Late rally helps Michigan State drop Bucknell

The Bison missed 16 of 17 free throws in the loss.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Paul Davis scored 21 points and No. 3 Michigan State took advantage of atrocious foul shooting by Bucknell to pull away for a 64-52 victory Friday night.
Playing the highest ranked team in its history, Bucknell missed an incredible 16 of 17 free throws.
Michigan State trailed 50-49 with just under seven minutes left, but ended the game with a 15-2 run. In the final 8:40, Bucknell missed all eight of its free-throw attempts.
Kevin Bettencourt scored 21 points, including five 3-pointers, but was 0-for-3 from the line. Bettencourt made the first basket of the second half -- his fourth 3-pointer -- to put the Bison ahead for the first time after they trailed by eight in the first half.
Michigan State, which was 12-of-17 from the line, did not regain the lead until Davis made two free throws with 9:36 left.
No. 15 Wisconsin 64,Penn 53
PHILADELPHIA -- Devin Harris scored 16 points, including a three-point play late in the game.
Zach Morley and Freddie Owen added 12 points apiece for the Badgers, who opened the season without injured forward Alando Tucker.
Jeff Schiffner led Penn with 20 points, including three 3-pointers.
Schiffner tied the game 40-all with 11:28 to play with a 3-pointer, and the Quakers stayed within four points until 2:55 remained. That's when Harris hit a runner in the lane and was fouled. He hit the free throw and Wisconsin led by five.
Owens followed with a pair of layups and a free-throw to put the game away for the Badgers.
Wisconsin hit just 17 of 28 free-throw attempts, and Owens, an 82 percent free-throw shooter last season, was 2 of 8 against Penn.
Morley, a junior-college transfer, had 10 first-half points after coming off the bench three minutes into the game. He also had four offensive rebounds.
Michigan 84, Oakland, Mich. 58
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bernard Robinson Jr. scored 21 points and Lester Abram added 19 to lead Michigan.
Freshman Dion Harris also had 15 for the Wolverines, who were playing in their season-opener.
Rawle Marshall scored 20 points and Mike Helms added 15 for the Grizzlies (2-2). Helms, the nation's leading scorer last season, fouled out with 8:51 left, shooting 6-of-17 from the field and committing 6 turnovers.
Colorado 67, Northwestern 56
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Michel Morandais scored 21 points and Colorado held Northwestern to three baskets in the final 13 minutes .
Jitim Young scored 18 for Northwestern, which couldn't get open looks in the second half after shooting 52 percent in the first and taking a five-point lead.
Blair Wilson added 16 and David Harrison 10 for Colorado. Vedran Vukusic had 13 for Northwestern, which shot 24 percent in the second half and was outscored 40-24.
With Northwestern up by a basket with 13 minutes left, Morandais picked up his fourth foul and was forced to the bench. Young made two free throws for a 45-41 lead.
But with Morandais, its top returning scorer, out of the game, Colorado didn't falter.
Three-pointers by Wilson and Marcus Hall and a followup basket by Glean Eddy highlighted a 14-2 run and put Colorado up 55-47 with just over six minutes left.
Harrison's slam follow after Morandais had reentered the game gave the Buffaloes a 10-point lead with 3:35 to play.
Colorado trailed by five at the half but behind 3-pointers from Morandais, Wilson and Glean Eddy got a two-point lead early in the second.
After struggling early, the Buffaloes went on a 10-0 behind seven points from Morandais to take their only lead of the half at 21-20.
But 3-pointers by Young and Davor Duvancic started the Wildcats on a quick 10-2 spurt and then went on for a 32-27 lead at the half.
Northwestern constantly used backdoor cuts to get open for layups against the Colorado defense. T.J Parker had 11 points at the half for NU and Morandais 13 for Colorado. Parker had just one point in the second half.
Colorado, which opens with three straight road games, returns four starters from a 20-12 team that made the NCAA tournament and lost to Michigan State.