Associated Press
The college basketball roundup …
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jared Berggren scored 17 points to help No. 14 Wisconsin fend off a second-half surge from in-state rival Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a 60-54 victory.
Jordan Taylor had 14 points for Wisconsin (9-2), including a critical 3-pointer with just over 40 seconds left. Ryan Evans scored a career-high 16 points for the Badgers, who have won three straight to recover from consecutive losses earlier in the season.
NO. 20 MICHIGAN 63, ARK.-PINE BLUFF 50
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Freshman Trey Burke scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half, and Michigan took control with an early 19-point run.
Evan Smotrycz added 16 points for the Wolverines (8-2).
CFU 77, N.C. A&T 65
ORLANDO, Fla. — Marcus Jordan tied a career-high with 28 points and his brother, Jeff, added nine points and six assists to help Central Florida defeat North Carolina A&T 77-65 Tuesday night.
Keith Clanton added 13 points, P.J. Gaynor had 11 and Isaiah Sykes contributed 10 points and eight rebounds for the Knights (7-2). North Carolina A&T (4-6) was led by Marc Hill with 17 points and Jean Louisme with 12.
SOUTH CAROLINA 66, PC 58
COLUMBIA, S.C. — It took wide receiver Bruce Ellington three games to work himself into basketball shape. The sophomore point guard scored 15 points off the bench to help rally South Carolina from a double-digit deficit in the first half and defeat Presbyterian 66-58 Tuesday night.
Ellington, who caught 17 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown for the Gamecocks football team, was playing in just his third basketball game of the season. He went 6 of 14 from the field with three assists, a steal and only two turnovers in 25 minutes. He was the Gamecocks’ leading scorer in 2010-11.