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Tuesday's roundup: Keene scores 36, Central Michigan prevails

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Marcus Keene matched a career-high with 36 points to lead Central Michigan in a 91-81 home victory over William & Mary Tuesday.

Wisconsin's Ethan Happ (22) shoots against Syracuse's Andrew White (3) and Tyler Lydon, right, during the second half Tuesday. Happ had a game-high 24 points in Wisconsin's 77-60 win.

Braylon Rayson added 23 points and Josh Kozinski 15 for the Chippewas (6-2). Omar Prewitt scored 26 for William & Mary (3-3).

State women

Eastern Michigan 66, (at) Incarnate Wood 47: Sasha Dailey scored 25. Sheyna Deans and Phillis Webb each had 11 while Tori Easley added 10 for Eastern. (3-4).

Oakland 80, (at) Chicago State 60: Sha'Keya Graves scored 21 and Taylor Gleason added 19 to lead Oakland (4-2).

Big Ten

No. 17 Wisconsin 77, No. 22 Syracuse 60: Ethan Happ had 24 points and 13 rebounds, zone-busting guard Bronson Koenig scored 20 and Wisconsin defeated Syracuse in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

More Challenge games

Pittsburgh 73, (at) Maryland 59: Jamel Artis scored 15 of his 22 in the decisive first half, and Pittsburgh (6-1) beat previously perfect Maryland (7-1).

(At) Penn State 67, Georgia Tech 60: Shep Garner scored 17 for the Nittany Lions (5-3). The Yellowjackets are 4-2.

(At) Illinois 88, North Carolina State 74: Malcolm Hill scored 22 points to lead Illinois (5-3). Torin Dorn scored 17 for N.C. State (5-2).

(At) Notre Dame 92, Iowa 78: Bonzie Colson had season-high 24 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for unbeaten Notre Dame (7-0). Freshman Jordan Bohannon finished with 23 points for Iowa (3-4).

Top 25

No. 2 Villanova 82, (at) Penn 57: Kris Jenkins hit six 3s and scored 22 points and Josh Hart had 12 points and nine rebounds to lead Villanova (7-0).

(At) No. 4 Kansas 91, Long Beach State 61: Lagerald Vick scored a career-high 23 points, Svi Mykhailiuk had 14, Josh Jackson added 13 points and Devonte Graham had 12 for the Jayhawks (6-1).

(At) No. 7 Xavier 85, North Dakota State 55: Trevon Bluiett scored 15 of his 23 points during Xavier’s dominant first half, and the Musketeers remained unbeaten (7-0).

(At) No. 10 Creighton 93, Buffalo 72: Marcus Foster scored 22 points, Justin Patton had season highs of 21 points and 10 rebounds and Creighton (7-0) pulled away in the second half.  for a win over Buffalo.

(At) Valparaiso 65, No. 21 Rhode Island 62: Alec Peters scored 27 points while Jubril Adekoya chipped in 13 points and Tevonn Walker had 10 for the Crusaders (7-1). Jared Terrell scored 21 points for Rhode Island (5-2).