MARYLAND’S Rasheed Sulaimon drives to the basket around Iowa’s Dom Uhl in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Thursday in College Park, Md. Maryland won, 74-68.
The Terrapins led 62-60 before freshman center Diamond Stone dunked off a pass from Jake Layman with 1:24 left. After a steal on the other end by Melo Trimble, Jared Nickens made a layup for a six-point lead.
No. 12 Michigan State 76, Northwestern 45
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Denzel Valentine made five of Michigan State’s season-high 16 3-pointers and the Spartans clamped down on coldshooting Northwestern.
Valentine finished with 19 points, seven assists and six rebounds as the Spartans (18-4, 5-4 Big Ten) beat the Wildcats for the seventh straight time.
No. 23 Oregon 83, No. 18 Arizona 75
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 24 points and Oregon ended Arizona’s 49-game home winning streak.
Dwayne Benjamin added 15, Elgin Cook 13 and Tyler Dorsey 12 for the Ducks (17-4, 6-2 Pac-12), who entered the game tied for first in the Pac-12.
Syracuse 81, No. 25 Notre Dame 66
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Trevor Cooney scored 22 points to lead four Syracuse players in double figures, and the Orange beat Notre Dame.
It was the fourth victory of the season over a ranked team for Syracuse (14-8, 4-5 ACC), which built a 44-27 halftime lead and was not threatened in the second half by the Irish (14-6, 5-3), who played without injured point guard and leading scorer Demetrius Jackson.
The loss snapped the Irish’s four-game win streak.
V.J. Beachem led Notre Dame with 22 points on 5-of-8 shooting from beyond the arc, four in the second half.
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