BALL STATE STUNS NO. 9 NOTRE DAME

IND.» Tayler Persons SOUTH BEND, hit a 3-pointer from the left wing with 1.7 seconds remaining and Ball State shocked No. 9 Notre Dame 80-77 on Tuesday night at Purcell Pavilion.

Persons scored 24 points, Tahjai Teague added 13 and Sean Sellers had 11 as Ball State knocked off a nationally ranked opponent for the first time since downing No. 4 UCLA 91-73 more than 16 years ago.

Notre Dame lost a nonconference home game for the first time since falling to North Dakota State four years ago.

The Cardinals led by a high margin of 67-58 with 6:45 to go, but the Irish charged all the way back to a 77-77 tie on Matt Farrell’s 3-pointer with 20 seconds to go.

Persons then drained his 3pointer off the dribble for the win.

Ball State had lost each of nine previous meetings to its in-state rival, the most recent being almost 32 years ago by a 119-78 count. The closest the Cardinals had come against the Irish was 14 points, and ND’s average margin of victory was 29.

Bonzie Colson had 26 points for the Irish. Farrell added 14 points and eight assists, while Martinas Geben finished with 12 points.

TUESDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Joe Rosga finished with a gamehigh 23 points as Denver beat San Jose State 58-56. … Freshman Marvin Bagley III had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke scored 71 points in the first half of its 124-67 rout of St. Francis (Pa.). … Miles Bridges scored 21 points and No. 3 Michigan State overcame its worst offensive performance of the season with a 62-52 victory over Rutgers. … Mikal Bridges had his coming out performance as one of top players in the nation, scoring a career-high 28 points to lead No. 4 Villanova to an 88-72 victory over No. 12 Gonzaga in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Bridges, a 6-foot-7 junior guard, had shown Villanova what he could do this season with three games of 20-plus points that already signaled he may be the best player on the Big East champs. … Landry Shamet had 21 points and eight assists, Shaquille Morris added 20 points and No. 6 Wichita State rallied to beat scrappy, hot-shooting South Dakota State 95-85. … Deandre Ayton scored 13 points and had 10 rebounds to help Arizona upset No. 7 Texas A&M 67-64. … Freshman Lonnie Walker IV scored a season-high 26 points and No. 10 Miami surged in the second half to beat Boston University 69-54. … Glynn Watson Jr. scored 29 points as Nebraska beat No. 14 Minnesota 78-68. … Jevon Carter had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Lamont West scored 22 points and No. 18 West Virginia beat No. 15 Virginia 68-61, sending the Cavaliers to their first loss. Daxter Miles Jr. added 12 points for the Mountaineers. Devon Hall led Virginia with 19 points and Kyle Guy added 18, all in the second half. … Kenrich Williams scored 27 points and No. 20 TCU beat SMU 94-83. … Keenan Evans scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half and overtime and Texas Tech rallied from 11 points down in the second half to beat No. 22 Nevada 82-76. … Andrew Jones scored 19 points and Dylan Osetkowski added 17 and Texas beat VCU 71-67 in Shaka Smart’s return to the Richmond school. Smart led the Rams for six seasons and won 163 games as their coach. He claimed career victory No. 200 on Tuesday.

Women

KY.» Myisha Hines Allen LOUISVILLE, scored 16 points and No. 4 Louisville broke away early to cruise past UT Martin 91-56. The Cardinals (9-0) are off to the second-best start in program history. The 2006-07 team started 15-0.

Louisville closed out the first quarter on a 16-2 run to build a 29-9 lead in the final minute of the period.