Spartans Keep Lead In Big Ten

Men’s Top 25

Jason Klein scored 12 of his 17 points in the second half and No. 14 Michigan State held on for an 80-75 win over No. 22 Michigan in East Lansing on Tuesday night, keeping the Spartans in first place in the Big Ten race.

With Magic Johnson sitting in the stands after a fiery pregame pep talk, the Spartans (19-5, 12-2 Big Ten) led by as many as 18 points in the first half. But Michigan (18-8, 8-5) opened the second half with an 8-2 run and played much better defense.

Louis Bullock scored 26 points and Jerod Ward had 22 for Michigan. But the Spartans had a 41-25 rebounding edge over the Wolverines, who were playing without power forward Maceo Baston, out with a foot injury.

(7) UConn 88, Notre Dame 79

At South Bend, Ind., Khalid ElAmin scored a career-high 30 points and the Huskies (23-4, 12-3 Big East) survived a late rally by the Fighting Irish (12-11, 6-9).

El-Amin scored seven points in the first 4:15 of the second half as the Huskies erased a 12-point deficit with a 17-5 run to tie the game at 50.

(9) Princeton 71, Penn 52

At Princeton, N.J., Steve Goodrich scored 19 points and the Tigers remained unbeaten in the Ivy League (21-1, 9-0 Ivy) and won their 14th straight game, beating the Quakers (14-10, 7-2).

The Tigers have won their past 12 conference games by at least 10 points, and second-year coach Bill Carmody improved to 23-0 in the league.