Duke shoots its way past Virginia
RJ Barrett scored 26 points, Zion Williamson added 18, and No. 2 Duke used an early barrage of 3-pointers to stun No. 3 Virginia and then held off the Cavaliers, 81-71, on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
Barrett hit his first five 3-point attempts for the Blue Devils (21-2, 9-1 ACC). His fifth gave them a 29-15 lead. Cam Reddish took over after that, hitting 5 of his first 6, the last three early in the second half as the Blue Devils rebuilt their lead to 52-41. He finished with 17 points.
Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome each scored 16 to lead Virginia (20-2, 8-2), which had its 13-game home winning streak snapped.
Michigan 61, Wisconsin 52: Jon Teske had 17 points and 12 rebounds, holding his own inside against Ethan Happ, and Charles Matthews scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half to lift the No. 7 Wolverines over the No. 19 Badgers in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Big Ten-leading Michigan (22-2, 11-2) avenged one of its losses despite going 0-for-10 from 3-point range in the second half.
Happ had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin (17-7, 9-4).
Michigan State 79, Minnesota 55: Nick Ward scored 22 points and Matt McQuaid added a season-high 18, leading the No. 9 Spartans over the Golden Gophers in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State (19-5, 10-3 Big Ten) ended a three-game losing streak, its longest skid in two years. Minnesota (16-8, 6-7) has lost a season-high three consecutive games.
DePaul 74, Xavier 62: Max Strus scored six of his 17 points during a late 16-0 run, and the Blue Demons snapped their eight-game losing streak to the Musketeers. Down by eight, DePaul (12-9, 4-6 Big East) rallied by taking advantage of three straight Xavier turnovers. Strus scored for a 60-57 lead with 2 minutes, 45 seconds to go, and Xavier (11-13, 3-8) went nearly 5 minutes without a field goal en route to its sixth straight loss.
Marquette 66, Villanova 65: Markus Howard scored 38 points and the No. 10 Golden Eagles (20-4, 9-2 Big East) won in Milwaukee, handing the No. 14 Wildcats their first conference loss. Phil Booth had 19 points for Villanova (19-5, 10-1).