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Illinois State Downs Drake; Indiana Falls at Wisconsin

 width=MiKyle McIntosh scored 25 points with four 3-pointers and three steals, Deontae Hawkins added 17 points with five 3s and Illinois State beat Drake 76-64 on Tuesday night to win its third straight.

Justin McCloud scored 12 with four 3-pointers, DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell added 10 points and Tony Wills had a career-high seven assists for the Redbirds (12-10, 6-3 Missouri Valley), who shot 15 of 28 from long distance.

Drake led 15-13 on Ore Arogundade's 3-pointer, but the Redbirds hit three straight 3-pointers and a dunk and surged to a 40-35 halftime lead.

Illinois State led by 20 on McCloud's 3-pointer with 13:46 left in the second half and cruised from there.

The Redbirds outscored Drake on fast-break points, 13-2, and used 18 assists in making 26 of 58 field goals (45 percent).

Reed Timmer scored 19 and Graham Woodward added 12 for the Bulldogs (5-16, 0-9), who have lost nine straight.

 width=>>Wisconsin Hands Hoosiers First Big Ten Loss

The Wisconsin Badgers handed the Indiana Hoosiers their first loss in Big Ten play Tuesday in an 82-79 overtime decision. It was a back-and-forth battle that featured terrific performances from Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes and Indiana's Yogi Ferrell.

Ferrell scored 30 on 12-of-20 shooting from the field, and was largely a dominating force on the offensive end for a Hoosiers team that largely struggled to establish anything away from him.

Hayes scored 31 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field and 17 of 22 from the line as the Hoosiers simply had no one who could stay in front of him. Ethan Happ scored a career-high 25 points for Wisconsin.

Ferrell's 3 with 5 seconds left pulled the Hoosiers within 80-79 before Hayes stretched the lead back to three with two free throws.

But Indiana (17-4, 7-1) never had a chance to give Ferrell one last shot to tie after Hayes tipped away OG Anunoby's inbounds pass as time expired.

The Badgers (12-9, 4-4 Big Ten) have won three straight games, each by six points or less, after having lost three straight by five points or less.

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