No. 14 Michigan St. avenges defeat to No. 3 Boilermakers

Associated Press

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Raymar Morgan had 16 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 14 Michigan State beat No. 3 Purdue 53-44 on Sunday and snap the Boilermakers’ 10-game win streak.

Draymond Green added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Spartans (22-7, 12-4 Big Ten), who avenged a 76-64 loss to the Boilermakers on Feb. 9 in East Lansing, Mich.

E’Twaun Moore scored 12 points, and JaJuan Johnson and Chris Kramer scored 11 for Purdue in its first game since losing versatile forward Robbie Hummel to a season-ending injury..

The junior tore the ACL in his right knee last Wednesday against Minnesota and is out for the rest of the year.

Opportunity knocked for Purdue (24-4, 12-4) a day after No. 1 Kansas lost to Oklahoma State and No. 2 Kentucky lost to Tennessee.

Instead, the Boilermakers fell a half game behind Ohio State in the Big Ten race.

No. 5 Duke 67, Virginia 49

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Kyle Singler scored 21 points as Duke beat shorthanded Virginia.

The Blue Devils (25-4, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) remained a game ahead of Maryland heading into a first-place showdown with the Terps in College Park, Md., on Wednesday night.

Jon Scheyer added 20 points for Duke in its eight straight win and fourth consecutive victory in the series.

The Blue Devils took command right away, opening the game on a 20-4 run.

Singler had 11 points before Virginia had two field goals, and from there the Cavaliers never got closer than 10 points.

The Cavaliers (14-13, 5-9) lost their seventh straight playing without scoring leader Sylven Landesberg, who sustained a bruised right thigh in Virginia’s loss at Miami last week.

Jerome Meyinsse led Virginia with 21 points.

No. 20 Temple 65, La Salle 53

PHILADELPHIA — Juan Fernandez sank seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Lavoy Allen had 17 points and 20 rebounds and the Owls rolled over their Philly rival.

Temple (24-5, 12-2 Atlantic 10) wiped out a one-point halftime deficit with an 18-0 run to open the second half. Fernandez led the way, hitting four 3s during the game-changing spurt.

Temple also won the Big 5 title with its first 4-0 mark since 1987-88. Winning the city series means as much to the competing schools as a conference title.

Xavier 78, No. 23 Richmond 76, 2OT

CINCINNATI — Terrell Holloway scored seven of his 24 points during the second overtime as the Musketeers held on in an Atlantic 10 first-place showdown.

Both teams came into the game as part of a three-way tie with Temple for a share of first. Xavier (21-7, 12-2) is trying to win a fourth straight A-10 regular-season title.