men’s top 25 | Tuesday’s games

No. 4 Duke 79, Wake Forest 71

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.

Ryan Kelly scored a career-high 23 points and Duke held on for its seventh straight win. Kelly put up 20 points against the Demon Deacons for the third straight time, and Seth Curry finished with 15 points for the Blue Devils (26-4, 13-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). Duke led by 23 points with 9 1/2 minutes left before Wake Forest made things tense late. Nikita Mescheriakov and Tony Chennault both had 18 points for the Demon Deacons (13-16, 4-11).

No. 18 Indiana 70, No. 5 Michigan St. 55

BLOOMINGTON, IND.

Cody Zeller scored 18 points and Victor Oladipo added 13, lifting Indiana. The Hoosiers (23-7, 10-7 Big Ten) became the second team in less than a week to beat three top five teams this season. Kansas also achieved a feat only one other Indiana team had done since 1948-49. Draymond Green had 29 points for Michigan State (24-6, 13-4).

No. 14 Wisconsin 52, Minnesota 45

MADISON, WIS.

Jordan Taylor scored 22 points to lead Wisconsin to a victory that clinched a first-round bye in the Big Ten tournament for the Badgers. Both teams shot poorly, there were 43 fouls called and the teams combined to shoot 58 free throws. But the Badgers (22-8, 11-6 Big Ten) found their shooting touch in the second half to secure at least a fourth-place finish.

Vanderbilt 77, No. 16 Florida 67

NASHVILLE, TENN.

John Jenkins hit six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, and Vanderbilt clinched a first-round bye in the Southeastern Conference tournament. The Commodores (21-9, 10-5) outshot the nation’s top 3-point shooting team behind Jenkins, and he easily topped his average of 3.9 3-pointers by hitting his first five from beyond the arc. They are tied with Florida for second in the SEC with one game left.

Associated Press