Men’s Top 25 roundup: Nate Mason’s 31 lead Minnesota to victory at No. 15 Purdue

Nate Mason scored 31 points, and Eric Curry scored seven of his 10 in overtime as Minnesota upset No. 15 Purdue 91-82 on Sunday in West Lafayette, Indiana.

The teams traded baskets to begin the extra period before a Curry basket began an 11-0, victory-clinching run that snapped the Boilermakers’ seven-game winning streak.

Minnesota (13-2, 1-1 Big Ten) overcame 28 points and 22 rebounds from Caleb Swanigan, but it wasn’t enough to save the Boilermakers (12-3, 1-1).

Swanigan’s layup with 4.6 seconds remaining in regulation tied the game at 73 and forced overtime. Dupree McBrayer’s 3-point attempt for Minnesota at the buzzer bounced off the rim.

The Golden Gophers began the game by making their first eight shots and building a 17-4 lead, but Purdue rallied to lead 50-43 with 13:39 remaining. Mason scored 10 during the next three minutes, and it was back and forth the rest of the way.

Jordan Murphy added 16 points for Minnesota, which lost its Big Ten opener this past Tuesday night, 75-74 to Michigan State in overtime in Minneapolis.

(13) Butler 78, Providence 61: Kelan Martin had 15 points and eight rebounds, and Andrew Chrabascz and Avery Woodson each had 11 points to help the Bulldogs (12-2, 1-1 Big East) beat Friars (10-5, 0-2) in Indianapolis.

Kethan Savage added 10 points for Butler. Butler shot 62 percent from the floor (26 of 42) and the Bulldogs’ backups outscored the Friars’ reserves 29-5.

In the first half, the Bulldogs made 16 of 22 field goal attempts, shooting 72 percent. Thirteen of the Bulldogs’ 26 field goals were scored off of an assist, and Butler outrebounded Providence 30 to 26.

Kyron Cartwright scored 26 points and Rodney Bullock added 17 for Providence.

(18) Arizona 91, Stanford 52: Rawle Alkins scored 19 points, Dusan Ristic added 18 and Lauri Markannen 15 to help the Wildcats (13-2, 2-0 Pac-12) beat the Cardinal (8-6, 0-2) to complete a weekend road sweep to open conference play in Stanford, California.

Chance Comanche added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Wildcats, who have beaten the Cardinal in 14 straight games. Ristic, Markannen and Comanche combined to make 16 of their 20 shots.

Stanford struggled to get clean shots much of the game and wound up shooting 34 percent, including 22 percent in the second half. Reid Travis led the Cardinal with 11 points – seven under his season average – before fouling out.

(23) Cincinnati 92, Tulane 56: Jarron Cumberland scored a career-high 19 points and the Bearcats (12-2, 2-0 American Athletic Conference) routed the Green Wave (3-11, 0-2) in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati was picked to win the conference in the preseason coaches’ poll and Tulane was pegged last.

The disparity was evident on the court, as UC handed Tulane its most lopsided loss of the season. The Green Wave trailed by as many as 39 points.

UC set the tone early, vaulting ahead on a 14-0 run behind eight Cumberland points and capitalizing on seven Green Wave turnovers in the first seven minutes.