Elliot Cadeau led a balanced attack with 17 points and seven assists as newly crowned No. 1 Michigan downed No. 7 Purdue 91-80 on Tuesday in West Lafayette, Ind.
Playing for the first time as the nation’s top-ranked team since 2013, the Wolverines (25-1, 15-1 Big Ten) led by double digits for the majority of the game.
Yaxel Lendeborg had 13 points and seven assists. L.J. Cason and Trey McKenney also had 13 points, while Morez Johnson Jr. supplied 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Aday Mara added a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds in Michigan’s 11th straight win.
Trey Kaufman-Renn led the Boilermakers (21-5, 11-4) with 27 points and 12 rebounds. Braden Smith had 20 points and doled out six assists while Fletcher Loyer added 11 points.
Iowa 57, No. 9 Nebraska 52
Bennett Stirtz scored a game-high 25 points and the Hawkeyes gave their NCAA Tournament hopes a big boost with an upset of the Cornhuskers in Iowa City.
Cooper Koch added 10 for Iowa (19-7, 9-6 Big Ten), which overcame 17-of-51 (33.3%) shooting from the field to post its first win over a ranked team since February 2024.
Pryce Sandfort scored 13 points for the Cornhuskers (22-4, 11-4) in his return to Iowa, where he played the first two seasons of his career. Nebraska lost for the fourth time in six games.
No. 12 Florida 76, South Carolina 62
Alex Condon produced 20 points and 10 rebounds while Rueben Chinyelu added 15 points and 17 rebounds as the Gators stayed atop the Southeastern Conference with the win over the Gamecocks in Gainesville, Fla.
Florida (20-6, 11-2 SEC) never trailed after the opening two minutes to claim its sixth win in a row. Thomas Haugh added 10 points and Micah Handlogten grabbed nine rebounds as the Gators won the rebound battle 47-30 and scored 28 points in the paint.
Despite Meechie Johnson’s 22 points and three steals, South Carolina (11-15, 2-11) dropped its seventh straight game. Elijah Strong added 10 points as the Gamecocks went 4 of 19 from 3-point range.
No. 15 Michigan State 82, UCLA 59
Jeremy Fears Jr. recorded 16 points and 10 assists as Coen Carr also scored 16 points to help the Spartans roll to a victory over the Bruins in Big Ten play in East Lansing, Mich.
Carson Cooper had 12 points and seven rebounds and Jordan Scott had 11 points for the Spartans (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten). Jaxon Kohler contributed nine points and 10 rebounds for Michigan State, which lost three of its previous four games.
Tyler Bilodeau scored 22 points and Skyy Clark added 12 off the bench for the Bruins (17-9, 9-6). UCLA lost by an average of 26.5 points on a two-game trip to play Michigan and Michigan State.
NC State 82, No. 16 North Carolina 58
Quadir Copeland scored 20 points to power the Wolfpack to a resounding upset win over the Tar Heels in Raleigh, N.C.
Copeland also collected six rebounds, seven assists and four steals for the Wolfpack (19-8, 10-4 ACC). Matt Able scored 19 points on 5-of-7 shooting from behind the arc, Darrion Williams added 13 points, Paul McNeil scored 10 and former Tar Heels forward Ven-Allen Lubin tallied 12 points and six rebounds against his old team. The 250th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Tar Heels (20-6, 8-5) marked the first victory in the series for first-year NC State coach Will Wade.
Playing without leading scorers and rebounders Caleb Wilson (hand) and Henri Veesaar (lower body), North Carolina was paced by 13 points and 10 boards from Zayden High before he fouled out with under six minutes to play. Jarin Stevenson chipped in 13 points and nine rebounds.
Rhode Island 81, No. 18 Saint Louis 76
Jonah Hinton scored a career-high 29 points and made 9 of 15 3-point attempts to lead the Rams to an upset of the Billikens in an Atlantic 10 showdown in Kingston, R.I.
Myles Corey tallied 15 points and made 11 of 11 free-throw attempts for Rhode Island (15-11, 6-7 A-10), which defeated an Associated Press Top 25 team for the first time since Nov. 23, 2017, against Seton Hall. Tyler Cochran added 11 points for Rhode Island, which snapped the Billikens’ 18-game winning streak.
Robbie Avila led Saint Louis (24-2, 12-1) with 21 points. Dion Brown contributed 19 points and Amari McCottry chipped in 10 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Billikens, who committed 18 turnovers that led to 28 Rhode Island points.
SMU 95, No. 21 Louisville 85
Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 25 points and grabbed seven rebounds as the Mustangs outlasted the Cardinals in Dallas, Texas.
The Atlantic Coast Conference’s top two scoring offenses put up a fast-paced showcase that featured 16 ties and 17 lead changes. Pierre scored 13 of his points in the second half. SMU’s Boopie Miller finished with 23 points and nine assists for the Mustangs (18-8, 7-6 ACC).
The Cardinals (19-7, 8-5) gave up 90-plus points for the first time this season, and their five-game winning streak ended. Mikel Brown Jr. led with 29 points as he hit on 11 of 18 shots but committed a season-high seven turnovers. Five of Brown’s turnovers came in the second half, when Louisville committed 12 of its season-high 17
No. 22 Miami (Ohio) 86, Massachusetts 77
Peter Suder tossed in a game-high 23 points and the RedHawks remained undefeated by beating the Minutemen in a Mid-American Conference matchup in Amherst, Mass.
Luke Skaljac added 16 points for Miami (26-0, 13-0 MAC), which is the only undefeated team in Division I. Miami made 26 of its 52 field goal attempts; the RedHawks have shot 50.0% or better from the field in 20 of their 26 games.
Isaiah Placide scored a career-high 19 points for UMass (15-12, 6-8 MAC). Placide made 5 of 7 3-point attempts.
Ohio State 86, No. 24 Wisconsin 69
Bruce Thornton scored 24 of his 27 points in the second half and the Buckeyes got a much-needed signature win against the Badgers in Columbus, Ohio.
Devin Royal posted a season-high 25 points and Amare Bynum added 13 for the Buckeyes (17-9, 9-6 Big Ten), who led by 12 at halftime and were not threatened over the final 20 minutes. Ohio State is on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament and was 0-6 against ranked opponents and 0-8 vs. Quad 1 teams but trailed the Badgers for just 44 seconds.
Braeden Carrington tried to keep the Badgers (18-8, 10-5) close by hitting five 3-point attempts in the second half and finishing with a team-high 20 points. Nick Boyd and John Blackwell chipped in with 14 points apiece.
