Edey, No. 3 Purdue hand Ohio State its 8th straight loss

Zach Edey had 26 points and 11 rebounds for his 21stdouble-double this season to lead No. 3 Purdue past Ohio State82-55 on Sunday.

Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 11 points and David Jenkins Jr. addednine points for the Boilermakers (24-4, 13-4 Big Ten). Mason Gilliscontributed seven points and 10 rebounds for Purdue, which had a44-21 rebounding edge.

Brice Sensabaugh led the Buckeyes (11-16, 3-13) with 20 points.Sean McNeil added 10 points for Ohio State, which lost its eighthconsecutive game.

NO. 2 HOUSTON 72, MEMPHIS 64

HOUSTON (AP) — J’Wan Roberts had a career-high 20 points and 12rebounds, and Marcus Sasser also scored 20 points as Houston wonits seven straight game.

Jamal Shead added 10 points for Houston (25-2, 13-1 AmericanAthletic Conference). The Cougars shot 45% but struggled from deep,going 3 of 17 on 3-pointers.

Elijah McCadden had 20 points and six rebounds, DeAndre Williamsadded 18 points and Damaria Franklin scored 10 for Memphis (20-7,10-4). The Tigers shot 44%, including 6 of 15 on 3-pointers.

NO. 23 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 77, NORTH CAROLINA69

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jarkel Joiner took over for No. 23 NorthCarolina State during a critical second-half stretch, matching hisseason high with 29 points to lead the Wolfpack past rival NorthCarolina.

Joiner had 20 of his points after the break for the Wolfpack(21-7, 11-6 Atlantic Coast Conference). That included an impressiveflurry in a tight game that finally gave N.C. State some breathingroom.

Caleb Love scored 23 points to lead the Tar Heels (16-11, 8-8),who continued a February crash that has put their NCAA Tournamentchances in growing jeopardy. UNC lost for the fifth time in sixgames this month after shooting just 35.5%, a performance that adominating rebounding effort (48-34) couldn’t offset.