Badge(rs) of honor

Alando Tucker had 32 points and 10 rebounds and Brian Butch added a career-high 27 points and had 11 rebounds as No. 7 Wisconsin beat No. 2 Pittsburgh 89-75 on Saturday in Madison, Wis., snapping the Panthers’ 21-game non-conference winning streak.

Butch and Tucker put on a shooting display in the first half, each going 7 of 9 from the field and scoring 20 points.

The rest of the Badgers got into the act in the second half in Wisconsin’s first victory over a team ranked higher than No. 7 since Bo Ryan took over the Badgers (11-1) in 2001.

Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon had never lost before Jan. 1 in a season, a streak of 44 games, but the Panthers (10-1) struggled despite a strong effort from 7-foot center Aaron Gray, who was sick with strep throat.

After going scoreless over the first 10 minutes, Gray led the Panthers with 17 points, but Pittsburgh fell into a deep deficit it couldn’t overcome despite having five players finish in double digits.

Wisconsin kept a large lead through most of the second half after closing the opening 20 minutes on a 10-3 run, when all of the Badgers’ points were scored by Butch or Tucker, the Big Ten’s preseason player of the year.

Tucker extended the Badgers’ lead to 81-63 by hitting a 3-pointer over an outstretched Sam Young with 5:43 left. Wisconsin beat a team ranked No. 2 for only the third time in 21 tries.

Kammron Taylor also finished with 14 points for the Badgers, who shot 25 of 54 from the field and improved to 81-5 at the Kohl Center under Ryan.

(1) UCLA 74, Oakland Mich. 53: At Los Angeles, Darren Collison had 15 points and Arron Afflalo added 14 to help the Bruins (9-0) beat the Grizzlies (6-7).

Josh Shipp had 13 points, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute added 12 rebounds for UCLA.

Collison went 5 for 8 from the field and made all three of his free throws, and Afflalo shot 6 for 10 from the field.

Shawn Hopes had a game-high 17 points for the Grizzlies, and Vova Severovas scored 11.

(3) North Carolina 93, North Carolina-Ashville 62: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Brandan Wright had 21 points and nine rebounds to lead the Tar Heels (8-1) past the Bulldogs (4-6).

Tyler Hansbrough and Wayne Ellington each scored 15 points for North Carolina.

Reyshawn Terry added 13 points and six rebounds.

Bryan Smithson scored 20 points to lead North Carolina-Ashville.

(4) Ohio St. 72, Cincinnati 50: At Indianapolis, Greg Oden dominated the middle in his hometown, finishing with 14 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks in 27 minutes as the Buckeyes (9-1) routed the Bearcats (7-3).

It was the most lopsided victory margin in the Wooden Tradition, which dates to 2000.

Ohio State also got 13 points from Ivan Harris and 10 from Ron Lewis.

John Williamson had 17 points and Jamual Warren added 13 for Cincinnati.

(9) Alabama 77, Southern Mississippi 64: At Mobile, Ala., Jermareo Davidson turned in a dominant performance, scoring 25 points for the Crimson Tide (9-1) in a victory over the Golden Eagles (7-1).

Davidson had 11 rebounds and a career-high nine blocked shots to just miss becoming only the second Crimson Tide player to record a triple double.

Alonzo Gee added 20 points for Alabama; Richard Hendrix had 11 and Justin Tubbs 10. Davidson was 8 of 13 from the field and 9 of 12 on free throws.

The Golden Eagles trailed by as many as 20 points in the final five minutes.

Jeremy Wise led Southern Mississippi with 19 points. Craig Craft and Sai’Quon Stone added 11 apiece.

(13) Texas A&M 97, Jacksonville 58: At College Station, Texas, Josh Carter scored 16 points, and Acie Law and Antanas Kavaliauskas had 15 apiece to help the Aggies (9-2) roll to a victory over the Dolphins (4-6).

Joseph Jones had 14 points and Marlon Pompey added 11 for Texas A&M.

Jesse Kimbrough, a former Texas A&M football player, led Jacksonville with 19 points. Jacksonville shot 33 percent from the field.

Kavaliauskas was 7 of 11 from the field and Carter hit three 3-pointers for the Aggies, who shot 51 percent from the field.

(18) Butler 68, Purdue 65: At Indianapolis, A.J. Graves, who had blurred vision after being poked in the eye in Butler’s last game, scored 25 points and the Bulldogs (11-1) took the lead in the final minute for a victory over the Boilermakers (8-2).

Mike Green added 18 points for the Bulldogs.

Gordon Watt scored a career high 20 points, freshman Chris Kramer added 12 and Carl Landry had 12 for Purdue.

(20) Marquette 68, Maryland-Baltimore County 46: At Milwaukee, Dominic James scored 17 points and Jerel McNeal had 15 to lead the Golden Eagles (10-2) to a victory over the Retrievers (4-7).

Lazar Hayward added 13 points for Marquette.

Thomas Young scored 17 points and Chris Pugh added 15 for the Retrievers.

James scored 12 points and McNeal had 10 as the Golden Eagles took a 36-14 halftime lead.

(21) Notre Dame 94, Elon 63: At South Bend, Ind., Russell Carter scored 21 points and Rob Kurz had 16 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Irish (8-1) to victory over the Phoenix (1-7).

Luke Zeller had 14 points and Luke Harangody added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Irish, who had a season-high 55 rebounds.

Devan Carter led Elon with 14 points and Chris Chalko, who is from South Bend, added 12. LeVonn Jordan, Elon’s leading scorer at 20 points a game, missed his first 10 shots and finished with seven points.

(23) Syracuse 94, Baylor 71: At Syracuse, N.Y., Demetris Nichols matched his career high for the second straight game, scoring 28 points, including 10 straight in the first 2:31 of the second half, and the Orange (9-2) beat the Bears (6-3).

Darryl Watkins had a career-high 15 points and pulled down eight rebounds for Syracuse, which outrebounded Baylor 40-25.

Freshman Tweety Carter was 7 of 12 from 3-point range and led the Bears with a season-high 31 points.

(25) Nevada 60, Pacific 53: At Reno, Nev., Marcelus Kemp scored 19 points on 4-of-8 shooting from 3-point range and Nick Fazekas added 13 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Wolf Pack (9-1) past the Tigers (3-8).

Kyle Shiloh had 11 points and Ramon Sessions added 11 points and eight assists for Nevada.

Steffan Johnson scored 13 points and Solomon HorseChief and Anthony Brown had 10 each for Pacific.