The 11th-ranked Spartans beat No. 18 Indiana 73-59 yesterday for their first win at Assembly Hall since 1990 and only their ninth in 44 trips to Bloomington.
"That was as good as we could play on the road. We just started doing a lot of things, shots started going in for us," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said after his team held Indiana scoreless for more than eight minutes in the second half.
Mateen Cleaves had 16 points and 13 assists to lead the Spartans. Indiana, which shot 63 percent in the first half, trailed 38-34 at the break. The Hoosiers managed to cut the deficit to one early in the second half, but faded as the Spartans scored 11 consecutive points during a 14-1 run.
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| AP PHOTO Michigan State's Morris Peterson drives by Indiana's Luke Recker in the Spartans' 73-59 victory in Assembly Hall yesterday. |
Indiana (3-4, 16-6) didn't get another field goal until 7:41 remained.
Ohio State 89, No. 17 Minnesota 60
Ohio State got its revenge.
In the Buckeyes' dreadful 1997-98 season, the lowest point might have come at Minnesota.
Ohio State (5-2, 15-5 overall) didn't forget, and its revenge came Saturday with a surprisingly easy 89-60 victory over the 17th-ranked Golden Gophers.
"They killed us last year," forward Jason Singleton said of 76-53 loss at Williams Arena. "We owed them."
The memory burned into the Buckeyes' minds was Minnesota (3-3, 12-4) senior Sam Jacobson pumping up 3-pointers near the finish, trying to extend his string of 20-point games in a contest long since decided.
"They rubbed it in our noses," said Scoonie Penn, who matched his Ohio State best with 24 points.
No. 15 Wisconsin 72, No. 14 Iowa 52
Jon Bryant provided another spark off the bench, scoring 22 points Saturday to help lead No. 15 Wisconsin to a 72-52 victory over No. 14 Iowa.
Sean Mason finished with 18 points and Ty Calderwood had 15 for the Badgers (6-2, 18-3), who won their sixth straight game and beat Iowa for the first time in six outings at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Wisconsin is off to its best conference start since 1961.
J.R. Koch scored 10 points for the Hawkeyes (4-3, 13-4).
Penn State 65, Illinois 61
Sophomore guard Joe Crispin scored a career-high 30 points Saturday, including the final four points, in leading Penn State to a 65-61 win over Illinois.
Crispin hit a short bank shot with 35 second left to put the Nittany Lions (2-5, 10-7) up 63-61. He added two free throws with 2 second left.
Penn State led the entire second half until the final 5 minutes. There were eight lead changes the rest of the way. Illinois (0-7, 8-11) had taken a 61-59 lead with 1:40 to go on a steal and dunk by Sergio McClain.
Northwestern 76, Texas-Pan American 47
Evan Eschmeyer scored 18 points Saturday night as Northwestern rolled to a 76-47 victory over Texas-Pan American.
Northwestern (3-3, 11-5) held the nation's leading scorer, sophomore Brian Merriweather, to 14 points. He entered the game averaging 25 points. He made just 5-of-23 field goal attempts.
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