TOP 25 NO. 9 OHIO STATE 74, NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 67: Evan Turner scored 20 points, and Ohio State earned a Big Ten win over host Michigan State. William Buford had 17 points for the Buckeyes (11-4, 21-7), who pulled into a second-place tie with Michigan State in the conference. Both teams trail Purdue by a half-game. Durrell Summers scored 16 points for Michigan State (11-4, 21-7), which trailed by 14 points early in the second half. NO. 14 WISCONSIN 70, NORTHWESTERN 63: Jon Leuer’s blocked shot with 11 seconds remaining helped Wisconsin (10-5, 20-7) escape with a Big Ten victory over visiting Northwestern (6-9, 17-10). Jason Bohannon scored 17 points to lead the Badgers. STATE MEN
WASHINGTON ADVENTIST 72, APPRENTICE 71: An Apprentice rally from an 11-point deficit in the last 7:15 fell short, and Washington Adventist escaped with a U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association victory over the visting Builders. Eric Joe led Apprentice with 24 points. SATURDAY
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 85, GEORGE MASON 83: Johnny Williams posted 18 points for George Mason, but the College of Charleston (19-9) edged the Patriots (16-12) in Fairfax. Tony White, Jr. had 25 points to lead the Cougars, who won their third straight. RADFORD 76, UNC WILMINGTON 68: Art Parakhouski recorded his nation-leading 22nd double-double of the season with 17 points and 14 rebounds, and Laz Trifunovic scored 19 points to lead Radford past visting UNC Wilmington (8-20). Blake Smith added 15 points and Amir Johnson had 10 for the Highlanders (16-11). LIBERTY 76, HIGH POINT 67: Kyle Ohman scored 24 of his 39 points in the second half, and Liberty rallied past visiting High Point. Evan Gordon added 13 points, and Antwan Burrus and Ohman each grabbed 10 rebounds for the Flames (9-7 Big South, 14-14). From Staff and Wire Reports

TAMPA, Fla.—Wes Byrum kicked a 21-yard field goal in overtime and Auburn stopped Northwestern’s final trick play of the game to hold on yesterday for a 38-35 victory in the Outback Bowl. The Tigers intercepted Mike Kafka five times—twice in the end zone—and shut down a fake field-goal play to end Northwestern’s gallant bid to end a 61-year stretch of postseason futility.

TAMPA, Fla. - Wes Byrum kicked a 21-yard field goal in overtime and Auburn stopped Northwestern’s final trick play of the game to hold on yesterday for a 38-35 victory in the Outback Bowl. The Tigers intercepted Mike Kafka five times - twice in the end zone - and shut down a fake field-goal play to end Northwestern’s gallant bid to end a 61-year stretch of postseason futility.

No. 12 Penn State shut out Northwestern in the second half, and the Nittany Lions scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns in less than four minutes to beat Northwestern 34-13 last night in a Big Ten game. Daryll Clark threw a 53-yard TD pass to Derek Moye and Evan Royster broke off a 69-yard scoring run to highlight the fourth-quarter surge that took 3 minutes, 40 seconds.