ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Cassius Winston had 27 points and eight assists, and 10th-ranked Michigan State moved into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten with a 77-70 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Sunday.

Kenny Goins had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Xavier Tillman added 14 points for the Spartans (23-5, 14-3), who snapped Michigan’s 22-game winning streak at home.

Zavier Simpson scored 19 points to lead Michigan (24-4, 13-4).

XAVIER 66, (17) VILLANOVA 54: Naji Marshall scored 17 points and Xavier (15-13, 7-8) used a big surge in the second half to rally past Villanova (20-8, 11-4).

NHTI 90, SMCC 78: J’Quavious Thurmond had 20 points and 22 rebounds, and Dominick Presendieu scored 12 of his 17 points in the final 6:03 to push the top-seeded Lynx (27-4) past the No. 2 Seawolves (22-6) in the Yankee Small College Conference championship game in Auburn.

Atencio Martin had 22 points and 10 rebounds for SMCC. Ryan Cloutier added 18 points.

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(2) OREGON 96, USC 78: Sabrina Ionescu recorded her NCAA-record 17th triple-double with 13 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, Erin Boley had a career-high 32 points, and host Oregon (25-3, 14-2 Pac-12) raced past Southern California (15-12, 5-11).

(3) UCONN 68, TULSA 49: Megan Walker scored 21 points and Connecticut (25-2, 13-0 American Athletic) rolled at Tulsa (11-15, 5-8), despite playing without Hall of Fame Coach Geno Auriemma because of illness.

(4) LOUISVILLE 87, BOSTON COLLEGE 51: Asia Durr scored 23 points to lead host Louisville (25-2, 12-2 Atlantic Coast) past the Eagles (14-14, 3-12), who got 12 points from Sydney Lowrey.

CMCC 71, SMCC 52: Brooke Reynolds had 24 points, 17 rebounds and eight steals as top-seeded CMCC (25-2) beat the No. 2 Seawolves (22-5) in the YSCC title game in Auburn.

Amanda Brett scored 26 points for the Seawolves.

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BASEBALL

MARYLAND 9, MAINE 6: Taylor Wright hit a two-run double in the eighth to break a 6-6 tie, and the Terrapins (4-2) bounced back to beat the Black Bears (0-6) after squandering a 6-0 lead in College Park, Maryland.

Cameron Ridley and Joe Bramanti homered for Maine.

SOFTBALL

MAINE 11, RHODE ISLAND 2: Grace McGouldrick hit a three-run home run in the third inning to help put the Rams (2-8) away as the Black Bears (1-4) rolled to a five-inning victory at Beaumont, Texas.

WRESTLING

DIVISION III NORTHEAST REGIONAL: Southern Maine junior Peter Del Gallo advanced to the nationals for the second straight season with a third-place finish in the 125-pound division at the regional at Johnson & Wales in Providence, Rhode Island.

Del Gallo secured third place by pinning Kyle Kaiser of Roger Williams in 6:27 and finished the weekend with a 5-1 record.


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