Here is the latest Big Ten Conference sports news from The Associated Press

Published 7:05 am Saturday, November 9, 2024

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Ethan Garbers threw for two touchdowns, Carson Schwesinger had a pair of interceptions and UCLA defeated Iowa 20-17 for its straight win. Garbers, who completed 21 of 34 passes for 204 yards, was able to lead the Bruins (4-5, 3-4 Big Ten) to their third straight win despite three first-half turnovers. T.J. Harden rushed for 125 yards on 20 carries for his first 100-yard game this season and fourth of his career. Schwesinger, who came into the game leading the Big Ten averaging 10.6 tackles per game, got the first two interceptions of his career but was also part of a Bruins defense that held Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson — one of the nation’s best running backs — to 49 yards on 18 carries.

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Donovan Dent had 17 points and eight assists, Nelly Junior Joseph added 16 points and 12 rebounds for his 45th career double-double, and New Mexico beat No. 22 UCLA 72-64 in the Las Vegas Hoopfest. It was New Mexico’s first win against a ranked team in nonconference play since beating current UCLA coach Mick Cronin while he was at Cincinnati during the 2012-13 season. CJ Noland added 13 points for New Mexico. Junior Joseph was one of three New Mexico players with a double-double in a season-opening victory over Nicholls on Monday. Tyler Bilodeau, a transfer from Oregon State, had 23 points and 15 rebounds for UCLA, which opened its season with an 85-50 win over Rider on Monday.

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Fletcher Loyer scored 16 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 14 to lead No. 14 Purdue to a 72-50 rout of Northern Kentucky. Braden Smith added 11 points and seven assists for the Boilermakers, who improved to 2-0. Caleb Furst scored eight points off the bench. No one reached double figures for the Norse, who fell to 0-2. Trey Robinson, Sam Vinson and Keeyan Itejere each had eight points.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Nate Bittle had 17 points and nine rebounds and Oregon dominated the first half on the way to a 79-48 victory over Montana. The Ducks took control early in the first half as their 15-0 run lasted eight minutes and produced a 22-7 lead. They also had a 9-0 run later in the half and led 40-22 at halftime. Oregon had a 9-0 run and held the Grizzlies without a field goal for a 5-minute stretch in the second half, building a 31-point lead with 5 minutes remaining. The only other time the lead was 30 or more came when Jamari Phillips hit a 3-pointer for the final margin.

UNDATED (AP) — Indiana can clinch its first season with double-digit wins in school history Saturday when the unbeaten and eighth-ranked Hoosiers host defending national champion Michigan as the highest-profile game in this week’s Big Ten schedule. Another intriguing Big Ten matchup has No. 6 Penn State seeking to bounce back from its loss to No. 3 Ohio State when it hosts Washington. Penn State seems to have a clear path into the 12-team College Football Playoff field if it wins the rest of its regular-season games.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Reserve Rodney Rice scored 26 of his career-high 28 points in the first half and Jakobi Gillespie scored 13 points and Maryland shattered Mount St. Mary’s 86-52. Rice shot 10 of 14 including 3 of 5 from 3-point range. Dallas Hobbs scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Dola Adebayo scored 11 for Mount St. Mary’s. The Terrapins tightened the defensive screws and outscored Mount St. Mary’s 17-9, took the lead for good at 17-16 with 11 minutes before intermission and led by 32 (58-26) at the half.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Tomislav Ivisic scored 18 points and led five players into double-figure scoring as Illinois raced to a 90-58 victory over in-state rival SIU Edwardsville to win its second straight. Ivisic dunked just seconds into the game and Tre White hit back-to-back 3-pointers to get Illinois out of the gate and the Fighting Illini used eight treys to build a 46-28 lead at the break and finished 15 of 38 from distance.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Yanic Konan Niederhauser had 18 points, nine rebounds and two blocks, D’Marco Dunn added 16 points and Penn State routed UMBC 103-54. Penn State, which beat Binghamton 108-66 in a season opener, posted back-to-back 100-plus games for the first time in program history. The Nittany Lions scored 60 points in the second half against UMBC after shooting 58% from the field. Niederhauser set the tone in the first half with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting to help Penn State take a 43-28 lead. Jahvin Carter led the way in the second half with 12 points, missing only one of his five shots. Ace Baldwin Jr. began a 13-0 run with a three-point play and Konan Niederhauser capped it with a dunk for a 34-point lead with 10:11 remaining.