After No. 6 Purdue recorded a 91-87 victory over No. 11 Michigan in a showdown for the Big Ten lead, Wolverines Coach Bill Freider said the Boilermakers have a familiar look.
'They reminded me of our team in 1986,' he said of his conference-championship club from that season. 'We missed easier shots down the stretch and they made tougher shots.'
At Ann Arbor, Mich., Everette Stephens sank a well-defended 15-foot shot with 1:05 to play and Tony Jones hit 3 free throws in the final 23 seconds to lift Purdue, 19-2 overall and 8-1 in the league. Michigan dropped to 7-2 and 18-4.
'We worked on controlling the game and spreading it out,' Purdue Coach Gene Keady said. 'Troy (Lewis) hit a big basket down there, and then Everette did. That sealed it off.'
Stephens ended with 16 points for Purdue, which gained revenge for a 104-68 thumping that cost it the Big Ten title in the final game last season. Todd Mitchell scored 22 and Lewis contributed 20 for the Boilermakers.
Gary Grant led all players with 32 points and became only the third Michigan player to reach 2,000 career points.
At Durham, N.C., Billy King keyed a late rally with consecutive jumpers and held All-America guard David Rivers scoreless in the second half, helping No. 5 Duke defeat Notre Dame 70-61.
The victory, coming one day after Duke lost at home to North Carolina State, lifted the Blue Devils to 16-3. Notre Dame, which lost its third straight game, dropped to 12-7.
At Berkeley, Calif., Anthony Cook totaled 19 points and 12 rebounds to send No. 1 Arizona to a 74-62 Pacific-10 victory over California. The Wildcats, rebounding from an 82-74 upset by Stanford last Thursday, improved to 21-2 overall and 10-1 in the conference, which they lead by three games.
Saturday, Alabama-Birmigham rocked No. 2 Brigham Young 102-83, Cal-Santa Barbara upset No. 3 UNLV 71-66, fourth-ranked Temple stomped Rutgers 84-53, North Carolina State stunned No. 5 Duke 77-74, No. 8 Oklahoma trounced Missouri 120-101 and No. 10 Kentucky squashed Mississippi State 83-59.
Also Saturday it was: No. 12 Syracuse 79, No. 18 St. John's 62; Connecticut 65, No. 13 Georgetown 59; No. 14 Iowa 101, Michigan State 72; Louisiana State 94, No. 15 Vanderbilt 79; No. 16 Bradley 85, Drake 67; Indiana 75, No. 17 Illinois 74; Colorado State 77, No. 19 Texas-El Paso 63; and Auburn 58, No. 20 Florida 57.
At Birmingham, Ala., Michael Charles scored 24 points, including the 1000th of his career, to help UAB hand Brigham Young its first loss of the season. Brigham Young, 17-1, was the last undefeated team in major college basketball.
At Goleta, Calif., Carrick DeHart scored 21 points and Brian Shaw added 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead Cal-Santa Barbara. The Gauchos overcame an 11-point second-half deficit to post their second victory over the Rebels this season. The Runnin' Rebels fell to 20-2 and 9-2.
At Piscataway, N.J., Mike Vreeswyk scored 21 points to power Temple, 18-1. The loss was a school-record 13th straight for Rutgers, 3-16.
At Durham, N.C., Vinny Del Negro scored North Carolina State's last 8 points to rally the Wolfpack. N.C. State trailed 61-48 with 10:07 to play, but used a 14-0 run to take the lead.
At Norman, Okla., Stacey King scored 23 of his career-high 40 points in the second half to lead the Sooners, 20-2 and 6-1, to a Big Eight victory.
At Starkville, Miss., Ed Davender scored 21 points to help Kentucky improve to 16-3 overall and 8-3 in the Southeastern Conference.
At New York, Sherman Douglas scored 22 points and Rony Seikaly added 16 to lead Syracuse to its fourth straight victory. The Orangeman improved to 17-5 overall and 6-3 in the Big East.
At Hartford, Conn., Cliff Robinson scored 16 points and Willie McCloud added 13 to help Connecticut upset the Hoyas in a Big East game.
At Iowa City, Iowa, Jeff Moe, starting his first Big Ten game this season, scored 19 points and Ed Horton added 17 to power Iowa past the Spartans.
At Baton Rouge, La., Wayne Sims scored 25 points and Ricky Blanton added 23 to power Louisiana State to a Southeastern Conference victory that snapped Vanderbilt's seven-game winning streak.
At Des Moines, Iowa, Hersey Hawkins, the nation's leading scorer, struck for 32 points and Greg Jones added 19 to pace Bradley to a Missouri Valley Conference rout.
At Champaign, Ill., Jay Edwards scored 27 points, including the game-winning free throws with 27 seconds left, to lift Indiana to a Big Ten victory.
At Fort Collins, Colo., Pat Durham paced four teammates in double figures with 25 points, lifting Colorado State to a Western Athletic Conference triumph.
At Gainesville, Fla., John Caylor scored 21 points and triggered a 10-0 spurt early in the second half to lead Auburn to a Southeastern Conference victory and deny Florida's Norm Sloan his 600th coaching triumph.
