Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, January 2, 2016

There were six Big Ten men's basketball games on Saturday, five of which were on BTN/BTN2Go.

[ MORE: Catch up on all of today's games on our Big Ten scoreboard ]

Iowa highlighted the slate with an incredible 70-63 comeback win over Purdue.

In other Big Ten action: Michigan rolled Penn State, 79-56, to move to 2-0 in Big Ten play, Wisconsin dropped Rutgers, 79-57, to hand Greg Gard his first Big Ten victory, No. 1 Michigan State picked up an impressive 69-61 win at Minnesota, Indiana topped Nebraska, 79-69, and Maryland cruised by Northwestern, 72-59.

See the day's full schedule below:

MICHIGAN 79, PENN STATE 56: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
Zak Irvin had 16 points and seven assists, and Michigan had no trouble overcoming the absence of leading scorer Caris LeVert in an impressive 79-56 win over Penn State on Saturday.

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WISCONSIN 79, RUTGERS 57: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
Zak Showalter scored a career-high 21 points on a perfect shooting performance, Ethan Happ added a double-double, and Wisconsin beat Rutgers 79-57 on Saturday.

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MICHIGAN STATE 69, MINNESOTA 61: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
Bryn Forbes scored 20 points, making three 3-pointers in the second half to help top-ranked Michigan State stave off Minnesota for a 69-61 victory on Saturday in response to a loss at Iowa earlier in the week.

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INDIANA 79, NEBRASKA 69: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell was right on time with another big performance for Indiana. Ferrell scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half Saturday to lead the Hoosiers in a 79-69 victory over Nebraska three days after they turned in an uninspired effort in a road win over struggling Rutgers.

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IOWA 70, PURDUE 63: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
Jarrod Uthoff scored 25 points, Peter Jok had 11 points and nine rebounds and Iowa erased a 17-point halftime deficit in a 70-63 upset victory over No. 14 Purdue on Saturday night.

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MARYLAND 72, NORTHWESTERN 59: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
Melo Trimble scored 24 points, Rasheed Sulaimon added 16 points and No. 4 Maryland beat Northwestern 72-59 on Saturday night.