Franz Wagner helps No. 3 Michigan beat Indiana 73-57

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Franz Wagner scored 21 points and Isaiah Livers had 16 points and 10 rebounds, helping No. 3 Michigan pull away from Indiana for a 73-57 victory Saturday. The Wolverines (18-1, 13-1) took another major step toward the Big Ten title by winning their seventh straight. They also improved to 5-0 since resuming play following a COVID-19 pause. Aljami Durham led Indiana (12-12, 7-10) with 15 points, and Race Thompson finished with 11 points and six rebounds. The Hoosiers have lost three in a row and four of their last five as they fight for an NCAA Tournament spot. Livers opened the second half with three straight 3s and the Wolverines sealed the victory with an 8-0 spurt that made it 59-42 with 11:23 to play. NO. 5 ILLINOIS 74, NO. 23 WISCONSIN 69 MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Kofi Cockburn scored 19 points, and Illinois completed its first regular-season sweep of Wisconsin since 2005. After Wisconsin trailed by 13 points with less than three minutes left, D’Mitrik Trice nearly brought the Badgers all the way back by scoring 19 points in the final 2:12. Trice’s 3-pointer cut Illinois’ lead to 70-69 with 6.7 seconds left. After Illinois’ Trent Frazier sank two free throws with 5.7 seconds remaining, Illinois fouled Trevor Anderson before Wisconsin could attempt a tying 3. Then an exchange of words near the Wisconsin bench followed resulted in offsetting technicals. Trice had 29 points for Wisconsin (16-9, 10-8). Illinois (18-6, 15-4) played without All-American candidate Ayo Dosunmu, who missed a second straight game after breaking his nose Tuesday in an 81-72 loss at Michigan State. OKLAHOMA STATE 94, NO. 7 OKLAHOMA 90 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – Freshman Cade Cunningham scored 10 of his season-high 40 points in overtime, leading Oklahoma State to the victory. Cunningham’s previous scoring high was 29 points. In his first Bedlam rivalry game, he made 12 of 21 field goals and 13 of 14 free throws. He also finished with 11 rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Oklahoma State (16-6, 9-6 Big 12) posted its fourth straight victory. De’Vion Harmon matched a career high with 23 points for Oklahoma (15-7, 8-7). The teams will meet again on Monday at Oklahoma State. NO. 10 WEST VIRGINIA 65, KANSAS STATE 43 MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Sean McNeil scored 16 points and West Virginia used two big second-half runs to beat Kansas State. Derek Culver added 11 points for West Virginia (17-6, 10-4 Big 12). Davion Bradford scored 11 points for Kansas State (7-19, 3-14). The Wildcats were held to their second-lowest points total of the season. West Virginia scored the first seven points of the second half. Jordan McCabe, who started the game in place of leading scorer Miles McBride, then scored all seven of his points during a 17-0 run that gave the Mountaineers their largest lead at 59-34 with 5:14 remaining. NORTH CAROLINA 78, NO. 11 FLORIDA STATE 70 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – Freshman Walker Kessler scored a season-high 20 points, and North Carolina boosted its NCAA Tournament chances while giving coach Roy Williams his 900th career victory. The 7-foot-1 freshman had 14 of his points after halftime in an huge performance off the bench, providing a game-changing spark for a team that was down 16 with 2 1/2 minutes before halftime. Kerwin Walton added 13 points for North Carolina (15-8, 9-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), which made all 10 of its free throws in the final 2:15 to stay in control. RaiQuan Gray scored 17 points for the Seminoles (14-4, 10-3), who went from being in firm control to watching it slip away amid a mistake-filled second half. XAVIER 77, NO. 13 CREIGHTON 69