Michigan upends No. 20 Irish, 61-60

Illinois looked sluggish, but had enough firepower to beat Arkansas on the road.
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Daniel Horton's three-point play with 20.7 seconds to go lifted Michigan to a 61-60 win over No. 20 Notre Dame on Saturday.
Chris Thomas had two chances in the last 10 seconds to score a go-ahead basket for Notre Dame, but he missed the first and had the second attempt blocked by Brent Petway.
The Wolverines (4-3) had lost three straight to No. 4 Georgia Tech, Providence and No. 21 Arizona. Horton scored 15 points, all in the second half. Ron Coleman added 11 and Dion Harris had 10.
Dennis Latimore led the Fighting Irish (3-1) with 18 points. Torin Francis scored 12 and Thomas had just two points on 1-of-13 shooting. Thomas was averaging 14 points a game.
Michigan led by 11 late in the first half, but trailed by 10 midway through the second half. An 8-0 run got the Wolverines back into the game.
No. 5 Illinois 72, Arkansas 60
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Roger Powell scored 19 points and Dee Brown and Deron Williams added 13 each Saturday, helping No. 5 Illinois overcome a sluggish offense and poor free throw shooting to defeat Arkansas 72-60.
The Illini (6-0) rarely looked like the team that beat top-ranked Wake Forest by 18 Wednesday night. Illinois was playing its first game in front of a hostile crowd and, while never rattled, it committed more than twice the number of turnovers against Arkansas (5-1) as it did against the Demon Deacons.
No. 7 Connecticut 74, Indiana 69
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Rashad Anderson scored 17 points and Rudy Gay had 10 rebounds to rally No. 7 Connecticut past Indiana.
The Huskies (3-0) got a lift from reserve freshman guard Antonio Kellogg, who ignited a 17-1 second-half run that erased 13-point deficit.
Kellogg's 3-pointer kicked off the spurt and his steal and coast-to-coast layup. Josh Boone capped the run for a 56-55 UConn lead, which the Huskies never relinquished.
Bracey Wright led the Hoosiers (2-2) with 28 points and four steals.
George Washington 96, No. 11 Michigan St. 83
WASHINGTON -- Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 23 points, and George Washington forced No. 11 Michigan State into committing 22 turnovers Saturday in a surprisingly easy 96-83 victory.
T.J. Thompson had 18 points and Carl Elliott added 17 for the Colonials (4-1), who have won four straight following a season-opening loss to top-ranked Wake Forest. George Washington had dropped 12 in a row against ranked teams since defeating St. John's in December 2000.
Maurice Ager scored 22 for the Spartans, who were coming off a 81-74 loss to Duke on Tuesday. GW had five players score in double figures and went 9-for-14 from 3-point range.
Minnesota 72, Holy Cross 56
MINNEAPOLIS -- Vincent Grier scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half as Minnesota defeated Holy Cross 72-56 on Saturday.
Minnesota (3-3) blistered the Crusaders with outside shooting, led by freshman Rico Tucker, who hit 4-of-5 3-pointers en route to 15 points. For the game, the Gophers shot 63 percent from the floor, including 15-of-23 in the first half, when they used their transition game to set up many easy baskets. Jeff Hagen chipped in 12 points off the bench for Minnesota.