Tennessee State halts No. 9 Murray State's unbeaten run

| February 10, 2012 8:00 PM

* TOP 25

Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee State to a 72-68 victory over No. 9 Murray State on Thursday night at Murray, Ky., handing the Racers their first loss of the season.

Isaiah Canaan had 31 points and six rebounds for Murray State (23-1, 11-1 Ohio Valley Conference), which was the last unbeaten team in Division I.

Murray State has won the last eight meetings against Tennessee State (16-10, 9-4) dating to 2008-09.

No. 20 Mississippi State 70, Mississippi 60: At Starkville, Miss., Arnett Moultrie scored 18 points and Mississippi State (19-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) beat rival Mississippi (14-9, 4-5).

No. 21 Wisconsin 68, Minnesota 61, OT: At Minneapolis, Jordan Taylor scored 27 and Wisconsin (19-6, 8-4 Big Ten) gutted out a victory over Minnesota (17-8, 5-7).

No. 23 Indiana 84, Illinois 71: At Bloomington, Ind., Cody Zeller scored 22 points and Victor Oladipo had 18 to lead Indiana (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten) past Illinois (16-8, 5-6).

* Pac-12

Arizona State 57, Utah 52: At Tempe, Ariz., Carrick Felix scored 15 points, including a pair of critical free throws with 11.7 seconds to play, and Arizona State (8-16, 4-8 Pac-12) held off Utah (5-19, 2-10).

Arizona 71, Colorado 57: At Tucson, Ariz., Solomon Hill had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Arizona (17-8, 8-4 Pac-12) grinded out a win over Colorado (16-8, 8-4).

California 75, Southern California 49: At Los Angeles, Harper Kamp scored 19 points and California (19-6, 9-3 Pac-12) beat the Trojans (6-19, 1-11).

Oregon 82, Washington 57: At Eugene, Ore., Carlos Emory scored 16 points and Oregon (17-7, 8-4) beat Washington (16-8, 9-3).

Tony Wroten scored 14 points for the Huskies, who dropped into a tie with California for first place in the Pac-12.

UCLA 72, Stanford 61: At Los Angeles, Lazeric Jones scored 21 points and UCLA (14-10, 7-5) beat Stanford (16-8, 6-6 Pac-12).

Utah State 77, Louisiana Tech 63: At Logan, Utah, Preston Medlin scored 22 points and Kyisean Reed added 20 points and a game-high nine rebounds as Utah State (13-12, 5-5 Western Athletic Conference) topped Louisiana Tech (11-13, 3-6).

San Jose State 79, Fresno State 71, 2OT: At San Jose, Calif., Keith Shamburger scored 13 of his 21 points in the two overtimes to lead San Jose State (8-16, 1-8 WAC) past Fresno State (11-15, 3-7).

Nevada at Hawaii: Late

San Diego 70, Pepperdine 57: At Malibu, Calif., Christopher Anderson had 15 points and seven assists to pace San Diego (10-14, 5-7 West Coast Conference) past Pepperdine (8-16, 2-11).

Loyola Marymount 76, Portland 62: At Portland, Ore., Drew Viney scored 16 points and the Lions (16-9, 9-3 WCC) beat the Pilots (6-19, 3-9).

San Francisco 85, Santa Clara 69: At San Francisco, Cody Doolin had 21 points and seven assists, leading the Dons (16-10, 6-6 WCC) past Santa Clara (8-16, 0-11).

* NORTHWEST

Montana 75, Northern Colorado 68: At Greeley, Colo., Will Cherry scored a career-high 30 points as Montana (18-6, 11-1 Big Sky Conference) rallied past Northern Colorado (7-16, 4-8).

Sacramento State 86, Montana State 76: At Sacramento, Calif., Joe Eberhard scored 23 points to lead the Hornets (9-14, 4-8 Big Sky) past the Bobcats (11-12, 6-6).

Former Post Falls High standout Shawn Reid scored 16 points for Montana State.