No. 4 Purdue outlasts No. 17 Illinois in 2 OTs

Sasha Stefanovic scored 22 points, including a goahead 3 at the start of double overtime that sent No. 4ranked Purdue past No. 17 Illinois, 96-88, Monday in at Big Ten Conference showdown in Champaign, Ill.

Illinois guards Andre Curbelo and Alfonso Plummer made baskets in the final seconds of regulation and the first overtime before the Boilermakers (15-2, 4-2) broke away. Stefanovic went 5 of 8 on 3-point tries and also had eight rebounds.

Plummer led the Illini (134, 6-1) with 24 points, shooting 6 of 12 on 3s.

Women’s games

Oregon 72, Connecticut 59: Te-Hina Paopao had 22 points and eight rebounds as Oregon beat No. 9 Connecticut ( 9- 4). Sedona Prince added 14 points as Oregon (10-5) won its second game against a top-10 team in three days. The Ducks defeated seventh-ranked Arizona Saturday in overtime.

Oregon State 69, Colorado 66: Talia von Oelhoffen drilled a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left in overtime, lifting Oregon State (8-4, 1-1 Pac-12) to a victory over No. 22 Colorado (13-2, 2-2).

Georgia 72, Missouri 62: Jenna Staiti has 22 points and 12 rebounds as No. 13 Georgia (14-3, 3-2 Southeastern) defeated host Missouri (13-5, 2-3).

Notes

A wild week of upsets led to big changes in the AP Top 25. Amid the chaos, a familiar team returned to the top. Preseason No. 1 Gonzaga climbed back atop The Associated Press men’s poll, ending Baylor’s five-week run. The Bulldogs had 25 firstplace votes, 11 fewer than No. 2 Auburn, but edged the Tigers in overall points to take the top spot. Auburn has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in 1999-2000 after moving up two spots. Arizona, Purdue and Baylor rounded out the top five. ...

South Carolina remained the No. 1 team in the AP women’s poll after knocking off two unranked opponents. The Gamecocks received 28 of the 30 first-place votes from a national media panel after beating Texas A&M and Arkansas last week. South Carolina is off until Monday at home against Vanderbilt. There was no movement near the top of the poll as Stanford, Louisville, N. C. State, Tennessee and Indiana followed the Gamecocks again.