ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Zach Edey had 15 of his 19 points in the first half and Fletcher Loyer finished with 17 points to help No. 1 Purdue hold off Michigan 75-70 on Thursday night.
The Boilermakers (20-1, 9-1 Big Ten) had a 15-0 run to go ahead 41-28 lead in the first half after there were 10 lead changes and four ties, but they couldn’t pull away.
The Wolverines (11-9, 5-4) were without standout freshman Jett Howard, who missed the game with an ankle injury, and hung around until the final seconds.
Joey Baker made a 3-pointer — off the glass — with 5.9 seconds left to pull Michigan within three points, but Purdue’s Brandon Newman sealed the victory with two free throws.
The 7-foot-4 Edey, though, was too tough to stop early in the game.
With size and skills such as a hook shot, the junior center from Toronto scored Purdue’s first seven points and finished the first half 7 of 12 from the field and 1 of 2 at the line.
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Six Boilermakers scored in the first half, keeping the game close while Edey sat on the bench, to help them lead 41-35.
USC 77, NO. 8 UCLA 64: Boogie Ellis scored 27 of his career-high 31 points in the second half, leading a 27-6 run that put the Trojans ahead for good, and Southern California defeated visiting UCLA.
Three weeks ago, the Bruins eked out a 60-58 win after blowing an 18-point lead in front of their home fans.
This time, UCLA led by 12 in the first half only to watch Ellis put on a show after he scored four points and went 0-for-5 from 3-point range in the first half.
Drew Peterson added 16 points for the Trojans (15-6, 7-3 Pac-12). They improved to 10-1 at home this season, having won 10 straight at Galen Center since dropping their season opener to Florida Gulf Coast.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 15 points and David Singleton and Tyger Campbell added 14 points each for the Bruins (17-4, 8-2). The loss was just the second time this season they’ve dropped two in a row.
Florida Atlantic center Vladislav Goldin, center, goes to the basket as Middle Tennessee guard Justin Bufford (4) and forward DeAndre Dishman (2) defend during the first half of Thursday’s game in Boca Raton, Fla.
NO. 21 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 85, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 67: Johnell Davis scored 25 points as Florida Atlantic won its school-record 19th straight game, beating Middle Tennessee in Boca Raton.
The victory gave FAU (20-1, 9-0 Conference USA) only the second 20-win season in the program’s Division I history and coach Dusty May his first 20-win season
Davis, the Owls’ leading scorer, once again came off the bench early in the first half, this time calming what had been a jittery FAU offense that missed its first eight shots. The sophomore hit six of his eight first-half shots en route to 19 points in the first 20 minutes.
MTSU (13-8, 6-3 C-USA) cut FAU’s lead to three on Camryn Weston’s jumper with a little less than 15 minutes to play in the game but never drew any closer.
An announced crowd of 3,082 – an FAU record – enjoyed the Owls’ first-ever home game as a ranked team. FAU remained undefeated at home, with the lone loss on the season coming at Ole Miss.
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