Louisville ‘s Wayne Blackshear dunks for two of his 14 points in the No. 4 Cardinals’ 20-point win over Indiana.
NEW YORK — Terry Rozier scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed six rebounds as No. 4-ranked Louisville beat Indiana 94-74 on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.
The Cardinals (8-0) also got outstanding performances from Montrezl Harrell, who had a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Jones, who scored a career-high 24 points, and had nine rebounds and six assists.
James Blackmon Jr. led Indiana (7-2) with 18 points and Yogi Ferrell finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
Louisville overpowered Indiana down low, outrebounding Indiana 52-34. The Cardinals’ defense also put the clamps on the Hoosiers, forcing them to commit 19 turnovers. But Indiana wouldn’t go away quietly.
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Indiana opened the second half with an 11-2 run to take a 52-48 lead, matching their largest lead in the game.
Louisville’s Jones then scored seven points in a 10-0 run to give the Cardinals a 58-52 lead, which they never relinquished.
No. 7 Villanova 73, Illinois 59: In New York, Dylan Ennis scored 18 points to lead the Wildcats (9-0). Malcolm Hill scored a career-high 20 points for Illinois.
No. 11 Wichita State 77, Seton Hall 68: In Wichita, Kan., Ron Baker scored 22 points, Fred VanVleet added 18 points and eight assists and Wichita State (6-1) handed Seton Hall its first loss of the season. Darius Carter had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Shockers.
No. 14 Iowa State 73, Missouri-Kansas City 56: In Ames, Iowa, Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 22 points and Iowa State (6-1) won its third straight game.
No. 25 Notre Dame 93, Mount St. Mary’s 67: In South Bend, Steve Vasturia scored a career-high 19 points and Zach Auguste had 19 points and eight rebounds to lead the Irish (9-1).
Eastern Michigan 45, Michigan 42: In Ann Arbor, Mich., Eastern Michigan, led by 11 points from Jordan Price, used strong rebounding and a slow shooting night from Michigan to hand the Wolverines their second upset loss at home in four days. Michigan (6-3), which lost to NJIT last weekend, visit No. 3 Arizona on Saturday.
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Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney said Tuesday the men’s basketball tournament will be played at Madison Square Garden in 2018. The tournament will be in Chicago in 2015, Indianapolis in 2016 and Washington in 2017.
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