No. 1 Houston nips Memphis 67-65 for 11th straight win

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jamal Shead scored 16points, including the winning basket as time ran out, andtop-ranked Houston won its 11th straight game, escaping asecond-half rally to beat Memphis 67-65 in the teams’regular-season finale.

Shead beat the buzzer with his jumper from just inside the3-point line. Nine seconds earlier, Memphis’ Kendric Davis drove tothe basket and tied the game at 65. Houston chose not to calltimeout, and Shead gave the Cougars (29-2, 17-1 American AthleticConference) the win.

Tramon Mark matched Shead’s 16 points, while Marcus Sasserfinished with 13 for Houston.

Davis led Memphis (23-8, 13-5) with 26 points, while ChandlerLawson added 10.

NO. 5 PURDUE 76, ILLINOIS 71

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Brandon Newman scored 19 points,Zach Edey added 17 and Purdue held on to beat Illinois and becomethe first team to win the Big Ten title by three or more gamessince 2014.

Braden Smith added 15 points for the Boilermakers (26-5, 15-5),who led by 24 early in the second half before the Illinirallied.

Matthew Mayer led the Illini (20-11, 11-9) with 16 points,followed by Terrence Shannon Jr. with 13, Sencire Harris with 11and Luke Goode with 10.

The Boilermakers shot 62% for a 47-26 lead at halftime, butcooled to 29% in the second half. Mayer tied the game at 67 with1:17 to go, but Edey’s layup gave Purdue a 69-67 edge.

NO. 15 INDIANA 75, MICHIGAN 73, OT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis had 27 points,nine rebounds and six assists in his final home game, and Indianaforced a steal on Michigan’s final possession of overtime.

The Hoosiers (21-10, 12-8) clinched a double bye in Friday’s BigTen Tournament quarterfinals by rebounding from their most lopsidedhome loss since 2017.

Hunter Dickinson had 24 points and 14 rebounds for Michigan(17-14, 11-9). Kobe Bufkin added 19 points and six rebounds, butthe Wolverines wound up getting swept in the season series. It wasthe second straight overtime loss for Michigan.

Seniors Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson and Miller Kopp scored allsix Indiana points in overtime.

PENN STATE 65, NO. 21 MARYLAND 64

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Camren Wynter made a layup with lessthan a second remaining to lift Penn State over Maryland.

Jalen Pickett scored 16 points, Andrew Funk had 14 and MylesDread had 11 for the Nittany Lions (19-12, 10-10 Big Ten), whotrailed by as many as 16 late in the first half.

Jahmir Young scored 14 of his 26 points in the second half forthe Terps (20-11, 11-9), who entered the afternoon looking to earnthe No. 2 seed in the Big Ten tournament. Julian Reese had 12points for the Terps, while Don Carey and Ian Martinez added 11each.