No. 2 Michigan St. wins 13 straight
NEW YORK — Cassius Winston hit a go-ahead jumper with 7:17 to play and No. 2 Michigan State won its 13th straight game Friday, beating Wisconsin 63-60 in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
Miles Bridges led the Spartans (29-3) with 20 points and Winston finished with 17 in advancing to the semifinals Saturday against No. 15 Michigan.
This was Michigan State’s third win over Wisconsin (15-18) this season.
NO. 8 PURDUE 82, RUTGERS 75
Carsen Edwards and Vincent Edwards each scored 26 points for Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament.
Corey Sanders scored 23 points, including a baseline jumper in the closing minute to pull Rutgers within 78-75. Sanders scored 74 points the three-game run by the last-place Scarlet Knights at Madison Square Garden.
PENN STATE 69, NO. 13 OHIO STATE 68
Tony Carr found Josh Reaves for a game-winning dunk with 3.1 seconds to play for Penn State in the NCAA Tournament.
Carr had 25 points for the second straight night and the seventhseeded Nittany Lions scored the final five points in beating the 13thranked and second-seeded Buckeyes for the third time this season.
NO. 15 MICHIGAN 77, NEBRASKA 58
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman scored 21 points and Moe Wagner had 20 for Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament.
The fifth-seeded Wolverines (26-7) face top-seed Michigan State in the semifinals.
DAVIDSON 63, NO. 17 RHODE ISLAND 61
In Davidson, N.C., Jon Axel Gudmundsson’s driving layup with 3.1 seconds left lifted Davidson to the upset.
It was the second loss of the week for the Rams, who were coming off a shocking 30-point home defeat on senior night against unranked Saint Joseph’s on Tuesday night.