Marcus Denmon scored 17 points to lead five teammates in double figures and No. 3 Missouri avenged an earlier defeat with an 83-65 rout over Oklahoma State Wednesday. Ricardo Ratliffe and Michael Dixon both had 15 points and Kim English and Phil Pressey scored 13 apiece for Missouri (24-2, 11-2), which is tied with Kansas for first place in the Big 12. Keiton Page led Oklahoma State (12-14, 5-8) with 23 points. Missouri held Cowboys freshman Le'Bryan Nash to 11 points after he torched the Tigers for 27 in a seven-point win in Stillwater in January. No. 8 North Carolina 73, Miami 64: Harrison Barnes scored 23 points and No. 8 North Carolina rallied from an eight-point deficit in the second half and beat Miami. North Carolina (22-4, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) took a half-game lead over Duke and Florida State atop the league standings. No. 16 Murray St. 75, SE Missouri St. 66: Donte Poole hit four 3-pointers and scored 25 points as Murray State, despite a poor game from leading scorer Isaiah Canaan, clinched its third straight Ohio Valley Conference with a victory over Southeast Missouri State. Ivan Aska had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Racers. No. 18 Indiana 71, Northwestern 66: Cody Zeller scored 23 points and Verdell Jones had all six of his over the final 4:03 to lead Indiana past Northwestern. The victory gave coach Tom Crean his first 20-win season in Bloomington, and the Hoosiers (20-6, 8-6 Big Ten) are 15-1 at home. John Shurna led the Wildcats (15-10, 5-8) with 29 points, while Drew Crawford had 18. No. 23 Notre Dame 71, Rutgers 53: Jack Cooley scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half to lead Notre Dame over Rutgers. Cooley also had 18 rebounds for the Fighting Irish. Jerian Grant added 11 points, Eric Atkins had 10 points and eight assists, and Pat Connaughton also scored 10. No. 24 Wichita St. 73, Missouri St. 58: Seven-foot center Garrett Stutz hit four 3-pointers and scored 21 points to lead Wichita State over Missouri State to clinch at least a tie for the Missouri Valley Conference title.
