No. 2 Duke Drops No. 4 Wisconsin, College Basketball News

(Madison, WI) -- Tyus Jones tallied 22 points and six rebounds as the second-ranked Blue Devils dropped the fourth-ranked Badgers 80-70 from the Kohl Center. Duke shot over 65-percent from the floor compared to just 40.7 percent from Wisconsin.

Jahlil Okafor added 13 points and six boards for the Blue Devils, who improved to 8-0. Traevon Jackson scored 25 points for the Badgers, who slipped to 7-1. Frank Kaminsky had 17 points and nine boards in the loss.

#6 Virginia Tops #22 Maryland

(College Park, MD) -- Malcolm Brogdon netted a game-high 18 points as sixth-ranked Virginia topped 22nd-ranked Maryland 76-65 in College Park. Justin Anderson added 16 points and Mike Tobey tallied 14 off the bench for the Cavaliers, who improved to 8-0. Melo Trimble posted 16 points to pace the Terrapins, who fell to 7-1. Jake Layman had 14 points in the setback.

EIU Rallies For Win Over Ball State

CHARLESTON, Ill. -- LeTrell Viser drained a 3-pointer during a key 14-2 second half run as Eastern Illinois rallied for a 61-54 win over Ball State on Wednesday night in Lantz Arena.
 
EIU improved to 3-5 on the season winning its second straight.  It was the first win over Ball State since January 18, 1966.   Ball State fell to 2-3 on the season.   EIU returns to action next Tuesday with a game at UC Davis, a 9 pm Central start.
 
Both teams were cold from the field to start the game with Ball State shooting 28 percent and EIU shooting 25.   The Cardinals raced out to a 13-2 lead as EIU’s first basket of the game was a Trae Anderson jumper with 14:47 to play in the first.   Anderson would post the Panthers first double-double of the season finishing with 13 points, 11 rebounds.
 
BSU pushed the lead to 23-13 with 3:09 to play in the first on a lay-up by Jeremie Tyler.  Keenen Anderson and Trae Anderson scored for EIU down the stretch to cut the lead to 24-18 at the half.
 
After both teams scored to open the second half EIU went on a 12-0 run with Viser giving EIU its first lead of the game at 14:56.  He followed that with another three to put the Panthers up by six points.
 
Tyler finally stopped the Panthers run with a 3-pointer at the 11:43 mark.  Tyler finished with 10 points.

SIUC Defeats SIUE

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- SIUE connected on 78.9 percent of its shots in the second half Wednesday, but it wasn't enough to overcome a slow start. The Cougars fell to SIU Carbondale 79-67 in front of 3,508 in nonconference men's basketball at Vadalabene Center.

"Our guys had some jitters," SIUE Head Coach Lennox Forrester said. "Guys that normally make shots didn't make shots. We didn't knock down wide-open looks."

SIUE, which had nine days off prior to the game, has dropped four straight and fell to 1-4 for the season.

"Coming back from Portland and Thanksgiving break, I thought we needed the break to get some guys healthy and work on some things," Forrester said. "I'm not a guy who is going make excuses. We just didn't come ready."

College Basketball Roundup

In local college basketball last night, Northwestern fell 66-58 to Georgia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Notre Dame nipped Michigan State 79-78 in overtime. Illinois is back on the floor Saturday while Northern Illinois is off until December 13.

#25 Illinois Hosts American Saturday

(Champaign, IL) -- Illinois is at home Saturday afternoon hosting American University. The 25th-ranked Fighting Illini suffered their first loss of the season on Tuesday, dropping a 70-61 decision at No. 15 Miami. Illinois is now 6-1 overall. The Eagles are 5-3 after losing at Brown last night.  

Wednesday, Decemberr 3 Scoreboard

NCAA Top-25 Men's Basketball  ("USA Today" Rankings)

#2 Duke Blue Devils 80, #4 Wisconsin Badgers 70  (ACC-Big Ten Challenge)

#6 Virginia Cavaliers 76, #22 Maryland Terrapins 65 (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)

#9 Villanova Wildcats 84, La Salle Explorers 70

Utah Utes 69, #10 Wichita State Shockers 68 (OT)

Iowa Hawkeyes 60, #12 North Carolina Tar Heels 55 (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)

Notre Dame Fighting Irish 79, #18 Michigan State Spartans 78 (OT) (ACC/Big Ten Challenge)

Thursday, December 4 Schedule (All Times Central)

NCAA Top-25 Men's Basketball  ("USA Today" Rankings)

10:00 p.m. - #14 San Diego State Aztecs host San Diego Toreros

6:00 p.m. - #17 West Virginia Mountaineers host LSU Tigers  (SEC/Big 12 Challenge)

8:00 p.m. - #19 Iowa State Cyclones host #21 Arkansas Razorbacks  (SEC/Big 12 Challenge)