Winston leads Sparty to sweep of Minnesota
No. 11 Michigan State 70, Minnesota 52: Cassius Winston had 18 points and eight assists to help Michigan State (15-5, 7-2) cruise to a second victory over host Minnesota (11-9, 5-5) in three weeks.
Xavier Tillman added 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans, who bounced back from a loss at Indiana three days ago to stay in a first-place tie in the Big Ten with Illinois.
Michigan State held the Gophers to season lows in field goal (28.1) and 3point% (17.9).
Daniel Oturu led the Gophers with 19 points and Gabe Kalscheur chipped in 15 points.
No. 4 San Diego State 71, UNLV 67: Malachi Flynn scored 21 points and San Diego State (21-0, 10-0 Mountain West) staved off UNLV’s second-half rally to beat the Runnin’ Rebels (11-11, 6-3) and remain the country’s only unbeaten team.
The Aztecs broke the school record for best start in the program’s 99 seasons. San Diego State’s 21st consecutive victory also tops the school record of 20 straight wins, set during the 2010-11 season and matched by the 2013-14 squad that made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
No. 12 Oregon 95, UCLA 75: Chris Duarte scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half and host Oregon (17-4, 6-2 Pac-12) took full advantage of 23 UCLA turnovers.
No. 17 Maryland 77, Indiana 76: Jalen Smith capped a last-minute comeback by making the go-ahead layup with 14 seconds left Sunday to give Maryland (16-4, 6-3 Big Ten) a victory at Indiana (15-5, 5-4).
No. 25 Houston 68, USF 49: DeJon Jarreau had 12 points and six assists, Fabian White Jr. added 11 points, and host Houston (16-4, 6-1 American) beat South Florida (8-12, 1-6). Women’s Top 10
No. 1 South Carolina 88, Georgia 53: Aliyah Boston scored 15 points and South Carolina (19-1, 7-0 SEC) rode an overwhelming opening period to its 13th consecutive win, beating host Georgia (12-8, 3-4).
No. 4 Oregon 66, No. 7 Oregon State 57: Sabrina Ionescu scored 19 points and Satou Sabally added 16 to help Oregon (17-2, 7-1 Pac-12) beat host Oregon State (16-4, 4-4), sweeping the two-game Civil War series.
No. 5 Louisville 83, Pittsburgh 49: Louisville saw six players score in double figures Sunday as the host Cardinals (20-1, 9-0 ACC) cruised to a victory over Pittsburgh (3-16, 0-8).
No. 6 Stanford 82, Utah 49: Freshman Francesca Belibi scored a seasonbest 20 points to go with eight rebounds, and host Stanford (18-2, 7-1 Pac-12) beat Utah (10-9, 3-5) to run its home winning streak at Maples Pavilion to 16 games dating to last season.
No. 8 N.C. State 76, North Carolina 68: Elissa Cunane had 22 points and 17 rebounds to help host North Carolina State (19-1, 8-1 ACC) beat North Carolina (14-6, 5-4).
No. 9 Mississippi State 80, Ole Miss 39: Jessika Carter scored 24 points and pulled down 11 rebounds and host Mississippi State (18-3, 6-1 SEC) routed Ole Miss (7-13, 0-7).
No. 10 UCLA 66, Washington State 50: Michaela Onyenwere scored 23 points and Chrisma Osborne added 16 as host UCLA (18-1, 7-1 Pac-12) recovered from a slow start to earn a victory over Washington State (9-11, 2-6).
The Bruins won despite shooting just 37% from the field.