College basketball roundup

Ohio State rallies at Iowa BIG TEN

• NO. 20 OHIO STATE 65, IOWA 57: David Lighty scored 20 points, including 18 in the second half, and the Buckeyes (15-6, 5-3 Big Ten) rallied past the Hawkeyes (8-13, 2-6) on Wednesday in Iowa City for their fourth consecutive Big Ten victory.

The Buckeyes closed the game with a 20-7 run, winning on the road for the second time this season.

Ohio State took its first lead of the second half with 2:46 left, jumping ahead 52-50 on a runner by Lighty. Evan Turner then got a steal and an easy dunk to put the Buckeyes ahead 55-50. Turner's layup through traffic made it 57-50 with 1:04 left.

Freshman Eric May scored 18 points for Iowa.

• ILLINOIS 77, PENN STATE 67: D.J. Richardson had 20 points and the Illini staved off the Nittany Lions' rally in State College, Pa. Illinois (13-8, 5-3) took advantage of a second-half scoring drought by the Nittany Lions (8-12, 0-8) to end a three-game losing streak.

NATION

• NO. 6 TEXAS 95, TEXAS TECH 83: Guards Justin Mason and Dogus Balbay provided some unexpected scoring for the Longhorns (18-2, 4-1 Big 12), who beat the Red Raiders (14-6, 2-4) in Austin. Texas bounced back from losses at Kansas State and Connecticut last week that cost it the No. 1 ranking.

• NO. 3 VILLANOVA 90, NOTRE DAME 72: Scottie Reynolds and Corey Fisher each scored 17 points to help the Wildcats (19-1, 8-0 Big East) get off to the best start in school history by routing the Irish (15-6, 4-4) in Philadelphia.

• NO. 8 DUKE 70, FLORIDA STATE 56: Jon Scheyer scored 22 points, Kyle Singler added 20 and the Blue Devils (17-5, 5-2 ACC) held off the Seminoles (15-5, 3-3) in Durham, N.C.

• NO. 23 NEW MEXICO 76, NO. 12 BRIGHAM YOUNG 72: Dairese Gary scored 25 points, including nine over the final 1:30, and the host Lobos (19-3, 5-2 Mountain West) ended the 15-game winning streak of the Cougars (20-2, 5-1).

• NO. 21 VANDERBILT 85, NO. 14 TENNESSEE 76: Jermaine Beal scored 25 points and the Commodores (16-3, 5-0 SEC) won their 10th game in a row, beating the host Vols (15-4, 3-2).

AREA • MIAC

• HAMLINE 68, ST. OLAF 65: Ray Brown's three-pointer at the buzzer gave the Pipers a victory over the visiting Oles. With 1.9 seconds left, Hamline inbounded the ball to Brown, who hit the winning shot from in front of the Pipers bench.

• ST. THOMAS 77, AUGSBURG 66: Joe Scott scored 21 points, and Alex Healy finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Tommies.

• ST. MARY'S 78, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 75: Will Wright scored 18 points as the host Cardinals sent the Gusties to their third loss in five games.

• CARLETON 65, CONCORDIA (MOORHEAD) 42: Seth Jonker's 15 points led the host Knights.

• NO. 14 BAYLOR 61, NO. 8 TEXAS A&M 53: Back from an injury that cost her four games, Melissa Jones had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the host Lady Bears (15-4, 2-3 Big 12) vs. the Aggies (15-3, 3-2). Baylor went 1-3 in the games Jones missed.

• NO. 22 IOWA STATE 63, NO. 11 OKLAHOMA 56: Anna Prins and Kelsey Bolte each scored 15 points, leading the host Cyclones (16-3, 4-2 Big 12) past the Sooners (14-5, 4-2).

• MARQUETTE 52, NO. 17 GEORGETOWN 45: Angel Robinson's three-point play gave the Golden Eagles (13-7, 4-3 Big East) the lead with 1:07 left against the visiting Hoyas (17-3, 6-1).

AREA • MIAC

• ST. BENEDICT 84, ST. CATHERINE 77 (OT): Heather Gillund had 23 points and eight rebounds, and the Blazers won after Joelle Waytashek forced OT with a three-pointer in the final seconds of regulation.

• CONCORDIA (MOORHEAD) 48, CARLETON 45: Erica Nord had 12 points for the visiting Cobbers.

• ST. THOMAS 88, AUGSBURG 63: Ali Johnson scored 21 points for the visiting Tommies.

• GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS 68, ST. MARY'S 49: Brianna Radtke had 15 points for the host Gusties.

• HAMLINE 69, ST. OLAF 65: Mary Wilkowski scored 17 points for the visiting Pipers.