Minnesota hands Michigan first loss

When two of the Big Ten’s best and tallest players faced off just last week, Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson made his 7-foot-1 mark on a decisive win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Liam Robbins and his teammates stepped up in a big way to avoid the repeat.

Robbins had 22 points and eight rebounds in 22 minutes to lead No. 23 Minnesota to a 75-57 victory on Saturday, handing No. 7 Michigan its first loss while holding Dickinson to a season-low nine points.

“We challenged Liam: ‘You’re a junior. He’s a freshman. He’s a really good freshman, but you’ve got to act like the junior in this one,’ ” Minnesota coach Richard Pitino said.

Marcus Carr scored 17 points and Gabe Kalscheur added 10 points for the Gophers (11-4, 4-4 Big Ten), who played their seventh straight game against a team ranked in the Associated Press poll. According to Minnesota’s research, this was the most consecutive top 25 opponents for any NCAA team since St. John’s faced eight in a row in 2011.

Back in their happy place after decisive defeats last week at Michigan and Iowa, the Gophers limited the Wolverines — the best shooting team in the conference — to a season-low score while forcing them into a seasonhigh 20 turnovers.

Chaundee Brown Jr. scored 14 points for the Wolverines (11-1, 6-1), who played without senior guard Eli Brooks because of a foot injury from a recent practice.

at Butler 70, No. 8 Creighton 66 (OT): Aaron Thompson scored 17 points and found Bryce Nze for the go-ahead layup with 68 seconds left in overtime to complete the Bulldogs’ remarkable second-half comeback with an upset of the Bluejays.

The Bulldogs also overcame a 71-58 deficit over the final 71⁄ minutes of regulation.

2 Butler (4-7, 3-5 Big East) has won four straight home games against the Bluejays.

Denzel Mahoney scored 23 of his season-high 29 points in the second half to lead Creighton (10-3, 6-2), which had a six-game winning streak snapped.

No. 2 Baylor 68, at No. 15 Texas Tech 60: 73 59

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