Wolverines brush off Wildcats for program-record start
Jon Teske scored all 17 of his points in the first half, and No. 2 Michigan is now off to its best start in program history after an 80-60 victory over Northwestern on Sunday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Wolverines (17-0, 6-0 Big Ten) started 16-0 on two previous occasions, but this season’s team surpassed that by routing Northwestern. Zavier Simpson scored a career-high 24 points for Michigan, and Teske matched his own career high in scoring.
The 7-foot-1 Teske made three 3-pointers, plus a couple more midrange shots. Simp- son — who entered the game shooting 29 percent from 3-point range — connected five times from beyond the arc.
Northwestern (10-7, 1-5) was without leading scorer Vic Law, who was out with a lower-body injury. The Wildcats lost by two to the Wolverines last month — one of only two Michigan games this season decided by single digits — but this one was no contest.
Dererk Pardon scored 20 points for Northwestern.
NO. 6 MICHIGAN STATE 71, PENN STATE 56: Nick Ward had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Michigan State (15-2, 6-0) to a win over Penn State (7-10, 0-6) in State College, Pennsylvania. Matt Mcquaid added 15 points and Cassius Winston chipped in 11 for the Spartans, who have won 10 straight. They also beat the Nittany Lions for the 10th consecutive time. Kenny Goins added 10 rebounds for the Spartans, who only trailed for 10 seconds and led by as many as 21 with 6:44 to play. Lamar Stevens led Penn State with 20 points. Myles Dread, Josh Reaves and Mike Watkins all scored 11 points. NO. 1 NOTRE DAME 78, WAKE FOREST 48: Marina Mabrey scored 18 points and Notre Dame (16-1, 4-0 ACC) beat Wake Forest (9-7, 0-3) in South Bend, Indiana. NO. 2 LOUISVILLE 61, GEORGIA TECH 44: Asia Durr scored 21 points and Louisville (15-1, 3-1 ACC) bounced back from its first loss of the season, topping Georgia Tech (12-5, 2-2) in Louisville, Kentucky.
NO. 3 UCONN 63, SOUTH FLORIDA 46: Katie Lou Samuelson scored 19 points to reach the 2,000-point milestone and Uconn (14-1, 3-0 AAC) beat South Florida (10-7, 1-2) in Storrs, Connecticut.
NO. 25 INDIANA 75, WISCONSIN 68: Jaelynn Penn scored 15 of her 21 points in the first half, Ali Patberg had 15 points, six rebounds and nine assists and Indiana (15-2, 4-1 Big Ten) beat Wisconsin (10-7, 1-4) in Madison, Wisconsin.