Purdue holds off Ohio St.
- TOP 25
JaJuan Johnson scored 24 points and consistently hit big shots to build the lead and keep No. 9 Ohio State (20-7, 10-4 Big Ten) at bay in No. 4 Purdue's (22-3, 10-3) 60-57 victory Wednesday night at Columbus, Ohio.
No. 6 Duke 81, Miami 74: At Coral Gables, Fla., Kyle Singler scored 22 points and Duke (22-4, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat Miami (17-9, 3-9).
No. 7 Kansas State 91, Nebraska 87: At Manhattan, Kan., Denis Clemente scored 21 points, leading the Wildcats (21-4, 8-3 Big 12) past Nebraska (13-13, 1-10).
No. 8 West Virginia 88, Providence 74: At Providence, R.I., Devin Ebanks scored 21 points and West Virginia (20-5, 9-4 Big East) beat Providence (12-14, 4-10).
No. 12 New Mexico 83, Wyoming 61: At Albuquerque, N.M., Darington Hobson had 20 points and 10 rebounds, leading the Lobos (24-3, 10-2 MWC) past Wyoming (9-17, 2-10).
Missouri 82, No. 15 Texas 77: At Columbia, Mo., Kim English scored 18 points, leading Missouri (19-7, 7-4 Big 12) past Texas (20-6, 6-5).
No. 16 BYU 92, Colorado State 70: At Fort Collins, Colo., Jimmer Fredette scored 36 points as BYU (24-3, 9-2 MWC) beat the Rams (15-10, 6-5).
No. 18 Butler 73, Illinois-Chicago 55: At Indianapolis, Matt Howard scored 17 points and Butler (24-4, 17-0 Horizon) beat the Flames (6-20, 2-14).
No. 20 Tennessee 69, Georgia 60: At Knoxville, Tenn., Wayne Chism had 16 points and 11 rebounds, leading Tennessee (19-6, 7-4 Southeastern Conference) past Georgia (11-13, 3-8).
No. 21 Temple 73, St. Bonaventure 55: At St. Bonaventure, N.Y., Ramone Moore scored 18 points, leading Temple (21-5, 9-2 Atlantic 10) past St. Bonaventure (10-14, 3-8).
No. 25 Richmond 84, Fordham 56: At Richmond, Va., Kevin Anderson scored 19 points, leading Richmond (21-6, 10-2 Atlantic 10) past Fordham (2-22, 0-12).
- WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Nevada 74, Fresno State 70: At Reno, Nev., Luke Babbitt scored 27 points and Armon Johnson had 19 to lead Nevada (16-9, 8-4 WAC) past Fresno State (13-14, 6-7).
Utah State 67, Louisiana Tech 61: At Logan, Utah, Tai Wesley scored 16 points as the Aggies (21-6, 11-2 WAC) defeated the Bulldogs (20-6, 8-4).