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Northwestern fans stormed the court after the
victory, which marked the second time in less than 10 months
that the Wildcats (6-1, 1-0 Big Ten) pulled off a home upset
over the Boilermakers. Northwestern also beat then-No. 1 Purdue
on Feb. 12 in Evanston.
Zach Edey scored 35 points and pulled down 14 rebounds to lead
Purdue (7-1, 0-1). Fletcher Loyer added 17 points, and Braden
Smith finished with 12 points and nine assists.
Northwestern improved to 2-19 all-time against No. 1-ranked
teams, with both victories coming against Edey and the
Boilermakers.
No. 5 Kansas 69, No. 4 Connecticut 65
Kevin McCullar Jr. scored 21 points and the Jayhawks led most of
the way to beat the Huskies in the Big East-Big 12 Battle at
Lawrence, Kan.
KJ Adams Jr. added 18 points and Hunter Dickinson registered 15
points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots for Kansas (7-1).
Tristen Newton made a career-best six 3-pointers while scoring a
season-high 31 points for Connecticut (7-1).
No. 6 Houston 66, Xavier 60
LJ Cryer scored a game-high 23 points while Jamal Shead added 13
to lead the Cougars past the Musketeers in a Big East-Big 12
Battle contest in Cincinnati.
J'Wan Roberts had 12 rebounds to go with nine points for Houston
(8-0), which was playing its first true road game of the season.
Quincy Olivari scored 17 points while Desmond Claude added 14
for the Musketeers (4-4). The game was slowed in the second half
by 33 personal fouls and a technical on Houston coach Kelvin
Sampson. In all, 50 fouls were called in the contest.
No. 19 BYU 85, Fresno State 56
Jaxson Robinson scored 24 points and Spencer Johnson added 22 as
both set career highs in the Cougars' win over the Bulldogs in
Salt Lake City.
Robinson shot 6-for-8 from 3-point range for BYU (7-0), which
led by as many as 32 and cruised to the nonconference win.
Isaiah Hill led Fresno State (3-4) with 14 points, while Jalen
Weaver scored 10 points. The Bulldogs committed 21 turnovers.
--Field Level Media
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