


WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Caleb Swanigan had 24 points and 16 rebounds, and Vince Edwards added 17 points Wednesday night to lead No. 23 Purdue to an 80-59 rout over No. 25 Northwestern.
The Boilermakers (18-5, 7-3 Big Ten) have won four of five and still have not lost consecutive games this season.
Bryant McIntosh scored 22 points to lead Northwestern (18-5, 7-3). The Wildcats’ six-game winning streak came to an end on a night when leading scorer Scottie Lindsey sat out because of the flu.
Purdue took advantage of Lindsey’s absence by going 9 of 14 on 3-pointers in the first half and pulling out to a 45-23 lead. Northwestern couldn’t get closer than 14 in the second half.
Swanigan had his 19th double-double of the season.
Edwards wound up with his highest scoring total since mid-December and made a season-high five 3s against the league’s best 3-point defense.
Indiana 110, Penn State 102 (3 OTs):
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana (15-8, 5-5 Big Ten) needed three career-high scoring efforts to extend a game nearly lost twice to defeat Penn State (12-11, 4-6) in triple-overtime.
Sophomore center Thomas Bryant scored 31 points, 8 more than his previous best, and grabbed 11 rebounds for Indiana. Josh Newkirk and Robert Johnson also set personal bests with 27 points apiece.
Villanova 66, Providence 57:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Jalen Brunson scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, and No. 4 Villanova held off Providence to sweep the season series.
Josh Hart added 17 points and 8 rebounds for Villanova (21-2, 8-2 Big East), who led by as many as 13 points in the second half before Providence (14-10, 4-7) turned up its defensive pressure and made a late run.
But a steal and a 3-point play by Brunson eventually put the game out of reach.
St. John’s 86, Marquette 72:
NEW YORK — Bashir Ahmed had a career-high 23 points and St. John’s made all 6 free throws and a layup in the final 2:07 to defeat Marquette. Shamorie Ponds added 18 points, Marcus LoVett scored 17 and Kassoum Yakwe had 14 to lead the St. John’s (11-13, 5-6 Big East). St. John’s had a 10-3 run to build its lead to 78-64 with 4:44 left.
Marquette (14-8, 5-5) answered with a pair of 3-pointers to get within 8 but would get no closer. Andrew Rowsey had 21 points and Sam Hauser scored 14 for Marquette.
Kansas 73, Baylor 68:
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Josh Jackson had 23 points and 10 rebounds, then helped third-ranked Kansas prevent No. 2 Baylor from taking a potential tying shot in the closing seconds.
Frank Mason III added 19 points, including 2 free throws to seal the win, and Devonte Graham scored 13 as Kansas (20-2, 8-1) pulled a game ahead of Baylor (20-2, 7-2) in the Big 12 race.
Illinois State 57, Northern Iowa 51:
NORMAL — Helping Illinois State (19-4, 11-0) win its 12th straight game to remain perfect in Missouri Valley Conference play, Paris Lee scored a game-high 18 points and added 5 assists in the victory over Northern Iowa (10-12, 5-6).
Virginia 71, Virginia Tech 48:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Devon Hall had 17 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, and No. 9 Virginia topped rival Virginia Tech. Isaiah Wilkins added a career-high 15 points and 9 rebounds, and London Perrantes scored 14 for Virginia (17-4, 7-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). Virginia Tech (16-6, 5-5) got 14 points from Seth Allen and 12 from Zach LeDay but was held 33 points below its season average by the nation’s stingiest scoring defense.
SIU 85, Bradley 65:
CARBONDALE — Mike Rodriguez scored 15 points to lead all five Southern Illinois starters in double figure as the Salukis handed Bradley a Missouri Valley Conference loss. SIU (13-11, 6-5) led by 10 points with less than two minutes left in the first half but Bradley (8-16, 3-8) rallied to trail by 36-30 at intermission.
Thik Bol hit a jumper and dunked and Sean Lloyd got to the basket for a layup and Southern Illinois needed just 90 seconds to push its advantage to a dozen points 42-30.
Women
UConn 97, Temple 69:
PHILADELPHIA — Napheesa Collier had 25 points and 10 rebounds to help UConn to its 96th consecutive win with a victory over Temple. Katie Lou Samuelson added 24 points for the Huskies (21-0, 9-0 AAC).