Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Tennessee State to a 72-68 victory over No. 9 Murray State Thursday night, handing the Racers their first loss of the season. Isaiah Canaan had 31 points and six rebounds for Murray State (23-1, 11-1 Ohio Valley Conference), which was the last unbeaten team in Division I. Murray State has won the last eight meetings against Tennessee State (16-10, 9-4) dating to 2008-09. No. 20 Mississippi St. 70, Mississippi 60: Arnett Moultrie scored 18 points and Dee Bost dished a career-high 13 assists for Mississippi State. Moultrie was 9 of 14 from the field. Bost had eight assists in the first half as the Bulldogs built a 40-27 lead. The senior's 13 assists were the most by an SEC player this season. Mississippi State (19-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) scored the first eight points and never trailed. Renardo Sidney added 14 points and Rodney Hood scored 10 for the Bulldogs No. 21 Wisconsin 68, Minnesota 61, OT: Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor scored 27 points for his first college win in his home state. The Badgers (19-6, 8-4 Big Ten) failed to score over the last 7½-plus minutes of the second half while the Gophers (17-8, 5-7) dug out of a 13-point hole. Ryan Evans had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin, which went 15 for 17 from the free throw line in overtime. No. 23 Indiana 84, Illinois 71: Cody Zeller scored 22 points and Victor Oladipo and Christian Watford both had 18 for Indiana. It was the third win in four games for the Hoosiers (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten). D.J. Richardson scored 19 points, Meyers Leonard had 17 and Brandon Paul finished with 13 for Illinois (16-8, 5-6), which lost for the fifth time in six games. Illinois has lost five straight in Bloomington when the Hoosiers are ranked and failed to take its first lead in the series since 1975.
