COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Zach Edey had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 1 Purdue cruised past Maryland 67-53 on Tuesday night to snap the Terrapins’ 19-game home winning streak.
The Boilermakers (13-1, 2-1 Big Ten) won their sixth straight, having little difficulty with an offensively challenged Maryland team. Purdue hadn’t won at Maryland since 2017. Although the Terps (9-5, 1-2) hung tough defensively for a while, they couldn’t overcome shooting woes that have made this season a disappointment.
The Boilermakers took an 8-0 lead and forced Maryland to take an early timeout. The Terps managed only 19 points in the first half and trailed by 13 at the break. Purdue quickly pushed the lead to 22 in the second.
Jahmir Young scored 26 points for the Terps, the only Maryland player with more than nine.
Braden Smith scored 14 points for Purdue and Lance Jones added 11.
No. 4 UCONN 85, DePAUL 56
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Cam Spencer scored 20 points to lead UConn to its 17th straight win over DePaul.
The graduate transfer from Rutgers shot 7 for 11 from the field, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range.
Alex Karaban added 17 points for the Huskies (12-2, 2-1 Big East) and was 3 of 4 from behind the arc. Hassan Diarra scored 14 as did freshman Stephon Castle, who also had seven assists.
Da’Sean Nelson scored 19 points and Elijah Fisher had 17 for DePaul (3-10, 0-2), which shot 36% from the floor.
No. 5 TENNESSEE 87, NORFOLK STATE 50
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Zakai Zeigler scored 17 points and had four assists to lead Tennessee past Norfolk State.
Dalton Knecht scored 15 and Tobe Awaka collected 10 points and 11 rebounds as the Volunteers (10-3) won their sixth straight game and 10th straight home game dating to last season.
The Spartans (9-7) were led by Jamarii Thomas with 15 points and Christian Ings with 10.
Each team had a field-goal drought of six minutes in the first half. Tennessee scored the last 18 points of the half to lead 43-18 at the break.
No. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 70, PITTSBURGH 57
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Armando Bacot had 16 points and 10 rebounds, RJ Davis added 15 points and four assists, and North Carolina pulled away for the victory over Pittsburgh.
The Tar Heels (10-3, 2-0 ACC) used Davis’ shot-making and their size advantage to muscle their way past the Panthers (9-5, 0-3). North Carolina outrebounded Pitt 51-41 and had a 15-1 advantage in second-chance points to beat Pitt for just the second time in their last seven meetings.
Bub Carrington led the Panthers with 20 points and Jaland Lowe added 10 but senior forward Blake Hinson was held to 11 points — eight below his average.
No. 17 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 79, EAST CAROLINA 64
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Johnell Davis and Alijah Martin each scored 20 points and Florida Atlantic shook off a slow start to beat East Carolina in the Owls’ debut American Athletic Conference game.
Bryan Greenlee scored 13 off the bench and Vladislav Goldin finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Owls (11-3, 1-0). FAU went on a 14-0 run in the closing minutes, turning a two-point lead into a 16-point edge with 30 seconds left.
Brandon Johnson scored 15 for East Carolina (7-7, 0-1), while Quentin Diboundje added 13 before departing with a lower extremity injury with 5:31 remaining. RJ Felton had 12 for the Pirates.
No. 21 WISCONSIN 83, IOWA 72
MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Tyler Wahl scored a season-high 19 points, Steven Crowl had a double-double and Wisconsin turned up its offense in the second half to beat Iowa.
After the game was tied 32-all at halftime, Wisconsin (10-3, 2-0 Big Ten) pulled away by shooting 58.3% in the second half to win its third straight.
AJ Storr had 16 points for Wisconsin, and Max Klesmit finished with 15. Crowl added 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
Tony Perkins scored 25 points and Owen Freeman had 14 points and 13 rebounds for Iowa (8-6, 0-3).
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