Cincinnati follows MSU victory with another over UCLA 77-63

LOS ANGELES — Kyle Washington scored 19 points, Jacob Evans III had 16 and No. 25 Cincinnati beat UCLA 77-63 on Saturday.

Cincinnati (9-2) grabbed control with an 18-0 run in the first half. It was one sweet win for the Bearcats, who lost to Lonzo Ball and UCLA in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season.

Aaron Holiday scored 17 points for UCLA (7-3), and Kris Wilkes finished with 12.

The Bruins grabbed a 21-18 lead on Prince Ali’s 3-pointer with 6:59 left in the first half, but they didn’t score again until Alex Olesinski made two free throws with 17.7 seconds to go. Cincinnati turned 15 UCLA turnovers into 19 points on its way to a 36-23 lead at the break.

Cincinnati kept up the pressure in the second half, and Gary Clark’s dunk ran its lead out to 17 at 45-28. Clark finished with 10 points.

UCLA is expected to hear soon about suspended players LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, who were punished for shoplifting in China. Ball left school and turned professional. Riley and Hill missed their 10th straight game on Saturday.

DETROIT — Cassius Winston scored 19 points, and No. 2 Michigan State went on a 12-2 run late in the second half to hold off Oakland.

Kendrick Nunn scored 32 points for the upset-minded Golden Grizzlies, who stayed right with the talented Spartans (10-1) until the final minutes. Michigan State improved to 16-0 against Oakland, but only after the type of test the Spartans can expect again from underdogs down the road.

Nick Ward had 15 points and 15 rebounds for Michigan State, which finished with a 45-30 edge on the boards and made enough outside shots to keep Oakland (6-5) at bay. It was tied at 66 before the decisive run by the Spartans, which included two 3-pointers by Winston.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Freshman Trae Young had 29 points and 10 assists, lifting Oklahoma to the win.

The nation’s leading scorer, Young had 16 points on 6-of9 shooting in the first 9 minutes, pushing the Sooners (8-1) to a lead they would never relinquish.

Freshman forward Brady Manek scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half for Oklahoma.

Darral Willis led the Shockers (8-2) with 20 points and 12 rebounds. Landry Shamet had 17 points.

WASHINGTON — Dewan Huell scored 15 points and Lonnie Walker IV had 13, helping unbeaten Miami to the road win.

The Hurricanes (9-0) ripped off 13 of the game’s first 15 points on their way to a 21-point lead. The scrappy Colonials pulled within seven with 13:53 remaining, but the rally fizzled down the stretch.

Playing its first game since Dec. 5, Miami shot 41 percent from the field, including a 5-for-21 day from beyond the arc.

Jair Bolden had 13 points for the Colonials (5-6), who shot 18.5 percent (5 for 27) from the field in the first half and finished at 30.2 percent overall.

CINCINNATI — Trevon Bluiett’s jumper with 6.3 seconds left completed Xavier’s rally from a 22-point secondhalf deficit.

The Musketeers (10-1) overcame their worst shooting performance of the season, making clutch shots at the end to pull it out. Bluiett missed 11 straight shots and was only 7 of 22 from the field for 18 points, but made the one that mattered.

ETSU (6-4) led 51-29 with 14:24 to go, but couldn’t hold off the Musketeers. Desonta Bradford scored 20 points, but his long 3-pointer was off the mark at the buzzer.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Corey Sanders scored eight of his season-high 22 points during Rutgers’ gameending 17-2 run, leading the Scarlet Knights to their biggest victory since Steve Pikiell became coach last year.

Freshman Geo Baker added 17 and Deshawn Freeman had 12 points and 16 rebounds as the Scarlet Knights (10-3) beat a ranked team for the first time since defeating No. 4 Wisconsin in January 2015.

Myles Powell had 18 points for the Pirates (9-2), who had won five in a row. Desi Rodriguez added 15 points and Angel Delgado had 21 rebounds.

Seton Hall did not make another field goal after Powell hit a jumper with 6:07 to play for a 63-54 lead.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Nigel Johnson scored 22 points and Devon Hall had a career-high 20, helping Virginia to the victory.

Kyle Guy added 19 points for the Cavaliers (9-1), who were playing for the first time since losing 68-61 to No. 11 West Virginia on Dec. 5.

The Wildcats (4-4), also playing for the first time in 11 days, got 20 points from Peyton Aldridge and 12 from Oskar Michelsen.

INDIANAPOLIS — Carsen Edwards scored 18 points, Vincent Edwards and Isaac Haas had 15 apiece, and Purdue got its second win in the seven-year history of the Crossroads Classic.

The Boilermakers (11-2) never trailed on the way to their first win in the series in nearly two decades. Purdue had lost five in a row to Butler since its previous victory over the Bulldogs on Dec. 19, 1998.

Kelan Martin had 17 points for the Bulldogs (8-3), who went into the annual classic in Indianapolis with a five-game winning streak, including their best offensive showing of the year in a 95-67 win over Youngstown State a week ago. Paul Jorgensen finished with 15 points and eight boards.

Ryan Cline’s 3-pointer with 6 seconds left in the first period gave Purdue a 35-19 halftime lead.

INDIANAPOLIS — Juwan Morgan scored 19 of his career-high 34 points in the last 8 1/2 minutes, helping Indiana erase an eight-point deficit and beat Notre Dame in overtime.

Indiana coach Archie Miller got his biggest win of his first season with the Hoosiers (6-5) in his first appearance at the Crossroads Classic, an annual doubleheader between the state’s four highest profile teams.

Morgan scored all of Indiana’s points in an 8-0 run to close regulation and the first four in overtime.

Bonzie Colson’s half-court heave to force a second overtime rimmed out. Colson led the Fighting Irish (8-3) with 29 points.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Mitchell Solomon scored on a tip-in with 6 seconds left and then took a game-clinching charge at the other end of the court, and Oklahoma State knocked Florida State from the unbeaten ranks.

Florida State went ahead on Terance Mann’s follow with 10 seconds to go, but Oklahoma State needed only four seconds to go the length of the court to score for the 14th and final lead change.

Following a timeout, the Seminoles’ CJ Walker drove into the lane but collided with Solomon and was called for the foul, sealing the Cowboys’ win.

Oklahoma State (8-2) ended a streak of seven consecutive losses against ranked teams since February. Florida State (91) missed a chance to match the best start to a season in school history.