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Illini At Indiana Tonight; ISU, Bradley Win

>> ISU Tops Drake

Tyler Brown scored a career-high 26 points and Jackie Carmichael had 18 points and 20 rebounds Wednesday night, leading Illinois State past Drake 64-53.

Carmichael nearly matched Drake's rebounding total as the Redbirds (16-9, 8-6 Missouri Valley) owned a 45-23 advantage on the boards. Brown made all 12 of his free-throw attempts and Carmichael was 10 of 12 while the Bulldogs overall were 7 for 13 from the foul line.

Jeremy Jeffers led Drake with 13 points. Aaron Hawley scored 12 and Rayvonte Rice scored 11 for Drake (13-12, 6-8), which has lost three straight since beating Wichita State in triple overtime on Jan. 28.

The Bulldogs never led on Wednesday, but Illinois State never was ahead by more than 13 and didn't put the game out of reach until the final minutes. Drake shot 39% while the Redbirds shot 34%.

>> Bradley Beats Indiana State

Walt Lemon Jr. scored 26 points and Jordan Prosser had 11 points and nine rebounds to lead Bradley to a 68-60 victory against Indiana State on Wednesday night.

Lemon came off the bench to do most of his damage at the free-throw line, making 15 of 16 attempts for the Braves (7-19, 2-12 Missouri Valley), who never trailed. He went 10 for 10 from the stripe in the last 3:59.

Dwayne Lathan scored 16 points and Jake Odum added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Sycamores (14-11, 5-9), who shot just 33.3% (21 of 63) from the floor and tallied 17 points in the first half.

The Braves led by 16 in the second half, but Indiana State came back to get within 62-56 on Odum's layup with a minute left. But Lemon put the game away on a layup that made the score 67-58 with 22 seconds remaining.

R.J. Mahurin had 10 points for Indiana State.

NCAA Top-25 Men's Basketball  (ESPN/"USA Today" Rankings)
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#2 Syracuse Orange 64, #11 Georgetown Hoyas 61 (OT)
#9 Duke Blue Devils 85, #5 North Carolina Tar Heels 84
#10 Kansas Jayhawks 68, #6 Baylor Bears 54
#12 Michigan State Spartans 77, Penn State Nittany Lions 57
Boston College Eagles 64, #17 Florida State Seminoles 60
#20 Virginia Cavaliers 68, Wake Forest Demon Deacons 44
#25 Michigan Wolverines 62, Nebraska Cornhuskers 46

>>Illinois At IU Tonight

(Bloomington, IN)  --  Illinois is on the road tonight at 23rd-ranked Indiana.  The Fighting Illini dropped a 74-70 home decision to Northwestern on Sunday and have lost four-of-five overall.  Illinois is 16-and-7 on the season, including 5-and-5 in the Big Ten.  The Hoosiers enter tonight 18-and-6 and 6-and-6.

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