Top-ranked Tennessee tops Kentucky

No. 4 UCLA beat Arizona, which is in danger of
snapping its streak of NCAA appearances.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Chris Lofton scored 14 points, including a jump shot with 1:15 left, and top-ranked Tennessee beat Kentucky 63-60 Sunday to stay atop the Southeastern Conference.

Tennessee had a big early lead, but Kentucky’s Derrick Jasper hit a 3-pointer to cut the Vols’ lead to 63-60. Jasper and Joe Crawford both missed 3-point shots in the final 20 seconds that would have sent the game to overtime.

Tennessee (26-3, 12-2) held a 34-27 halftime advantage after leading the entire first half, but Kentucky (16-11, 10-4) tied it at 41 when Ramon Harris hit a jumper while being fouled by Duke Crews.

No. 4 UCLA 68, Arizona 66

TUCSON, Ariz. — Kevin Love had 24 points and 15 rebounds and UCLA (26-3, 14-2 Pac-10) hung on for its seventh straight victory over Arizona.

Chase Budinger had 24 points for Arizona (17-12, 7-9), which has lost six of seven and is in danger of snapping its 23-year streak of NCAA tournament appearances, the longest in the nation.

No. 19 Michigan State 103,
No. 12 Indiana 74

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Raymar Morgan scored 12 of his 20 points early to help Michigan State build a big lead and beat Indiana, allowing the Spartans to finish undefeated at home and hand Dan Dakich his first loss as interim coach.

Michigan State (23-6, 11-5 Big Ten) led 59-31 at halftime, making 78 percent of its shots, including nine 3-pointers.

Eric Gordon scored 22 and D.J. White had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Hoosiers (24-5, 13-3).

No. 13 Louisville 68, Villanova 54

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Juan Palacios scored 13 points in his final game at Freedom Hall to lead Louisville. Jerry Smith added 10 points and 10 rebounds to lead a balanced offense by the Cardinals (24-6, 14-3 Big East), who won their ninth straight.

Malcolm Grant led the Wildcats (17-11, 7-9 Big East) with 11 points, but Villanova shot just 40 percent from the field and turned the ball over 14 times.

No. 17 Notre Dame 98, DePaul 91

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Luke Harangody scored 24 points, Rob Kurz added 21 and Notre Dame (22-6, 12-4) hung on to beat DePaul (10-18, 5-11) to clinch a first-round bye in the Big East tournament.

Freshman Dar Tucker scored 28 points for DePaul (10-18, 5-11).