BTN.com staff, November 28, 2014

It was another busy night in Big Ten men's basketball action, beginning with Ohio State's 73-56 win over James Madison.

Later, Wisconsin topped Oklahoma to win the Battle 4 Atlantis crown and Illinois downed Baylor to claim the Las Vegas Invitational title.

In other action, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State and Rutgers also all were victorious.

MICHIGAN STATE 79, MARQUETTE 68: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

Denzel Valentine had a career-high 25 points and No. 20 Michigan State beat Marquette 79-68 Friday night in a semifinal at the Orlando Classic. Travis Trice added 19 points for Michigan State (5-1).

ILLINOIS 62, BAYLOR 54: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

Rayvonte Rice and Malcolm Hill each scored 17 points to lead Illinois to a 62-54 win over Baylor in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday night. Rice, who had seven rebounds and three steals, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. The Illini are 6-0 and have won 32 straight November games.

INDIANA 87, UNC-GREENSBORO 79: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP
After letting a large second-half lead slip away for the third straight game, Indiana held on for an 87-79 win against UNC Greensboro on Friday night. Indiana (5-1) led by as many as 22 points in the second half, before UNC Greensboro (1-5) cut the lead to just six in the final moments of the game. The Spartans outscored Indiana 45-37 in the second half.

NEBRASKA 75, UT-MARTIN 64: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

Walter Pitchford scored 19 points, Terran Petteway added 18 with eight assists, and Nebraska held off Tennessee-Martin 75-64. Nebraska (4-1) used a 17-4 run in the last seven minutes of the first half to take a 13-point halftime lead. The Huskers stretched that advantage to 19 on Benny Parkers' free throws with 14:26 left.

MARYLAND 61, MONMOUTH 56: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

Freshman Melo Trimble scored 13 of his 24 points in the second half and Maryland extended its winning streak to six games by holding off Monmouth 61-56. The Terrapins were playing their first game without leading scorer Dez Wells, will be sidelined for at least four weeks because of a broken bone in his right wrist. Maryland (6-0) did get a boost with the return of Evan Smotrycz, who missed the early part of the season with a broken left foot.

RUTGERS 68, VANDERBILT 65: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

Myles Mack scored 10 of his 21 points in the second half to lead Rutgers to a 68-65 win over Vanderbilt in the first semifinal of the Barclays Center Classic. Kadeem Jack had 20 points and eight rebounds in his third game back from a sprained right thumb for the Scarlet Knights (3-2). Mike Williams and Junior Etou had 11 and 10.

OHIO STATE 73, JAMES MADISON 56: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

D'Angelo Russell scored 14 points, Sam Thompson had 13 points and No. 16 Ohio State got big contributions from its big men in beating James Madison 73-56 on Friday. Starting center Amir Williams had seven points and nine rebounds, and backups Trey McDonald and Anthony Lee had eight points each.

WISCONSIN 69, OKLAHOMA 56: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

Tournament MVP Frank Kaminsky scored 17 points to lead five Wisconsin players in double figures, Duje Dukan and Traevon Jackson each added 13 and the second-ranked Badgers beat Oklahoma 69-56 on Friday to win the Battle 4 Atlantis championship. Sam Dekker scored 11 and Nigel Hayes finished with 10 for Wisconsin (7-0), which trailed by one late in the first half before peeling off 10 straight points and taking the lead for good.

MINNESOTA 66, GEORGIA 62: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

The Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 66-62 in the third place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Joey King's season-high 15 points led the way for Minnesota (4-2). DeAndre Mathieu also had a season-high 12 points.

PENN STATE 88, BUCKNELL 80: BOX | PBP | AP RECAP

D.J. Newbill had 28 points and Penn State pulled away late for an 88-80 victory over Bucknell on Friday. The Nittany Lions (6-1) never trailed but never led by more than 12. Bucknell (2-5) tied the game once, at 66-all, with 6:19 to play. Penn State answered with a 12-4 run and held steady from there with Newbill scoring six of the Nittany Lions' last 10 points to secure the win.