Men’s college basketball
No. 3 Purdue topples No. 1 Arizona 92- 84
Fletcher Loyer tied a career high with 27 points, Braden Smith added 26 and No. 3 Purdue beat No. 1 Arizona 92- 84 on Saturday.
Zach Edey added 22 points and nine rebounds, with the 7- foot- 4 All- American handling the middle while Smith and Loyer supplied the outside firepower in the Indy Classic.
The Boilermakers ( 10- 1) handed the Wildcats their first loss while defeating a No. 1- ranked team for the first time since beating Arizona 72- 69 on Nov. 25, 2000.
NO. 2 KANSAS 75, INDIANA 71>>
Kevin Mccullar Jr. scored 21 points, including four crucial free throws in the final minute, and Hunter Dickinson had 17 points and 14 rebounds as Kansas rallied in the second half for a win.
The Jayhawks ( 10- 1), who picked up their first victory at Assembly Hall, trailed by as many as 13 and did not take their first lead of the game until Dickinson scored in the post to make it 62- 61 with 4: 53 remaining.
NO. 4 HOUSTON 70, TEXAS A& M 66 >>
Emanuel Sharp scored 21 points, L. J. Cryer added 17 and unbeaten Houston held off Texas at home.
Cryer has scored in double figures in 10 straight games, and Sharp has reached double figures in nine of 11 games this season.
Jamal Shead had 12 points and eight assists, and J’wan Roberts had 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for Houston ( 11- 0), which shot 43% and made 11 3- pointers.
MICHIGAN STATE 88, NO. 6 BAYLOR 64 >>
Tyson Walker scored 18 of his 25 points in the first half to help build a huge lead and struggling Michigan State went on to stun Baylor, handing the Bears their first loss of the season.
The Spartans ( 5- 5) had a breakout performance with a 30- point lead in the first half, looking like the the team respected enough to be ranked No. 4 in preseason AP Top 25.
NO. 8 CREIGHTON 85, ALABAMA 82>>
Ryan Kalkbrenner came back from an early ankle injury to score 17 of his 19 points in the second half and lead No. 8 Creighton past Alabama 85- 82 in Omaha.
Trey Alexander paced Creighton with 22 points and Baylor Scheierman added 20, but it was the return of Kalkbrenner to start the second half that gave the Bluejays the boost they needed to bounce back from their 15- point midweek loss to UNLV.
MEMPHIS 79, NO. 13 CLEMSON 77 >>
David Jones scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half, Jahvon Quinerly added 17 points and six assists, and Memphis held on to beat Clemson at home.
PJ Hall led Clemson ( 91) with 21 points, while Chauncey Wiggins finished with 19 and Chase Hunter had 13.
NO. 14 KENTUCKY 87, NO. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 83 >>
Rob Dillingham scored 17 points, including two straight baskets to swing the momentum back to Kentucky, and the No. 14 Wildcats held on down the stretch to beat No. 9 North Carolina 87- 83 in Atlanta.
The Tar Heels squandered a chance to go for a tying 3- pointer when Elliot Cadeau, rushing the ball up the court, delivered a pass off the back of Cormac Ryan, who was looking the other way. RJ Davis scrambled to recover the loose ball but wound up dribbling across the center line for a backcourt violation.
NO. 15 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 64, ST. BONAVENTURE 54 >>
Johnell Davis scored 16 points and Florida Atlantic held off St. Bonaventure in the Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass. Vladislav Goldin added 11 points for FAU ( 92), nine of them in the second half.
NO. 19 TEXAS 96, LSU 85 >>
Max Abmas had 20 points and seven assists, Tyrese unter added a season- high 19 points and Texas defeated LSU in Houston.
Dylan Disu scored 17 points and Dillon Mitchell had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Texas ( 8- 2).
NO. 20 JAMES MADISON 88, HAMPTON 7 1>>
Xavier Brown matched a careerhigh with 17 points off the bench to lead six Dukes in double figures as James Madison rallied to beat Hampton on the road.
Freshman Jaylen Carey added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Dukes ( 10- 0). Michael Green III scored 16 points and had eight assists.
Jerry Deng scored 18 for Hampton ( 4- 6) and Kyrese Mullen added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
NO. 22 VIRGINIA 56, NORTHEASTERN 54 >>
Reece Beekman scored 21 points, including the final four for No. 22 Virginia in its 5654 victory over Northeastern. Beekman hit a pair of free throws to pull Virginia even at 54 with 52.7 seconds left, then banked in a short jumper with 5.1 seconds to go for the winning basket.
The Cavaliers, who used a four- game winning streak to get back into the Top 25, were outshot and outrebounded by the Huskies of the Coastal Athletic Association, but found a way to win after a toe- to- toe battle down the stretch.
NO. 24 MIAMI 84, LA SALLE 77 >>
Wooga Poplar overcame a slight ankle injury and scored a career- high 25 points to help Miami beat La Salle.
Norchad Omier finished with 23 points and Matthew Cleveland had 14 for the Hurricanes ( 8- 2). Nijel Pack was Miami’s fourth double- figure scorer with 11.
Poplar, who averages a team- leading 15.6 points, landed awkwardly on his left foot after an unsuccessful dunk attempt late in the first half. He immediately limped off the court but returned for layup drills before the second half.
NO. 25 NORTHWESTERN 56, DEPAUL 46 >>
Nick Martinelli scored 16 points and No. 25 Northwestern bounced back from a stunning loss by beating DePaul 56- 46. Ryan Langborg added 14 points, Brooks Barnhizer and Boo Buie each had 11 and the Wildcats ( 8- 2) came away with a win they sorely needed after getting beaten at home by Chicago State.
UT ARLINGTON 76, AIR FORCE 73>>
Phillip Russell had 28 points in his UT Arlington debut, leading the Mavericks to a 76- 73 win over Air Force on Saturday night in the USLBM Coast- to- Coast Challenge.
Russell, who has transferred from Saint Louis to Southeast Missouri and now UT Arlington, made his debut, thanks to the court ruling earlier in the week granting immediate eligibility to multi- time transfers.