COLLEGE HOOPS \ Top 25 games

West Virginia 75, No. 12 Georgetown 58

WASHINGTON — Da’Sean Butler scored 27 points, a relentless West Virginia defense forced 19 turnovers in the upset. In a game in which nearly every basket was hard-earned — and steals were sometimes canceled out by quick counter-steals — Butler stood out by going 11-for-18 from the field. The Mountaineers (14-4, 3-2) shot 58 percent in the second half, while the No. 1 scoring defense in the Big East limited the Hoyas (12-5, 3-3) to 33 percent shooting after the break. Georgetown went 2-for-16 from 3-point range for the game and again had trouble on the boards, allowing 16 second-chance points on West Virginia’s 14 offensive rebounds. Darryl Bryant added 13 points, and Alex Ruoff had nine assists and 10 points, including an eye-popping driving dunk that gave the Mountaineers a 59-48 lead with 51‚Ñ2 minutes to play. His play came shortly after a 12-3 run that put the lead in double digits for the first time.

No. 18 Purdue 70, No. 21 Minnesota 62

MINNEAPOLIS — Behind relentless defensive pressure, and 19 points and five blocks from JaJuan Johnson, the Boilermakers banged their way to a victory. E’Twaun Moore added 16 points for Purdue (15-4, 4-2 Big Ten), which won its fourth straight conference game after an 0-2 start. The Boilermakers entered charged-up Williams Arena with the second-ranked field goal percentage defense in the country and made life miserable all evening for the Gophers (16-3, 4-3). Al Nolen had 17 points on 3-for-14 shooting and four steals for Minnesota, which shot a season-low 27.6 percent, including 3 for 19 from 3-point range, to lose its second in a row. The Gophers trailed nearly the entire game and were run out of The Barn by a 17-6 run midway through the second half.

Associated Press