EVANSTON—John Shurna scored 23 points and Juice Thompson added 18 as Northwestern won its fourth straight game, defeating Creighton 65-52 Sunday night.Thompson sank back-to-back 3-pointers and Shurna dunked off a feed from Thompson to give Northwestern its largest lead of the game at 55-39 with 8:35 remaining. The closest Creighton came after that was within 60-52 with 1:59 left.It’s the first 4-0 start for the Wildcats in 17 years.Antoine Young led Creighton with 18 points and a game-high five assists, while freshman Doug McDermott added 14 points. Kenny Lawson Jr. had 11 points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Bluejays (4-2).NU built as much as a 13-point first-half lead on its way to a 40-32 advantage at intermission. Shurna had 14 points on 5-of-7 field goal shooting, which included two one-handed dunks, while Thompson was 5-for-5 for his 10 points.

NORMAL—Justin Clark scored 11 points Sunday and Illinois State defeated Jacksonville State 60-47 to win the Global Sports Roundball Classic. Alex Rubin and Blake Mishler scored 10 points each for the Redbirds (5-1), who were 3-0 in the four-team round-robin tournament.Illinois State led 23-19 at halftime. Rubin did make two 3-pointers in the half, but overall the Redbirds were just 9-for-27. But Illinois State scored the first five points in the second half and eventually opened up a 46-34 lead.Nick Murphy led the Gamecocks (2-5) with 16 points, and Stephen Hall added 15. Jacksonville State shot 38 percent (17-of-45) from the field while ISU was 21-for-50 at 42 percent.

Robo Kreps’ 3-pointer with 9 seconds to play gave UIC a 63-62 victory over Toledo on Sunday.The Flames (4-3) led most of the second half but Toledo took a 60-58 lead on Delino Dear’s two free throws with 1:18 left. Paul Carter tied it with a layup for UIC with 1:07 left, but Malcolm Griffin made one of two free throws with 36 seconds to play and Dear made a free throw with 16 seconds left. But Dear missed the second and the Flames came down to set up Kreps’ game-winner.Griffin, who led the Rockets (0-7) with 18 points, missed a shot with 3 seconds left.Zavion Neely led UIC with 22 points. Carter had 11 points and 14 rebounds for the Flames, who owned a 37-20 advantage on the boards.

ANAHEIM—Jeremy Green scored 19 points and Stanford rallied to beat DePaul 81-74 in overtime Sunday at the 76 Classic.Green collapsed after the game and received attention from paramedics.

“As Jeremy was leaving the court following the game, he began to experience some dizziness and stomach pain due to exhaustion,” Stanford’s sports information department said in statement. “After receiving treatment at the arena, Jeremy was then transported to a local hospital for further treatment. Jeremy is currently in stable condition, and expected to travel back with the team later tonight.”

Anthony Brown added 14 points and Dwight Powell had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinal (4-2), who ended a two-game losing streak.Jimmy Drew came off the bench to score a season-high 17 points for the Blue Demons (1-4), who lost their third consecutive game. Brandon Young added 15 points.Stanford took a 71-67 lead in overtime before Young’s layup and free throw narrowed the margin to 71-70 with 2:31 left. Powell then made four three throws during a 6-0 spurt that extended the lead to 77-70 with 59 seconds remaining, and the Cardinal held on for the win.

LOS ANGELES—Patrick Kane once again was bailed out by a favorable video review. Only this time, there wasn’t nearly as much at stake.Kane, who scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime last season after a lengthy video review, had to wait through another review before his fifth goal of this season was upheld. The insurance marker, along with Patrick Sharp’s fifth goal in six games, helped the Blackhawks beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Saturday.Tomas Kopecky made a blind backhanded pass toward the crease from the right corner, and the puck glanced off the oncoming Kane before caroming off the right post and across the goal line. The ruling was that Kane didn’t intentionally knock it in with his hand.Corey Crawford started consecutive games for the second time this season and made 21 saves, after stopping 26 shots Friday in a 5-2 victory in Anaheim. He lost his shutout bid with 5:02 remaining when Anze Kopitar beat him high to the glove side with a screened 45-foot slap shot in the slot during a 5-on-3 power play.This was the 25th time the Hawks played back-to-back road games against Kings and Ducks, and only the third time the Blackhawks have won both. It also happened March 9-11, 1994 and Feb. 4-6, 1996. They completed their annual “circus trip” 4-2-0.The Blackhawks capitalized on a fortuitous break to score their first goal. Los Angeles defenseman Jack Johnson attempted a one-timer from the high slot after one of his teammates’ shots was blocked in front of the net, but Johnson fanned on the puck and the Blackhawks took off on a 2-on-1 rush against Drew Doughty as Johnson was caught up ice.Kane held the puck as long as he could after drawing Doughty toward him, then slipped the puck to Sharp, who had a wide-open net to shoot at and easily one-timed it past Jonathan Quick’s glove at 10:36 of the second period.Sharp has 15 goals in his first 25 games. Last season, he didn’t get his 15th goal until his 45th game and finished with 25.

NOTES—Los Angeles has killed all 38 short-handed situations at Staples Center, and is the only team that hasn’t allowed a power-play goal at home this season. Sharp hit the right post with a 25-foot wrist shot from the slot while Michal Handzus was off serving an interference penalty early in the second period. … Kings C Jarret Stoll won 11 of 12 faceoffs, after coming in with an impressive 56.5 percentage. …The Hawks are 5-2-0 in the second game of back-to-back sets. Last season, the Blackhawks were 15-1-3.

HOFFMAN ESTATES—Gene Teague had game highs of 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead Southern Illinois past Wright State 56-50 on Saturday for third place in the Chicago Invitational Challenge.Mamadou Seck added 11 points for the Salukis (3-3).N’Gai Evans led the Raiders (3-3) with 11 points. Vaughn Duggins and Troy Tabler scored 10 each.SIU shot only 34.1 percent (14 of 41) and 20.0 percent (2 of 10) on 3-pointers. But that was decidedly better than Wright State’s numbers of 21.6 percent (11 of 51) and 17.6 percent (3 of 17).The Salukis scored the game’s first 10 points. The Raiders did not connect from the field until a 3-pointer by Cooper Land narrowed their deficit to 12-6 with 9:16 left in the first half.Southern Illinois led 24-17 at intermission. The Salukis led by as many as 12 and never fewer than four in the second half.

Richmond’s Kevin Anderson had the gaudy numbers and the MVP trophy. He said the real credit for the Spiders’ 65-54 Championship Game victory over No. 10 Purdue on Saturday night goes to the defense.The Spiders had the shooting edge and outrebounded the Boilermakers 44-35. They also had more points in the paint (34) and on second chances (11).Richmond (6-1) jumped to an early lead over the Boilermakers (5-1), who struggled with poor shooting and turnovers for the second straight game.The win was the Spiders’ first over a top 10 team since a 69-68 victory at then-No. 10 Kansas in 2004 and their sixth over any ranked team since 2007-08.Justin Harper had 14 points and Darien Brothers added 11 for the Spiders.The Boilermakers were plagued by poor shooting for the second straight game. They were 4 of 25 (16 percent) in the first half and 16 of 53 (30.2 percent) for the game.Moore led Purdue with 16 points, while JaJuan Johnson had 13 points and 11 rebounds and reserve John Hart added 12 points.Purdue was 4 of 18 from the field in the game’s first 13 minutes and had eight straight unsuccessful possessions, four ending with turnovers.

SAN FRANCISCO—Terrance Hill hit two free throws with 10 seconds remaining Saturday to lift Loyola to a 63-62 victory over San Francisco.Geoff McCammon hit 8 of 13 3-point attempts and finished with 26 points for the Ramblers (7-0), who overcame a 13-point deficit to remain unbeaten. Walt Gibler added 10 points and nine rebounds.San Francisco (2-3) had a chance to win it at the end, but Cody Doolin missed a long jumper from the corner with 4 seconds to go, and Rashad Green’s put-back attempt was off the mark as time expired.Michael Williams led the Dons with 16 points, while Moustapha Diarra had 11 points and 11 rebounds.San Francisco shot 46.7 percent from the field compared to Loyola’s 31.6, but turned the ball over 21 times and was only 12 of 19 from the free-throw line. Loyola was 18 of 20 from the line and scored 19 points off Dons’ turnovers.

MADISON—Another week, another jaw-dropping blowout for No. 5 Wisconsin.And more turnovers and poor defense for Northwestern.This one earned the Badgers a share of the Big Ten title.And with the Big Ten’s Rose Bowl representative still to be determined, it remains to be seen if their recent run of scoreboard-scorching victories will be sufficient.Wisconsin routed Northwestern 70-23 at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, and will split the conference championship three ways after Ohio State and Michigan State won earlier in the day.The Badgers (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten) appear to have the inside track on the Rose Bowl, which will be determined by the Bowl Championship Series standings. Fans chanted “Rose Bowl” in the final seconds of the game, then rushed the field as fireworks exploded over the stadium.No. 8 Ohio State beat Michigan on Saturday, and No. 11 Michigan State won at Penn State. Wisconsin came into this week leading both teams in the BCS rankings.Wisconsin certainly is doing its best to impress voters in recent weeks. Its victory Saturday made it four straight by 20 points or more — and it wasn’t even the most lopsided game in that stretch, because Wisconsin beat Indiana 83-20 on Nov. 13. And it was the third time this season the Badgers scored 70 points or more.Nationally, Bielema has earned some criticism for running up the score during the Badgers’ recent run — but given the chance to score one last touchdown on Saturday, Wisconsin instead ran out the clock inside the Northwestern 10-yard line in the final two minutes of the game.That was about the only way the Wildcats could stop even UW’s second unit.Montee Ball rushed for 178 yards and four touchdowns for the Badgers. Scott Tolzien was 15 of 19 for 230 yards and four touchdowns, including a pair to wide receiver Nick Toon.It was also a dominant game by standout defensive end J.J. Watt, who forced two fumbles and made a big hit that caused an interception. Watt even blocked a Northwestern extra point try in the third quarter, leaving the crowd chanting his name. Wisconsin’s only scare came when tight end Lance Kendricks landed awkwardly on the ball after catching a 29-yard touchdown pass late in the second quarter. After lying on the turf for several minutes surrounded by the team’s medical staff, Kendricks was able to get up and walk to the locker room with assistance.Venric Mark returned a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown for Northwestern (7-5, 3-5 Big Ten), returning nine kickoffs a total of 273 yards.Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said Saturday’s loss wasn’t a step backward for the program.

“No, we lost a football game today,” Fitzgerald said. “We have two freshmen quarterbacks playing their second game. We turned the ball over on the road against a team that won the Big Ten championship. That’s not a step backwards, it’s a loss.”

Already without quarterback Dan Persa because of an Achilles’ tendon injury, Northwestern also was missing top running back Mike Trumpy because of a wrist injury.The Wildcats split time at quarterback between Evan Watkins and Kain Colter.They will have to wait two weeks to see which Bowl they are headed to,but with key players out and without much confidence,the Cats will be hard pressed to win their second Bowl Game ever(and first since the 1948 season).Stopping Wisconsin clearly was going to be a challenge for Northwestern’s defense, which gave up 519 yards rushing in a loss to Illinois at Wrigley Field last week.Fitzgerald said his team would have had a tough time beating anybody with four interceptions and three lost fumbles, let alone a conference champion.

LOS ANGELES—Robert Hughes scored on a 5-yard run with 2:23 to play, and Notre Dame rallied to snap an eight-game losing streak in college football’s best intersectional rivalry with a 20-16 victory over Southern California on Saturday night.Freshman quarterback Tommy Rees overcame four turnovers to lead bowl-bound Notre Dame’s decisive 77-yard go-ahead drive in the final minutes of its first win over USC since 2001.The Irish weren’t safe on a cold, rainy night at the Coliseum — even after USC’s Ronald Johnson dropped a long pass from Mitch Mustain at the Notre Dame 15 with 1:17 to play and no defender within 10 yards of him.Mustain, making his first USC start in place of injured Matt Barkley, shook off the drop to move the Trojans to the Notre Dame 23, but safety Harrison Smith intercepted a poor throw at the goal line with 36 seconds left.Rees passed for 149 yards in his third career start, making huge mistakes but also throwing touchdown passes to Michael Floyd and Duval Kamara. Floyd had 11 catches for 86 yards on his 21st birthday for the Irish (7-5), who won three straight to close coach Brian Kelly’s first regular season.The Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando is expected to be the Irish’s postseason destination, but the Las Vegas Bowl also showed up to scout Notre Dame.USC’s struggling offense scored all of its points off Rees’ turnovers. Joe Houston kicked his third field goal for USC with 6:25 to play after another short drive set up by Rees’ third interception, but the Notre Dame finally kicked into gear on a 77-yard drive.Tailbacks Cierre Wood and Hughes made big runs before Hughes scored on a charge straight up the middle.Johnson will remember his drop on Senior Night for the rest of his life. The normally sure-handed senior held his hands to his helmet in disbelief after bobbling away a sure TD pass in the final minutes of his final home game.Mustain passed for 177 yards while Barkley watched with a high ankle sprain for the Trojans (7-5), who have lost two straight heading into next week’s season finale at UCLA. USC’s streaks of 19 straight nonconference victories and 15 straight at home also ended in the 82nd edition of a rivalry dating to 1926.Neither team was ranked heading into the game for just the ninth time, but Kelly became the first Notre Dame coach to beat USC in his first try since Lou Holtz in 1986 – not a bad finish to a tumultuous regular season touched by tragedy with the death of a student videographer last month.Notre Dame took a 13-3 lead into halftime with two late touchdown passes by Rees, but USC hung in with big plays from its defense. Mustain’s tying 1-yard TD sneak in the third quarter was preceded by Rees’ fumble forced by USC’s Nick Perry, who returned it to the Notre Dame 2.Notre Dame’s defense finally gave up a touchdown after 13 straight quarters without allowing one, its longest such stretch since 1980.Marshall Jones then picked off Rees’ throw at the Notre Dame 38, and Houston made a 37-yard field goal to put the Trojans ahead.Mustain was once among the nation’s top high school quarterbacks, but he hadn’t started a game since his freshman season as Arkansas in 2006, when he went 8-0 for the Razorbacks. After transferring in the wake of coaching turmoil, he spent the last three seasons backing up Mark Sanchez and Barkley, who sprained his ankle in last week’s loss at Oregon State.Before the game, USC coach Lane Kiffin stood at the mouth of the Coliseum tunnel and hugged each senior as he ran onto the field for the final time.After USC lost safety T.J. McDonald early to a shoulder injury early on, Rees finally got the Irish rolling midway through the second quarter on a 16-play, 79-yard drive capped by Floyd’s 1-yard TD catch 2:39 before halftime.Notre Dame moved quickly after getting the ball back, with Rees hitting Kamara on the goal line with 7 seconds left – although David Ruffer’s extra point attempt clanged off the upright.