Butler, Valparaiso Horizon winners

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MILWAUKEE — Gordon Hayward scored 25 points to lead Butler to its 10th win in a row, a 73-66 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Sunday.

Ronald Nored and Shelvin Mack added 13 points apiece for the Bulldogs (18-4, 11-0 Horizon League).

Anthony Hill scored a career-high 21 points for Wisconsin-Milwaukee (13-10, 5-6).

Willie Veasley’s basket ended an 8-0 Butler run, putting the Bulldogs up 58-55 midway through the second half. The Panthers came within 65-64 on a 3-pointer by James Eayrs, but Butler pulled away at the end.

Hill scored 12 points in the first half as the Panthers led 35-34 at the break.

Valparaiso 84, Green Bay 79

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brandon Wood scored 26 points, including six in the final 1:26, as Valparaiso rallied to defeat Green Bay.

Cory Johnson added 20 points and Brandon McPherson and Matt Kenney each had 11 for the Crusaders (11-12, 6-5 Horizon), who trailed by eight with 4:36 to play.

Troy Cotton led the Phoenix (15-9, 7-5) with 20 points while Bryquis Perine added 19 and Randy Berry finished with 14 and nine rebounds.

Ball State 67, Ohio 66, OT

ATHENS, Ohio — Jarrod Jones scored on a layup with three seconds left in overtime to lift Ball State over Ohio.

The Cardinals (11-9, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) scored four points in the final 13 seconds of overtime to rally from a 66-63 deficit.

Ohio (11-10, 2-5) took a 64-63 lead on D.J. Cooper’s free throws with 3:07 left and Kenneth van Kempen increased it to 66-63 with 2:27 to play.

Neither team scored until Ball State’s Randy Davis hit a jumper to cut the lead to 66-65 with 13 seconds remaining.

Terrence Watson had a career-high 20 points and 16 rebounds for Ball State. Jones scored 12, Brawley Chisholm had 11 and Davis scored 10.

Tommy Freeman led Ohio with 16 points. Van Kempen added 13 and Armon Bassett scored 10.