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Buckeyes’ win creates tie atop Big Ten

Michigan State's Adreian Payne uses his face in an attempt to grab a rebound in a loss to Ohio State on Sunday. (Associated Press)
Michigan State's Adreian Payne uses his face in an attempt to grab a rebound in a loss to Ohio State on Sunday. (Associated Press)

Men’s basketball: William Buford made a high-arcing jumper from the top of the key with 1 second left, lifting No. 10 Ohio State to a 72-70 win over No. 5 Michigan State on Sunday, forging a three-way tie for the Big Ten title.

The Buckeyes (25-6, 13-5) earned a share of their third straight conference championship and forced the Spartans (24-7, 13-5) to settle for having a piece of it along with No. 13 Michigan.

The Wolverines (23-8, 13-5), who won their first Big Ten title since 1986, watched their rivals play from the school’s basketball facility in Ann Arbor after winning at Penn State, 71-65, earlier in the day.

Michigan State led by as many as 15 points in the first half, but couldn’t put away the Buckeyes.

• Kentucky caps perfect SEC season: Freshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky (30-1, 16-0) capped a perfect Southeastern Conference season with a 74-59 victory over No. 16 Florida (22-9, 10-6) in Gainsville, Fla.

Kentucky extended its winning streak to 22 games and secured its hold on a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

• Creighton survives upset in MVC final: Doug McDermott had 33 points and Antoine Young scored eight of his 14 in overtime as Creighton (28-5) survived an upset bid from Illinois State (20-13) in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final, beating the Redbirds 83-79 in overtime.

Rondo leads Celtics over Knicks in OT

NBA: Celtics guard Rajon Rondo had a triple-double to spoil Harvard grad Jeremy Lin’s return to Boston.

Rondo had 18 points, 20 assists and a career-high 17 rebounds, and Paul Pierce scored 34 – including a 3-pointer with 4.9 seconds left in regulation.

Lin picked up two fouls in the first three minutes and struggled to 14 points in 32 minutes. He had five assists and four rebounds while shooting 6 for 16 from the floor.

• Bryant, Lakers handle Heat: Kobe Bryant scored 33 points as Miami All-Star Dwyane Wade managed just 16 points before fouling out midway through the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 93-83 victory over the visiting Miami Heat.

• Rose lifts Bulls over Sixers: Derrick Rose tied a season high with 35 points, and Joakim Noah had 11 points and 18 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 96-91 win over the 76ers in Philadelphia.

Elton Brand had 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Sixers.

Purdue edges Nebraska in 2 OTs

Women’s basketball: KK Houser scored 19 points to help No. 21 Purdue defeat No. 24 Nebraska 74-70 in two overtimes in the Big Ten tournament final in Indianapolis.

Chantel Poston had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Sam Ostarello added eight points and 10 rebounds for the Boilermakers (24-8).

Lindsey Moore scored 27 points for Nebraska (24-8).

• Volunteers wrap up SEC title: Glory Johnson had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Shekinna Stricklen added 16 points as No. 13 Tennessee (24-8) beat LSU 70-58 in Knoxville, Tenn., to win a third-straight Southeastern Conference tournament title.

Adrienne Webb led the Lady Tigers (22-10) with 16 points.

• Terrapins take ACC title: Alyssa Thomas scored a career-high 29 points and No. 6 Maryland (28-4) held on for a 68-65 win over No. 15 Georgia Tech (24-8) to win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship.

• Stanford rolls past Cal: Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 22 points, nine rebounds and four assists, Toni Kokenis scored 23 points, and No. 2 Stanford (28-1, 18-0 Pac-12) capped its third straight unbeaten conference season with an 86-61 victory over rival California (22-8, 13-5) in Berkeley, Calif.

Stepan helps Rangers hold off Bruins

NHL: Derek Stepan and Marian Gaborik scored in the third period, and the New York Rangers held on to beat the visiting Boston Bruins for the fifth straight time.

Gaborik gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead 3:14 into the third with his 32nd goal, but David Krejci tied it for Boston at 11:42. The Bruins barely had time to celebrate before Stepan ripped a drive from the left circle that sailed past goalie Tim Thomas and under the crossbar 39 seconds later.

• Eriksson propels Stars past Flames: Loui Eriksson had a short-handed goal and added an assist in regulation, then scored in a shootout in the Dallas Stars’ 3-2 victory over the host Calgary Flames.

Canada’s Mielzynski earns first WC win

Skiing: Erin Mielzynski of Canada won a slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany, for the first World Cup victory of her career.

Resi Stiegler of the United States finished in a personal-best second place, while Marlies Schild of Austria was third to win the slalom World Cup title for the season.

• Jansrud wins WC super-G: Kjetil Jansrud won the men’s World Cup super-G race on the Olympic course in Kvitfjell, Norway.

The Norwegian skier finished in 1 minute, 34.02 seconds. His compatriot Aksel Lund Svindal was second, 0.21 behind, with Beat Feuz of Switzerland in third, 0.26 behind the winner.

Anderson serves way to Delray Beach title

Tennis: Kevin Anderson beat Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic 6-4, 7-6 (2) to win the Delray Beach (Fla.) International Tennis Championships for his second career ATP title.

The seventh-seeded Anderson, the first South African to win this 20-year-old tournament, is now 2-1 in career finals, having won his first title at the now defunct 2011 Johannesburg tournament.

Fortieth running of Iditarod kicks off

Miscellany: Sixty-six mushers began their quest to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race with the competition’s official start Sunday in Willow, Alaska.

The mushers and their dog teams will spend about the next eight days traveling across nearly a thousand miles of Alaska wilderness in a sled, all trying to be the first musher to reach the old gold rush town of Nome.

The total purse is $550,000 for the first 30 finishers, with the winner receiving $50,400 and a new truck.

• Larsson wins Paris-Nice opener: Gustav Larsson beat British rider Bradley Wiggins by a second to win the first stage of cycling’s Paris-Nice race.

The Swede completed the 5.8-mile route from Dampierre-en-Yvelines, France to Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse on the outskirts of Paris in 11 minutes, 19 seconds. American rider Levi Leipheimer finished 4 seconds behind Larsson in third place.