NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Shan Foster scored 32 points and No. 18 Vanderbilt knocked off top-ranked Tennessee 72-69 on Tuesday night – a day after the Vols moved into the top spot in the rankings for the first time in school history.
The Vols (25-3, 11-2 Southeastern Conference) beat then-No. 1 Memphis on Saturday night 66-62 on the western edge of Tennessee for their ninth straight victory to earn that spot themselves, then had to travel back to the middle part of the state to defend their top ranking for the first time.
Jermaine Beal added 17 points and Alex Gordon 11 as Vanderbilt (24-4, 9-4) won its seventh straight. The Dores moved into a tie with Kentucky for second in the SEC East, a mere game behind the Vols with three games to play.
Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 25 points. Tyler Smith, playing with the flu, had 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
No. 12 Indiana 72, Ohio State 69
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) – Armon Bassett scored 23 points and Eric Gordon added 17 to lead the Hoosiers past Ohio State for Dan Dakich’s first coaching victory at Assembly Hall.
Dakich replaced Kelvin Sampson as Indiana’s coach Friday, after Sampson resigned amid a phone-call scandal. Dakich barely won his first game Saturday night at Northwestern. But after 410 games as an Indiana (24-4, 13-2 Big Ten) assistant and one road game as head coach, he finally won one in Bloomington.
The Buckeyes (17-11, 8-7) were led by Kosta Koufos with 21 points. Ohio State lost its third straight, and has now lost five of seven.
No. 15 Connecticut 79, Rutgers 61
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) – Jeff Adrien scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Connecticut to a victory over Rutgers, the Huskies’ 11th win in 12 games.
Stanley Robinson, who had 13 rebounds, and Craig Austrie both added 18 points for Connecticut (22-6, 11-4), which moved one game ahead of Marquette in fourth place in the Big East Conference, the last spot that secures a first-round bye in the league’s tournament.
Freshman Earl Pettis had a season-high 18 points for the Scarlet Knights (10-19, 2-14), who lost their eighth straight game. The last three losses were to ranked teams: Notre Dame, Marquette and Connecticut.
Missouri State 86, No. 20 Drake 83
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Deven Mitchell scored 20 points and Missouri State closed the John Q. Hammons Student Center with one of the most impressive victories in school history, holding off Drake.
Missouri State (15-15, 7-10 Missouri Valley) broke out to big leads early in each half, then withstood a barrage of 3-pointers by Drake to beat the Bulldogs for the seventh straight time at home.
Drake (24-4, 13-3) made six 3-pointers in a span of about four minutes to cut into a 17-point lead, then trimmed it to 85-83 on Adam Emmenecker’s driving layup. Missouri State gave the Bulldogs a chance, missing three free throws in the final 26 seconds, but Mitchell stole the long inbounds with 2.1 seconds left, sending the student section charging out to center court.
Josh Young led Drake with 18 points.
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