UNDATED (AP) — Unranked Michigan State looked like a team desperate for a berth in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament as the Spartans sit below the bubble.
Aaron Henry delivered 20 points and Joshua Langford had a double-double as Michigan State knocked off No. 5 Illinois, 81-72.
Langford grabbed 16 rebounds and had 13 points for the Spartans who received a 15-point performance from Rocket Watts.
Michigan State shot 54% from the field and held Illinois to 5-for-17 from 3-point range.
Trent Frazier had a game-high 22 points for the Illini, who ended a seven-game winning streak and fell to 16-6. Illinois guard Ayo Dosunmu had 17 points on 6 of 18 shooting in his first game since recording his second triple-double of the season.
Meanwhile, second-ranked Baylor barely avoided an upset bid before improving to 18-0. MaCio Teague sank a layup with 2:30 remaining to spark the Bears to a 77-75 triumph over Iowa State at Waco.
Adam Flagler had a season-high 22 points to lead the Bears, while Jared Butler added 18 points.
In other top-25 men’s basketball finals:
— Mike McGuirl contributed 19 points, included three straight 3’s in the final minutes of Kansas State’s 62-57 stunner over seventh-ranked Oklahoma. The Sooners led by six with three minutes to play before McGuirl helped the Wildcats get their first win over a top-10 team in three years.
— Caleb Daniels scored 17 points and eighth-ranked Villanova avenged an early-season loss to St. John’s by blasting the Red Storm, 81-58. Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels each had 14 points for the Wildcats, who hit 11 3-pointers and held St. John’s to 3-for-22 from downtown.
— Tenth-ranked West Virginia earned a 74-66 road win over TCU as Taz Sherman dropped in 23 points and Derek Culver had 18 with 14 rebounds. The Mountaineers led nearly the entire game thanks to Culver, who scored 15 first-half points on 6 of 8 shooting.
— Courtney Ramey scored 15 points and made two free throws with a minute left in overtime to give 14th-ranked Texas the lead in a 75-72 victory over No. 17 Kansas. The Jayhawks led by 14 late in the first half and 11 at halftime before the Longhorns rallied.
— Moses Wright provided 17 of his 26 points in the second half to help Georgia Tech pull away in a 69-53 victory over Virginia Tech. Wright also grabbed 10 rebounds in the Yellow Jackets’ third straight victory.
— Devontae Shuler scored 14 points as Mississippi beat No. 24 Missouri, 60-53 to sweep the season series against the sputtering Tigers.
