Oregon State slips past Ducks

| January 30, 2012 8:00 PM

• PAC-12

Jared Cunningham scored 27 points, including 24 in the second half, to lead Oregon State to a 76-71 victory against Oregon (15-6, 6-3 Pac-12)on Sunday in Eugene, Ore.

Ahmad Starks added 15 points, Devon Collier 13 and Joe Burton 10 for the Beavers (14-7, 4-5), who won for just the second time in their last 19 trips to Eugene.

California 69, Stanford 59: At Berkeley, Calif., Allen Crabbe had 18 points to lead California (17-5, 7-2 Pac-12) past Stanford (15-6, 5-4).

• NORTHWEST

Montana 69, Portland State 67: Will Cherry scored 20 points as visiting Montana (15-6, 8-1 Big Sky) defeated Portland State (10-11, 4-5).

• TOP 25

No. 4 Ohio State 64, No. 20 Michigan 49: Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored 17 points as Ohio State (19-3, 7-2 Big Ten) beat the Wolverines (16-6, 6-3) in Columbus, Ohio.

No. 7 North Carolina 93, Georgia Tech 81: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and North Carolina (18-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) beat Georgia Tech (8-13, 1-6).

No. 16 Indiana 103, Iowa 89: At Bloomington, Ind., freshman Cody Zeller scored 26 points as Indiana (17-5, 5-5 Big Ten) beat Iowa (11-11, 3-6).

Notre Dame 50, No. 24 Connecticut 48: At Hartford, Conn., Eric Atkins scored 13 points as Notre Dame (14-8, 6-3 Big East) beat Connecticut (14-6, 4-4).