The Mercury News

Michigan holds off Ohio State in overtime

Hardaway sparks Wolverines; Florida stunned at Arkansas

- Associated Press

Tim Hardaway Jr. brought Michigan back with a relentless streak of 3- point shooting, then blocked a shot by Aaron Craft in the final seconds of overtime to give the thirdranke­d Wolverines a 76- 74 victory over No. 10 Ohio State on Tuesday night in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Hardaway finished with 23 points, including five straight 3- pointers in the second half. The Wolverines ( 21- 2, 8- 2 Big Ten) led by two points when Craft rushed the ball into the frontcourt after a missed Michigan free throw. He got all the way to the basket, but Hardaway was there to smother his lastditch attempt to tie it.

After scoring at will most of the second half, Ohio State ( 17- 5, 7- 3) managed only two points in overtime.

Trey Burke missed a 3- pointer at the end of regulation that would have won it for Michigan — the Wolverines’ only miss in nine second- half attempts from beyond the arc.

Arkansas 80, Florida 69: BJ Young led three players in double figures with 13 points, and the host Razorbacks ( 14- 8, 5- 4 Southeaste­rn Conference) made 15 of their first 20 shots to upend the No. 2 Gators ( 183, 8- 1).

Women

Notre Dame 59, Villanova 52: The No. 2 Fighting Irish ( 21- 1, 9- 0 Big East) defeated the host Wildcats ( 16- 6, 5- 4) to give Muffet McGraw her 700th victory as a coach.

McGraw became the 13th coach in Division I history to reach the 700- victory plateau. She’s had 612 of the wins at Notre Dame.

Connecticu­t 94, Marquette 37: Kaleena Mosqueda- Lewis scored 24 points to lead the No. 3 Huskies ( 21- 1, 8- 1 Big East) past the visiting Golden Eagles ( 11- 11, 3- 6).

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