Jan 28, 2018 4 min read

Jalen Brunson scored 31 points despite leaving the game briefly with a left ankle injury, Donte DiVincenzo added 23 and top-ranked Villanova avoided another upset in Milwaukee with an 85-82 win Sunday over Marquette.

Four players scored in double figures for the Wildcats (20-1, 7-1 Big East), who turned away surge after surge from Marquette (13-8, 4-5) to survive.

It was a year ago that Marquette upset a then-No. 1 Villanova team in another down-to-the-wire thriller .

The Wildcats dodged another takedown despite some sloppy stretches of play.

No. 3 Purdue 74, Indiana 67: Isaac Haas matched his career high with 26 points, Vincent Edwards added 19 and No. 3 Purdue held off Indiana 74-67 for its school-record 17th consecutive victory.

The Boilermakers (10-0 Big Ten, 21-2) extended the nation’s longest active winning streak with their 12th straight conference victory, also a school record. Purdue hasn’t lost since Nov. 23.

Juwan Morgan had 24 points and seven rebounds, and Robert Johnson finished with 21 points and six assists to lead Indiana (5-5, 12-10). It just wasn’t quite enough as the Hoosiers went toe-to-toe for 40 minutes with their bitterest rival.

Indiana controlled the pace and the game for most of the first half as former star Victor Oladipo watched from the front row.

The Hoosiers still led 53-48 with 11:29 to go.

But Purdue answered with eight straight, retaking the lead on Dakota Mathias’ 3-pointer with 10:06 left. Indiana tied it twice after that, the last coming at 62 with 5:13 to play.

No. 6 Michigan State 74, Maryland 68: Joshua Langford scored 19 points and led a second-half surge that carried No. 6 Michigan State past fading Maryland 74-68, giving Spartans coach Tom Izzo his seventh straight 20-win season.

Down by 13 at halftime, Michigan State (8-2 Big Ten, 20-3) returned to outscore the Terrapins 20-4 in the opening 5½ minutes and held on for its fourth straight victory.

No. 17 Wichita State 90, Tulsa 71: Austin Reaves hit seven 3-pointers in the first half and scored all of his career-high 23 points before halftime to lead No. 17 Wichita State over Tulsa 90-71.

Reaves, a sophomore reserve, made his first seven 3-point attempts. He finished 7 of 11 from outside the arc.

Shaquille Morris scored 20 points for Wichita State (7-2 American Athletic Conference, 17-4), while Darral Willis had 15 and Zach Brown added 10.

No. 18 Clemson 72, Georgia Tech 70: Gabe DeVoe scored a career-high 25 points, Marcquise Reed hit a decisive layup in the closing seconds and No. 18 Clemson held off Georgia Tech 72-70.

The Tigers (6-3 ACC, 17-4) snapped a three-game road losing streak. They took their first lead on Elijah Thomas’ three-point play early in the second half and didn’t trail again even though Georgia Tech tied it at 70-all on two free throws by Josh Okogie with 41.2 seconds remaining.

Okogie missed an ensuing layup that set up Reed’s layup at the 25-second mark, and Reed, with 3 seconds remaining, whiffed on his only free throw attempt of the game.

Wagner 77, Robert Morris 64: Blake Francis scored 21 points with five 3-pointers, JoJo Cooper scored 17 with nine assists and Wagner beat Robert Morris 77-64 to take sole possession of first place in the Northeast Conference.

Shack Scott added 10 points and Romone Saunders grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds for Wagner (8-2, 15-6).

Leondre Washington led Robert Morris (7-3, 13-10) with a career-high 20 points shooting 5 of 7 from 3-point range, Matty McConnell scored 19 with nine rebounds and Koby Thomas grabbed nine boards.

The Seawolves erased their 10-point halftime deficit when Francis made a pair of 3s and Scott added a pair of layups to knot the score at 42.

McConnell and Francis each made a pair of 3s before AJ Sumbry’s layup with 14:14 left put Wagner ahead for good. The Colonials went more than seven minutes without scoring, and Washington’s 3 with 7:28 left made it 59-51. Robert Morris never got closer than seven the rest of the way.