LEXINGTON, Ky. — John Wall had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double, and fellow freshman DeMarcus Cousins got his seventh in a row, as No. 3 Kentucky outmuscled Alabama 66-55 on Tuesday night.
With 16 points and 13 rebounds, Cousins extended his UK freshman record with 15 double-doubles. The last Kentucky player to get seven in a row was Jim Andrews, who had a team-record 10 straight in 1973.
With the victory, Kentucky (23-1, 8-1) remained in first place in the Southeastern Conference East Division, one game ahead of Vanderbilt, which beat Tennessee on Tuesday.
Tony Mitchell had 13 points for Alabama (13-11, 3-7).
No. 6 Purdue 76, No. 10 Michigan St. 64
EAST LANSING, Mich. — E’Twaun Moore scored a season-high 25 points and JaJuan Johnson added 19 for Purdue.
No. 7 Georgetown 79, Providence 70
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Chris Wright scored 21 points and Greg Monroe had 12 points and 12 assists to lead Georgetown.
Illinois 63, No. 11 Wisconsin 56
MADISON, Wis. — Demetri McCamey scored 27 points and Mike Tisdale added 19 on 8-of-11 shooting as Illinois snapped Wisconsin’s 51-0 home record against unranked Big Ten opponents under coach Bo Ryan.
No. 22 Vanderbilt 90, No. 12 Tennessee 71
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jeffery Taylor scored 16 of his career-high 26 points in the first half, and Vanderbilt swept the season series against its instate rival.
Benson’s season over
Sydney Benson of Snohomish saw her season and college career come to an end last Friday when she suffered tears in both the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments of her left knee during a practice with the Seattle Pacific University women’s basketball team.
Benson, a 6-foot-2 senior, was averaging 8.7 points and 4.1 rebounds a game.
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