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EAST LANSING, Mich. &#8212; Cassius Winston made his last home game against Michigan memorable with a sensational performance his in-state rivals would rather forget.Winston had a career-high 32 points and nine assists, leading No. 14 Michigan State to a 87-69 victory over the 12th-ranked Wolverines on Sunday.&#8220;It was one of the greater performances that this building has seen,&#8221; said coach Tom Izzo, who has witnessed a slew of games at Breslin Center as a head coach and assistant over the last three decades. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think any of us will ever be able to appreciate what that kid has gone through and how he has handled it.&#8221;Winston has had a heavy heart for nearly two months because his younger brother, Zachary, died after being hit by a train.The senior star has played while grieving and that seemed to adversely affect some of his performances earlier in the season, but he was at his best in the first of two scheduled games against Michigan.&#8220;Cassius is a superb, phenomenal player,&#8221; Wolverines coach Juwan Howard said. &#8220;He does an excellent job of reading whatever defense you throw at him. Give him credit. He&#8217;s crafty. There&#8217;s a reason why he was the player of the year in the Big Ten.&#8221;Winston was 11 of 19 overall and 8 of 11 at the line. He had just two turnovers despite having the ball in his hands during much of his 38-minute outing.&#8220;I made a lot of things happen,&#8221; Winston said. &#8220;Everything was clicking. I felt that I was in rhythm the whole game. I was in control the whole game.&#8221;Michigan State&#8217;s Xavier Tillman fell one point short of his career high with 20 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and had a career-high six blocks.&#8220;Cassius is special, but don&#8217;t sleep on Xavier,&#8221; Izzo said.The Spartans (12-3, 4-0 Big Ten) were ahead the entire game, leading by as many as 13 points in the first half and earning a bigger cushion in the second, to beat their rivals for a fourth consecutive time.Michigan State has won seven straight and is the only Big Ten team without a conference loss.The Wolverines (10-4, 1-2) have lost four of their last seven games after starting 7-0 and going from unranked to No. 4 under Howard in his first year.The former Fab Five star faced Michigan State for the first time as a coach after going 5-1 in the series as a player.Howard became unhinged after not getting a call he wanted. He was called for a technical early in the second half after leaving the sideline and going onto the court in protest.&#8220;I had seen enough,&#8221; Howard said. &#8220;I got a little beside myself. I&#8217;m an emotional guy and I&#8217;m always going to fight for my players.&#8221;Shortly thereafter in the second half, Izzo was also called for a technical foul in the highly charged game.&#8220;If there&#8217;s one thing I&#8217;m glad about Juwan, to be very blunt and honest with you, John (Beilein) was so buttoned-up that I looked like a fool all the time now,&#8221; Izzo said. &#8220;Now, both of us look like fools and it makes it an equal-opportunity deal.&#8221;The Wolverines were missing forward Isaiah Livers, who was out for a second straight game with a groin injury. Livers is averaging 13.6 points per game and is the team&#8217;s top 3-point shooter.Brandon Johns replaced Livers in the starting lineup and matched a career high with 12 points after being booed during introductions in his hometown.&#8220;I love that stuff,&#8221; Johns said. &#8220;It&#8217;s like a fire. You take it, you embrace it and everything. It&#8217;s supposed to get under people&#8217;s skin or whatever, but I think when you&#8217;re a true competitor, it really just fires you up.&#8221;Michigan center Jon Teske fouled out after scoring four of his 15 points in the second half. Zavier Simpson had 14 points and eight assists while Franz Wagner added 10 points for the Wolverines.&#8220;They&#8217;re a really good team, and it was a 10-point game kind of like the whole game kind of,&#8221; Teske said. &#8220;We just couldn&#8217;t get over the hump.&#8221;No. 20 Dayton 80, Saint Joseph&#8217;s 67PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Trey Landers and Ryan Mikesell each scored 18 points as No. 20 Dayton fought off some sluggishness and pulled away from Saint Joseph&#8217;s.Ibit Watson and Obi Toppin added 15 points apiece and Jalen Crutcher scored 10 for the Flyers.Ryan Daly scored 22 points to lead Saint Joseph&#8217;s. Cameron Brown scored 16 and Myles Douglas had 15.The Flyers (11-3, 2-0 Atlantic 10) ended a nine-game losing streak at Hawk Hill dating back to a 66-62 win on Jan. 29, 2000. But Saint Joseph&#8217;s (3-11, 0-2), which has lost 10 of 11 and was coming off an 84-52 loss at Richmond on Thursday night, managed to keep it close for much of the afternoon.Dayton struggled from the floor, never getting into the offensive flow it showed on Thursday night during an 84-58 win over La Salle. That allowed Saint Joseph&#8217;s to hang around in the first half despite shooting 11 of 27.WOMENArkansas 86, Auburn 70AUBURN, Ala. &#8212; Amber Ramirez had four of her seven 3-pointers in the first quarter en route to a 25-point outing and No. 20 Arkansas cruised to a win over Auburn.Chelsea Dungee, who added 19 points, had seven of her nine first-quarter points to cap off a 10-point run for a 12-9 lead midway through the first quarter. After an Auburn basket, Ramirez scored the next 11 points, including 3-pointers on three consecutive possessions. Her 3-pointer in the final minute made it 26-12 after one quarter.Stanford 77, Washington 56STANFORD, Calif. &#8212; Kiana Williams keyed a decisive stretch late in the third quarter with three quick baskets to finish with 20 points and nine assists, leading No. 5 Stanford to a win against Washington.Lexie Hull added nine points and 11 rebounds while freshman Haley Jones blocked three shots as the Cardinal (13-1, 2-0 Pac-12) won their third consecutive game since the team&#8217;s lone defeat at Texas on Dec. 22.Oregon 88, Utah 51EUGENE, Ore. &#8212; Sabrina Ionescu scored 17 points to go with eight rebounds and seven assists to help No. 2 Oregon rout Utah.Ruthy Hebard had the 46th double-double of her career with 13 points and 12 rebounds and Minyon Moore added 15 points as the Ducks (12-1, 2-0) never trailed in handing Utah (7-7, 0-3) its worst Pac-12 defeat, in its ninth year in the conference.Lola Pendande had 12 points to lead the Utes, who were coming off a 29-point defeat at Oregon State and suffered their worst loss by margin since a 42-point loss to Western Kentucky in 1993.Mississippi State 73, Georgia 66ATHENS, Ga. &#8212; Jordan Danberry and Rickea Jackson scored 17 points each and No. 15 Mississippi State beat Georgia to extend the nation&#8217;s longest road win streak to 13.Eleven of Danberry&#8217;s points came in the fourth quarter, including six in a 8-0 run to start the period to give MSU (14-2, 2-0 SEC) some breathing room at 56-47. Three of the baskets came after consecutive turnovers by Georgia (10-5, 1-1) which finished 23 miscues.Kentucky 80, Tennessee 76LEXINGTON, Ky. &#8212; Rhyne Howard drained seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 37 points and No. 13 Kentucky held off No. 22 Tennessee.Howard made several key baskets and then sank 4 of 6 free throws in the final minute as the Wildcats held off one last surge from the Lady Vols.Howard&#8217;s last 3-pointer put Kentucky (12-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) on top 72-60 with 3:42 to play. Her layup at 1:54 stopped an 8-0 Tennessee run and after Sabrina Haines made a pair of free throws for the Wildcats, Howard took over at the foul line.UConn 80, SMU 42DALLAS &#8212; Christyn Williams scored 21 points and Megan Walker added 15 as top-ranked UConn eased past SMU to remain undefeated heading into Thursday&#8217;s showdown against No. 6 Baylor.The Huskies (12-0, 3-0 American) never trailed and led by as many as 40 points.Missouri State 81, Valparaiso 68VALPARAISO, Ind. &#8212; Alexa Willard scored 24 points and Brice Calip added 18 to lead No. 21 Missouri State to a victory over Valparaiso.Jasmine Franklin added 10 points with nine rebounds for the Lady Bears (12-2, 2-0) Missouri Valley Conference). Both teams had 24 field goals and the Crusaders made nine more 3-pointers but the difference came at the free-throw line where Missouri State made 28 of 36 to just 6 of 8 for Valparaiso. Calip was 11 of 14 at the line.DePaul 74, Creighton 71OMAHA, Neb. &#8212; Chante Stonewall scored 26 points, Lexi Held added 23 and Sonya Morris came up with a big steal in the closing seconds and No. 16 DePaul pulled out a win over Creighton .Morris&#8217; steal came after Stonewall&#8217;s tie-breaking free throw &#8212; after she missed her first attempt &#8212; with six seconds left. Following the turnover, Kelly Campbell made two free throws in the last second.West Virginia 74, Kansas State 63MANHATTAN, Kan. &#8212; Kysre Gondrezick matched career highs with 24 points and eight assists in helping No. 19 West Virginia beat Kansas State in a Big 12 opener.Gondrezick was 9-of-14 shooting, making half of her eight 3-point attempts. Tynice Martin added 18 points and Madisen Smith, with three makes from the arc, scoring 15.UCLA 70, Arizona 58LOS ANGELES &#8212; Michaela Onyenwere scored 18 points and added 13 rebounds to lead No. 10 UCLA to a win over 18th-ranked Arizona in a matchup that featured undefeated teams.UCLA extended its best start in program history to 14-0 and is first in the Pac-12 at 3-0.Oregon State 72, Colorado 60CORVALLIS, Ore. &#8212; Mikayla Pivec had 16 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists to lead No. 3 Oregon State to a victory over Colorado.The Buffaloes, who were coming off Friday&#8217;s 104-46 loss at No. 2 Oregon, stayed within striking distance of Oregon State (14-0, 2-0 Pac-12) until midway through the fourth quarter.Florida State 73, Miami 62CORAL GABLES, Fla. &#8212; Kiah Gillespie scored 21 points to lead No. 8 Florida State to a victory over No. 23 Miami.Gillespie shot 8 of 11 from the field as the Seminoles (14-1, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded from their first loss of the season Thursday at Syracuse.N.C. State 80, Virginia 60RALEIGH, N.C. &#8212; Elissa Cunane had 26 points and 10 rebounds and No. 9 North Carolina State beat Virginia.Jakia Brown-Turner added 13 points and Grace Hunter scored 10 for the Wolfpack (14-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who matched the second-best start in program history.Louisville 60, Duke 55LOUISVILLE, Ky. &#8212; Dana Evans hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds remaining and Bionca Dunham hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to help No. 7 Louisville beat Duke.The Cardinals (14-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed much of the game before finally going ahead 49-47 on Evans&#8217; 3 with 7:15 remaining. The Blue Devils twice rallied from four-point deficits to tie it at 55 on Kyra Lambert&#8217;s jumper with 1:06 left before Evans answered with another 3 to finish with 10 points despite 2-of-11 shooting.<style>
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Winston-led Michigan State tops Michigan