 88, Louisiana State 68: At Knoxville, Tenn., Dalton Knecht had 27 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Volunteers (17-5,

7-2 SEC), who were outrebounded 40-27. The Tigers (12-10, 4-5) cut a 26-point deficit to eight with a 13-0 run midway through the second half. ■ No. 9 Duke 71, Notre Dame

53: At Durham, N.C., Mark Mitchell had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Devils (17-5, 8-3 ACC), who rode a 43-35 rebounding

advantage to a 21-2 edge in second-chance points. The Fighting Irish (7-16, 2-10) shot 33.9 percent.

■ Michigan 72, No. 11 Wisconsin 68: At Ann Arbor, Mich., Dug Mcdaniel hit three free throws in the final 19 seconds and totaled 16 points for the Wolverines (8-15, 3-9 Big Ten), who halted a five-game skid and dealt the Badgers (16-7, 8-4) their third loss in a row. Michigan had yielded an average of 82 points in its previous 11 games, losing 10.

■ Providence 91, No. 19 Creighton 87, OT: At Providence, R.I., Josh Oduro had 32 points and 12 rebounds for the Friars (15-8, 6-6 Big East), who dealt the Bluejays (16-7, 7-5) their second straight loss. Baylor Scheierman had 27 points and 12 rebounds for Creighton, which shot 50.8 percent while hitting 14 of 29 3-point tries. Women ■ No. 11 Connecticut 67,

Seton Hall 34: At Hartford, Conn., Aaliyah Edwards had 18 points and 15 rebounds for the Huskies (20-4, 12-0 Big East), who gave coach Geno Auriemma his 1,200th win. The 69-year-old joined former Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski (1,202) and Stanford’s Tara Vanderveer (1,206) as the lone Division I coaches with 1,200 victories. The Pirates (13-10, 5-7) missed 20 of 22 first-half fieldgoal tries and trailed 29-12 at intermission.