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No. 14 Michigan State Downs No. 12 Michigan

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cassius Winston scored a career-high 32 points and Xavier Tillman fell one point short of his career high with 20, leading No. 14 Michigan State to an 87-69 victory over No. 12 Michigan on Sunday.

The Spartans (12-3, 4-0 Big Ten) were ahead the entire game, leading by as many as 13 points in the first half and earning a bigger cushion in the second, to beat their rivals for a fourth consecutive time.

Michigan State has won seven straight and is the only Big Ten team without a conference loss.

The Wolverines (10-4, 1-2) have lost four of their last seven games after starting 7-0 and going from unranked to No. 4 under first-year coach Juwan Howard.

Michigan’s Jon Teske fouled out after scoring four of his 15 points in the second half.

NO. 20 DAYTON 80,

SAINT JOSEPH’S 67

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trey Landers and Ryan Mikesell each scored 18 points as No. 20 Dayton fought off some sluggishness and pulled away from Saint Joseph’s.

Ibit Watson and Obi Toppin added 15 points apiece and Jalen Crutcher scored 10 for the Flyers.

Ryan Daly scored 22 points to lead Saint Joseph’s. Cameron Brown scored 16 and Myles Douglas had 15.

The Flyers (11-3, 2-0 Atlantic 10) ended a nine-game losing streak at Hawk Hill dating back to a 66-62 win on Jan. 29, 2000. But Saint Joseph’s (3-11, 0-2), which has lost 10 of 11 and was coming off an 84-52 loss at Richmond on Thursday night, managed to keep it close for much of the afternoon.

Dayton struggled from the floor, never getting into the offensive flow it showed on Thursday night during an 84-58 win over La Salle. That allowed Saint Joseph’s to hang around in the first half despite shooting 11 of 27.

FAIRFIELD 46, CANISIUS 42

BUFFALO (AP) — Landon Taliaferro scored 11 points and Vincent Eze scored 10 and Fairfield beat Canisius 46-42.

The two teams combined to shoot 35 of 108 (32.4%).

Fairfield (5-8, 1-1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) led 18-16 at halftime. Malik Johnson’s 3-pointer for the Golden Griffins tied it at 27 with 12:09 remaining. Later, Jalanni White made a pair of free throws to knot it at 38 with 3:54 left. But Taliaferro followed with a 3-pointer seconds later and the Stags led for the remainder.

Scott Hitchon led Canisius with 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting.

The Stags now have won four of their last six following a four-game losing streak. Canisius (5-9, 0-3) has lost five straight and seven of eight.

MANHATTAN 67, MANHATTAN 62

LEWISTON (AP) — Tykei Greene scored 21 points and Manhattan held off Niagara 67-62.

Greene made 3 of 5 shots from 3-point range and 8 of 10 free throws for the Jaspers (6-5, 2-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Pauly Paulicap scored 16 points that included back-to-back layups late that helped keep the Purple Eagles (3-10, 1-1) at bay. Tyler Reynolds sank three 3-pointers and scored 11.

Nick MacDonald hit two free throws with 5:10 remaining in the game to pull Niagara within 59-58, but Paulicap scored four straight points to push the Manhattan lead to five and the Jaspers held on from there.

Reserve Greg Kuakumensah topped the Purple Eagles with 13 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Marcus Hammond and MacDonald added 11 points apiece. James Towns had nine points as the Niagara bench outscored its starters 33-29.

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