Ben Averkamp and Walt Gibler had double-doubles to help Loyola keep Chicago State winless with a 64-49 victory Saturday.Averkamp scored 21 points, Gibler had 16 and each pulled down 10 rebounds for the Ramblers (3-7), who won their second in a row. It was Averkamp’s third career double-double and Gibler’s second.Denzel Brito added 10 points, but only five Ramblers scored.Lee Fisher led the Cougars (0-11) with 11 points. Jeremy Robinson had 10 points and nine rebounds.Loyola’s biggest edge came at the free throw line. The Ramblers made 22 of 27 (81 percent) to Chicago State’s 11 of 16 (69 percent).Averkamp’s three-point play put the Ramblers up 27-24 with 1:45 before halftime, and they led 31-26 at intermission.The lead peaked at 57-38 on two free throws by Christian Thomas with 8:34 to play.

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DeKALB—Kendal Brown-Surles came off the bench to score 19 points and Southern Illinois used a 17-0 run to beat Northern Illinois 62-49 on Saturday.Surles went 6 of 12 from the floor and sank three of the Salukis’ four 3-pointers. Reserve Jeff Early added 13 points and Mamadou Seck grabbed 10 rebounds for Southern Illinois (2-5), which snapped a two-game losing streak.Abdel Nader scored 14 points and Tim Toler 12 for the Huskies, who fell to 0-10. Aksel Bolin had 12 rebounds.Antone Christian’s basket pulled Northern Illinois into a 35-35 tie with 13:52 left.But the Salukis responded with their game-changing surge for a 52-35 edge with 7 minutes left.The Huskies outrebounded SIU 38-31 but were done in by 29 percent shooting and 22 turnovers.The Salukis have won 12 straight over the Huskies, with NIU’s last victory in 1982.

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INDIANAPOLIS—Cody Zeller scored 21 points and had eight rebounds to help No. 18 Indiana beat rival Notre Dame 69-58 on Saturday in the Crossroads Classic at Conseco Field House.The Hoosiers are 10-0 for the first time since 1989-90 and protected their first Top 25 ranking in more than three years.Eric Atkins led Notre Dame (7-5) with 15 points. But the only Division I team with six players who have scored 20 points in a game this season struggled badly against the Hoosiers’ defense. Notre Dame shot 38.1 percent from the field and went more than 16 minutes without a basket during one stretch.Indiana went on a 12-2 run during the drought to take its first lead of the game, then pulled away in the second half.In the first game, Butler rallied past Purdue 67-65 after the Boilermakers led 46-35 at halftime.