Memphis tops Houston for 2nd time this year
Memphis 75, No. 14 Houston 61: Tyler Harris scored 15 points and Landers Nolley and Lester Quinones added 11 each to lead host Memphis (19-9) to a victory over Houston (26-5).
Kyler Edwards led Houston with 19 points.
The Tigers defeated Houston for the second time this season. Memphis beat the Cougars 69-59 last month in Houston to snap the Cougars’ 37-game home winning streak.
The Tigers finished 13-5 in the American Athletic Conference. The 13 conference wins broke the single-season record for the Tigers, who won 12 in 2013-14.
Nebraska 74, No. 10 Wisconsin 73: Wisconsin lost leading scorer Johnny Davis when he was injured on a flagrant foul early in the second half, and the host Badgers (24-6, 15-5) missed a chance to clinch the Big Ten title outright by falling to Nebraska (10-21, 416).
Alonzo Verge Jr. scored Nebraska’s last nine points, part of a 12-0 rally in the final minutes.
Wisconsin could still finish alone atop the Big Ten if second-place Illinois loses to Iowa later Sunday.
The conference tournament starts Wednesday.
Davis was hurt when he was fouled on a layup try by Trey Mcgowens with 17:32 left. Davis went to the locker room and didn’t return to the bench, and the Badgers said he was out with a lower body injury.
Michigan 75, No. 23 Ohio State 69: Devante’ Jones scored 21 points and Michigan (17-13, 11-9) rallied in the second half, wrapping up its up-and-down Big Ten regular season by beating host Ohio State (19-10, 12-8).
Fill-in coach Phil Martelli guided the Wolverines as coach Juwan Howard finished out his five-game suspension for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in a postgame handshake line.
Howard is expected back on the sidelines when the Big Ten conference begins this week.
E.J. Liddell recorded his eighth double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds for Ohio State.
Seedings for the conference tourney are still to be determined.