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  • Top 25 roundup: UCLA stuns No. 4 Purdue with late trey

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    Tyler Bilodeau hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.4 seconds remaining and finished with 14 points as UCLA pulled off a signature victory by getting past No. 4 Purdue 69-67 on Tuesday at Los Angeles.

    Donovan Dent scored 23 points with 13 assists and Eric Dailey Jr. added 12 points with seven rebounds, as the Bruins (13-6, 5-3 Big Ten) improved to 1-3 against ranked teams this season.

    UCLA shot 56.9% from the floor in the game and 65.2% in the second half, closing on an 8-0 run over the final 1:32 to pull off the upset.

    C.J. Cox scored 16 points and Braden Smith added 12 with four assists for the Boilermakers (17-2, 7-1), who saw their nine-game winning streak come to an end. Trey Kaufmann-Renn scored 10 points with seven rebounds and five assists.

    No. 3 Michigan 86, Indiana 72

    Elliot Cadeau scored a game-high 19 points and Yaxel Lendeborg added 15 to boost the Wolverines to their third straight win with a victory over the Hoosiers in Ann Arbor, Mich.

    Aday Mara chipped in 13 points and Trey McKenney followed with 10, as Michigan (17-1, 7-1 Big Ten) controlled the game throughout and wasn’t in danger even when going 7:36 without a field goal down the stretch.

    Indiana (12-7, 3-5) lost a season-high fourth straight game as it struggled to find a shooting rhythm. The Hoosiers shot 40.4% compared to 50.9% for the Wolverines. Tucker DeVries had 15 points to lead the Hoosiers.

    No. 9 Iowa State 87, UCF 57

    Joshua Jefferson posted his second triple-double of the season to help the Cyclones snap a two-game skid with a blowout of the Knights in Ames, Iowa.

    Jefferson finished with 17 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds and four steals, as Iowa State (17-2, 4-2 Big 12) ended the first half on a 13-0 run for an 18-point halftime lead. Milan Momcilovic scored 20 points and made four of his team’s nine 3-pointers.

    Riley Kugel and Jordan Burks (seven rebounds) each had 15 points as UCF (14-4, 3-3) shot 36.8% from the floor (21 of 57) and turned over the ball 19 times.

    No. 10 Michigan State 68, Oregon 52

    Carson Cooper scored a career-high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting to lead the Spartans to a victory over the short-handed Ducks in Big Ten play at Eugene, Ore.

    Coen Carr added 15 points and eight rebounds and Jeremy Fears Jr. had 14 points, as the Spartans (17-2, 7-1 Big Ten) recorded their fifth straight double-digit victory. Michigan State has won by an average of 18.6 points during the streak. Cooper also collected seven rebounds and had a career-best four blocked shots.

    Takai Simpkins had 15 points and seven rebounds as the Ducks (8-11, 1-7) lost their fifth straight game.

    No. 12 Texas Tech 92, Baylor 73

    Christian Anderson scored 26 points and poured in a career-high eight 3-pointers and the Red Raiders shot their way to a dominating win over the struggling Bears in a Big 12 clash in Waco, Texas.

    Texas Tech (15-4, 5-1 Big 12) used a blistering proficiency from beyond the arc to build a 19-point halftime lead and kept its collective foot on the accelerator throughout the second half, capturing its fourth straight win and eighth in its past nine outings. The Red Raiders tied a program record with 17 3-pointers.

    Cameron Carr had 18 points, Dan Skillings Jr. scored 12 and Isaac Williams hit for 11 points for Baylor (11-7, 1-5), which has dropped two straight and five of its past six games.

    No. 20 Arkansas 93, No. 15 Vanderbilt 68

    Darius Acuff Jr. scored 17 points and added five assists, Malique Ewin and Karter Knox scored 16 points apiece, and the Razorbacks overwhelmed the Commodores at Fayetteville, Ark.

    Trevon Brazile had 10 points and 14 rebounds, Meleek Thomas had 13 points and D.J. Wagner added 11 for Arkansas (14-5, 4-2 SEC), which had lost two of three.

    Tyler Nickel scored 17 points and made five 3-pointers, Tyler Tanner scored 11 points and Devin McGlockton added 10 for Vanderbilt (16-3, 3-3), which has lost three in a row after tying the school record with a 16-0 start.

    No. 16 Florida 79, LSU 61

    Rueben Chinyelu matched his career high with 21 rebounds and scored 15 points for his fourth consecutive double-double, and the Gators won for the ninth time in 10 games in Gainesville, Fla.

    Urban Klavzar contributed five triples and a game-high 18 points off the bench as Florida (14-5, 5-1 SEC) extended its current winning streak to five games. The Gators also made it 16 consecutive home victories at Exactech Arena — dating back to last January. Chinyelu, who on Monday was named SEC Player of the Week for the first time in his career, helped the Gators enjoy a 50-30 rebounding advantage over the Tigers (13-6, 1-5).

    Point guard Dedan Thomas Jr. returned to the lineup for LSU after missing the previous five games with a lower-leg injury. Thomas came off the bench early in the first half and finished 1-of-8 shooting for two points with three assists and two rebounds in 17 minutes.

    North Carolina State 80, No. 18 Clemson 76 (OT)

    Ven-Allen Lubin scored 22 points and the Wolfpack and North Carolina State got a needed resume-boosting road win while snapping the Tigers’ nine-game winning streak.

    Darrion Williams posted 17 points, Quadir Copeland added 16 and Paul McNeil Jr. provided 10 points as the Wolfpack topped a ranked team for the first time in four chances this season and made up for a dismal home loss to Georgia Tech three days earlier.

    NC State (13-6, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) gained its first road triumph against a ranked team since February of 2021 while knocking Clemson (16-4, 6-1) out of a chance to stay even atop the conference standings. RJ Godfrey collected 16 points and Carter Welling 14 points for the Tigers.

    No. 19 Kansas 75, Colorado 69

    Melvin Council Jr. had 18 points and seven rebounds as the Jayhawks beat host Colorado without coach Bill Self, who did not travel with his team to Boulder after an illness that required him to be hospitalized Monday.

    Self mentioned in a statement Tuesday that he was ‘feeling much better’ after receiving IV fluids. Kansas assistant Jacque Vaughn, a former Jayhawk standout who has experience coaching in the NBA, served as the acting head coach.

    Tre White finished with 17 points, 15 rebounds and four assists for Kansas (14-5, 4-2 Big 12). Darryn Peterson added 16 points and six rebounds. Isaiah Johnson led Colorado (12-7, 2-4) with 19 points and Barrington Hargress added 17 points.

    No. 21 Georgia 74, Missouri 72

    Marcus Millender converted a three-point play with 5.5 seconds left to lift the Bulldogs to a victory over the Tigers at Columbia, Mo.

    Millender led Georgia (16-3, 4-2 SEC) with 18 points, delivering the game-winning points after Missouri took a 72-71 lead with 18 seconds left on a Jacob Crews 3-pointer. Jeremiah Wilkinson scored 14 points and Kanon Catchings added 12 for the Bulldogs.

    Mark Mitchell scored 18 points and Jayden Stone added 13 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Tigers (13-6, 3-3), who took their first loss in 12 home games.

    No. 24 Saint Louis 81, Duquesne 77

    Trey Green had 14 points and four steals on Tuesday, helping the Billikens stave off the Dukes for a victory in their first game as a ranked team since January 2021 in Pittsburgh.

    Robbie Avila and Dion Brown added 14 points apiece for Saint Louis (18-1, 6-0), which won its 12th straight game. Brady Dunlap scored 11 and Kellen Thames 10 off the bench.

    Jimmie Williams led Duquesne (10-9, 2-4) with 28 points, while Tarence Guinyard scored 14. David Dixon chipped in nine points and 10 boards for the Dukes, who dropped their fourth game in five tries.

    No. 25 Miami (OH) 107, Kent State 101 (OT)

    Luke Skaljac forced overtime with a clutch bank shot and added five more points in the extra session to help keep the RedHawks unbeaten with a win over host Kent State.

    Peter Suder tallied 27 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for Miami (20-0, 8-0 Mid-American Conference), which became the first team in MAC history to start a season 20-0. Eian Elmer added 25 points while Skaljac had 18 points and eight assists.

    Rob Whaley Jr. set career highs of 27 points and 14 rebounds to lead Kent State (14-5, 5-2), while Cian Medley added 23 points, Morgan Safford had 18 and Delrecco Gillespie netted 17 for the Golden Flashes.

    –Field Level Media

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  • Struggling Magic, Warriors try to build on recent victories

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    Each having stalled a recent slump with a nail-biting victory in its last game, the Orlando Magic and Golden State Warriors seek a winning streak at the other’s expense when they meet Monday night in San Francisco.

    The contest is a rematch of a 121-113 Magic home win Nov. 18 in which superior depth allowed Orlando to overcome a combined 67 points by Golden State’s Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler III.

    Even with Jalen Suggs (bruised hip), Franz Wagner (sprained left ankle) and Moe Wagner (recovering from torn ACL) out of action, the Magic showed off their depth in a 128-127 overtime win at Utah on Saturday. Desmond Bane led six players in double figures with 32 points.

    Meanwhile, the Warriors leaned heavily on the Curry-Butler dynamic to pull out a 119-116 home win over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday, with Curry going for 28 points and Butler 25.

    Suggs, who has missed the first two games of Orlando’s four-city Western swing, might return to face the Warriors. While backcourt mate Bane would love to see that happen, he realizes Orlando has enough quantity in its roster to overcome even key absences.

    ‘Our standards travel,’ Bane assured reporters at the start of the trip in Denver, where the Magic fell 126-115 on Thursday. ‘It doesn’t matter who is playing, who is in the rotation. We have a clear identity and a clear recipe for what it takes to win games. We have to put it out there on the floor regardless of who is playing.’

    The Magic featured a different look in Utah than they had two days earlier in Denver. Jett Howard chipped in with 12 points off the bench against the Nuggets, then watched as fellow reserve Noah Penda put up a 13-point, 12-rebound double-double in Utah.

    The triumph Saturday was just Orlando’s third in its last seven games. The Magic haven’t had a winning streak since a three-gamer bridging November and December.

    The Warriors can relate. Their win over the Suns snapped a three-game skid. Golden State has won consecutive games — a modest two-game run — just once since reeling off three straight victories in the middle of November.

    The most pleasing aspect of Saturday’s win was that it ended not only a losing streak but also a string of close setbacks. They were beaten by a total of 13 points in the three defeats, and entered the Phoenix game with a 5-10 record in ‘clutch’ games, which are defined as contests with no more than a five-point difference in the score at some point of the final five minutes.

    Curry saved 11 of his 28 points for the final five minutes against the Suns in a close game that was sitting at 117-116 for Golden State before Curry’s clinching layup with 5.7 seconds left.

    Butler believes the Warriors, who have lost nine of 14, aren’t far from turning things around.

    ‘Continue to play basketball the right way, I’m a firm believer in that,’ Butler assured the media after Saturday’s win. ‘We play hard, we play for one another, and we’re gonna be just fine. It’s not as bad as it looks — couple possessions here and there, couple turnovers here and there — but that’s just the game. That’s been our season thus far.’

    –Field Level Media

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  • Column: America’s last presidential bellwether ends its winning streak

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    The bellwether rings true no more.

    For nearly a quarter-century, voters in Clallam County, Wash. — a lush green dot in the far corner of the country — have gone with the winner in 11 straight presidential elections. That’s an unmatched level of precision among more than 3,000 counties nationwide.

    But the streak, dating to 1980, ended on Tuesday as voters favored Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Trump, by a decisive 53% to 44% margin. While there are still votes to be counted, Harris’ lead appears certain to hold.

    That means there are no bellwether counties left in America; heading into the 2020 election there were nearly 20. After that, Clallam County — roughly balanced politically between its three small population centers and sparsely populated rural reaches — stood alone.

    (Yours truly visited the county and took the measure of voter sentiments in September, just after the Trump-Harris debate: At the time, neither candidate was running away with the contest and virtually everyone was firmly dug into their positions.)

    Marc Abshire, director of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce and a Harris supporter, said he was proud the county went for the Democratic ticket “but also disappointed we’re losing our bellwether status because of it.”

    “Out here, we just didn’t have the grievance vote that most of the rest of the country seemed to have,” Abshire said.

    Setting aside any bruised pride, he said there are plenty of reasons to visit the region, beyond its former political prescience.

    “We’re lucky to live in one of the most beautiful places in the nation, if not the world,” Abshire said. “We have the sea and mile-high mountains all in our front and backyards. Our weather is always temperate.”

    People will just have to start looking elsewhere for a political barometer.

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    Mark Z. Barabak

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