GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Freshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky capped a perfect Southeastern Conference season with a 74-59 victory over No. 16 Florida on Sunday.
Kentucky (30-1, 16-0) extended its winning streak to 22 games and secured its hold on a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
The Wildcats become just the third team since Alabama in 1956 to go unbeaten in SEC play. The other two were Kentucky in 1996 and 2003.
No. 10 Ohio State 72,
No. 5 Michigan State 70
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — William Buford made a high- arcing jumper from the top of the key with 1 second left to lift Ohio State and forge a three-way tie for the Big Ten title.
The Buckeyes ( 25- 6, 13- 5) earned a share of their third straight conference championship and forced the Spartans (24-7, 13-5) to settle for having a piece of it along with No. 13 Michigan. The Wolverines, who won their first Big Ten title since 1986, beat Penn State earlier Sunday.
No. 13 Michigan 71,
Penn State 65
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Trey Burke scored 19 points and Michigan shot 59 percent from the field to earn a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since 1986.
Evan Smotrycz added 17 points for the Wolverines (23- 8, 13- 5), who needed Ohio State to beat Michigan State later Sunday.
No. 14 Wisconsin 70,
Illinois 56
MADISON, Wis. ( AP) — Senior Jordan Taylor scored 16 points in his final home game for Wisconsin.
Josh Gasser added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers (23-8, 12-6), who have won three straight.
No. 18 Indiana 85,
Purdue 74
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Christian Watford scored 19 points and Will Sheehey added 16, leading Indiana over archrival Purdue on Senior Day.
The Hoosiers (24-7, 11-7 Big Ten) finished the season with an 18-1 home record, five wins over ranked teams and three against clubs ranked in the top 5. Indiana also swept Purdue for the first time since 2005-06.
No. 22 Florida State 80,
Clemson 72
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Michael Snaer scored a career-high 23 points to lead Florida State.
Bernard James added 13 points and 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season while Xavier Gibson had 13 points for Florida State, which had five players finish in double figures.
No. 24 Virginia 75,
Maryland 72
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Mike Scott had a career-high 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Sammy Zeglinski scored 20 points as Virginia overcame a late collapse in regulation.
Scott accounted for half of Virginia’s 14 points in overtime. The 6-foot-8 senior had never scored more than 28 points in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.
No. 25 Creighton 83,
Illinois State 79
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Doug McDermott had 33 points and Antoine Young scored eight of his 14 in overtime as Creighton survived an upset bid in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final.
Grant Gibbs added a careerhigh 20 points for second-seeded Creighton (28-5), which won the conference tournament for the seventh time in 14 seasons and earned its first NCAA bid since 2007.
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