Marian Hossa scored two goals, and Kris Versteeg and Bryan Bickell also tallied to lead the  Blackhawks past Anaheim 4-2 on Friday night to end the Ducks’ eight-game winning streak and hand them only their second loss in the past 20 games.Corey Crawford made 19 saves to help the Blackhawks end a five-game losing streak against Anaheim — including three straight in the United Center — and beat the Ducks for the first time since December 2011.With the Hawks cruising 3-0, Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf scored on a wrist shot to cap an odd-man break with 6:13 left in the third to end Crawford’s shutout bid.Then Kyle Palmieri connected on a 40-foot shot 53 seconds later to make it close before Hossa scored into an empty net with 7.6 seconds left.Anaheim’s run of 18 wins in 19 games began with a 3-2 shootout victory at Chicago on Dec. 6. It was the longest span of one-loss play since the 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens won a record 20 of 21.Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller was sharp and made 31 saves, but his 14-game winning streak ended. That run tied him for second-longest in NHL history with four other goalies.Hiller hadn’t lost since a shootout defeat to Los Angeles on Dec. 3.Despite scuffling along at 1-1-3 in its past five games, the defending Stanley Cup champion Hawks entered the game with the NHL’s second-best point total.Through most of the showdown against league-leading Anaheim, the Blackhawks were a step quicker and more-determined physically.The Blackhawks outshot the Ducks 35-21.Versteeg collided with Bickell behind the Anaheim net at the end of the second period and didn’t skate in the third.The Hawks outshot Anaheim 15-8 in the first period and led 2-0 after 20 minutes.The Blackhawks dominated early, and Hossa opened the scoring with a short-handed goal at 10:34.Toews skated quickly out of the Hawk zone and sent the puck to Hossa on right wing. As Toews streaked down the slot, Hossa faked, used Anaheim defenseman Cam Fowler as a screen and fired a low shot under Hiller’s pads.It was the first time the Blackhawks had opened the scoring since Jan. 3, a span of six games.Versteeg made it 2-0 with 2:54 left in the period when he batted in a loose puck that two Ducks players couldn’t handle.Anaheim’s Matt Beleskey knocked the puck away from Versteeg as he tried to cut in from the right corner, but it deflected off defenseman Sami Vatanen and toward the net. Versteeg got a piece of the flipping puck and directed it past Hiller.Crawford made a point-blank pad save on Corey Perry with 1:13 left to maintain the two-goal lead. He stopped Saku Koivu on a short-handed 2-on-1 break early in the scoreless second.Aided by three power plays, Blackhawks outshot the Ducks 11-3 in the middle period.Bickell made it 3-0 at 10:13 of the third. He gained a step on Anaheim defenseman Ben Lovejoy, plowed down the slot and fired.Hiller got a piece of the shot, but it rolled over him and into the net.After Getzlaf cut it to 3-1 with 6:13 left, Palmieri fooled Crawford on a low 40-foot shot from the slot 53 seconds later to set up a wild finish. The Ducks pressured and pulled Hiller for an extra attacker with 1:10 left, but couldn’t tie it.

NOTES—The Ducks announced D Sheldon Souray will miss the season after another operation on his right wrist. Souray, 37, was injured during summer training and he never got on the ice in his second year in Anaheim. … Ducks D Bryan Allen returned after missing five games with a lower-body injury. … Patrick Kane has no goals and just three assists in nine games following a career-high 14-game point streak during which he had eight goals and 17 assists.

WASHINGTON — John Wall had 23 points and 11 assists, and the Washington Wizards reached .500 for the third time this season with a 96-93 win over the Bulls on Friday night.The Wizards had six players score in double figures in their third straight victory, two of them coming against thye Bulls. Bradley Beal and Martell Webster had 14 points apiece.There were 12 lead changes and 11 ties. Washington took a 92-91 lead on Marcin Gortat’s layup with 4:28 to play.With the Wizards ahead 96-93 with 1:06 to play, Joakim Noah threw a pass out of bounds, and teammate Taj Gibson missed a short jumper with 30 seconds left. As the clock wound down, Jimmy Butler tried a tying 3-pointer for the Bulls and Nene blocked it with less than a second to play.The Bulls were held to just one field goal in the final 5:16. They missed eight of their last nine shots.Kirk Hinrich led the Visitors with 18 points, and D.J. Augustin scored 16. The Bulls had won six of seven, and were trying to reach .500 for the first time since Nov. 27.Gortat had 13 points as Washington improved to 19-19 — the first time it’s been at .500 since Dec. 30.The Bulls played for the first time since their second triple-overtime game of the season, a win in Orlando on Wednesday.The Wizards also played on Wednesday, and scored their most satisfying win of the season, a drubbing of two-time NBA champion Miami.Washington shot 68.4 percent in the first quarter and led 30-27 after one. The Wizards also had a 54-50 lead at halftime.The Bulls went on a 14-2 run to take a 70-62 lead with 5:18 remaining in the third. But the Wizards responded with a 10-0 run that included an exciting shot by Wall.The speedy point guard was grabbed by Mike Dunleavy on a drive. He spun and flipped the ball into the hoop with his left hand as he fell backward.The game was tied at 74 after three.

NOTES—Wizards coach Randy Wittman said F Al Harrington (right knee) isn’t close to returning. Harrington hasn’t played since Nov. 12. .The Bulls are the eighth NBA team to play two triple overtime games in the same season.. Noah had 12 rebounds for his 11th straight game in double digits, a career best.. The Bulls had won four in a row on the road.

PEORIA—Walt Lemon, Jr. got to the basket for a dunk and Omari Grier got to the line to make 3 of 4 free throws in the final minute as Bradley knocked off Southern Illinois for the third straight time, 66-60 Friday night.It’s the first time Bradley has won three straight against the Salukis since a string that began in the 1999-2000 season and concluded in 2000-01.Jalen Pendleton pulled the Salukis even at 54-54 with a pair of free throws with 3:51 to play, but Bradley went on a 9-2 run highlighted by an Auston Barnes’ 3-pointer and capped by a pair of Grier free throws that made it 63-56 with under a minute left.Lemon scored 16 points to lead the Braves (7-12, 2-4 Missouri Valley), with Barnes and Mason Alwan each adding 12.Desmar Jackson scored 17 and Anthony Beane added 15 for SIU (6-13, 2-4).

Clarke Rosenberg scored 20 points and Quinton Pippen added 19 with eight rebounds as Chicago State defeated New Mexico State 86-81 Thursday night.The Cougars (8-9, 3-0 WAC) shot 54.9 percent from the field and were 8 of 12 from beyond the arc. Matt Ross scored 17 points, Nate Duhon contributed 12 and Corey Gray had 10 for Chicago State.New Mexico State (14-6, 3-1) outrebounded Chicago State 36-26 and hit 10 3-pointers, but also had 19 turnovers. Daniel Mullings paced the Aggies with 26 points, Kevin Aronis chipped in 15 and Tshilidzi Nephawe had 12 points with 12 boards.With less than two minutes remaining, Duhon hit two free throws and Pippen nailed a 3-pointer to give CSU a four-point lead. The Aggies pulled within one after an Aronis 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, but DK Eldridge turned it over following two Duhon free throws.

Jordan Aaron scored 18 points to lead the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to a 67-63 come-from-behind win over UIC on Thursday night.UWM (13-6, 3-2 Horizon League) took its first lead of the game on an 11-2 run midway through the second half that included a trio of 3-pointers, making it 48-47, then regained the advantage on a pair of Aaron free throws with five minutes to play and held off the Flames down the stretch.Matt Tiby contributed 13 points, Cody Wichmann added 11 and Steve McWhorter had 10 for the Panthers, who shot 43 percent from the field and had five fewer turnovers.The Flames (5-13, 0-4) dominated the first half, taking a 36-23 lead into the break but couldn’t contain UWM in the second half.Brown led UIC with 18 points, while Jake Wiegand added 14 points and nine rebounds.UIC has lost seven in a row.

ORLANDO—Joakim Noah had a season-high 26 points, Carlos Boozer scored 23, and the  Bulls held on to beat the Orlando Magic 128-125 in triple-overtime on Wednesday night.The Magic had a chance to win the game with less than 10 seconds to play, but Glen Davis’ jumper was partially blocked and rebounded by the Bulls with just 1.5 seconds remaining.The Bulls have now won the last seven matchups with the Magic played in Orlando and improved to 4-1 since trading Luol Deng.Victor Oladipo had a career-high 35 points and Jameer Nelson added 31 points and 10 assists for Orlando. Tobias Harris added 22 points and 16 rebounds.The Magic extended their season-high losing streak to nine games.Orlando played without Arron Afflalo and Nik Vucevic. Afflalo missed his third straight game with a strained right foot, and Vucevic was out for the fifth straight with a concussion.The game featured 20 lead changes and 14 ties.During their most recent road trip, the Magic were tripped up by injuries as they dropped five straight games.Despite losing by an average of 20 points during the trip, coach Jacque Vaughn continually lauded his team’s improvement throughout.Orlando returned home still battered, but the strides showed up again against a Bulls team that came in with three wins in their first four games since trading Deng to Cleveland.In a game that didn’t see either team take more than an four-point lead in any of the overtime periods, the Magic went ahead 125-122 in the third OT on a 3-pointer by Harris.But the Bulls kept chipping away, and eventually took the lead for good, 126-125, on a jumper by Tony Snell.The Bulls had a 119-116 lead in the second overtime on a tip-in by Noah.After several empty possessions on both ends, Davis tied it on a straightway 3 with just 4.2 seconds left.Noah got free on a drive on the other end, but was fouled.The Bulls then failed to get up a shot.The Magic controlled the early pace of first overtime and took a 111-108 lead on a free-throw by Harris with 1:22 remaining.But the Bulls committed their 17th turnover of the night on a bad pass by Noah with less than a minute to play, prompting a Magic timeout.Nelson briefly got free, but came up empty on a 13-foot jumper, giving it back to the Bulls.Coming out of a timeout Mike Dunleavy got free on the wing and sank a 3-pointer to tie it with 13.4 seconds left.Nelson dribbled the clock down, but couldn’t get a shot off before time expired.The Magic hovered above 55 percent shooting as they built as much as a 15-point lead in the third quarter.

NOTES—The Magic are now 0-11 without Vucevic this season. … The Bulls recalled G Marquis Teague on Wednesday from the Iowa Energy of the NBA Development League.

CHAMPAIGN—Hammons scored 17 points to lead Purdue to a 66-58 win over Illinois on Wednesday.The Boilermakers (12-5, 2-2 Big Ten) trailed 33-29 at halftime, but they opened the second half with 10-5 run to regain the lead and held off the Illini (13-5, 2-3).The 7-foot Hammons was a force inside for Purdue. He finished with a game-high eight rebounds – the Boilermakers held a 42-31 advantage on the boards – and was a big reason why Purdue scored 30 points in the paint.Ronnie Johnson added 13 points for Purdue while Terone Johnson had 10.The loss was the third straight for the Illini.Tracy Abrams led Illinois with 13 points. Rayvonte Rice had 10 by halftime but the Boilermakers stifled the Big Ten’s leading scorer in the second half. He finished with 11.Rice played with a hip injury that led head coach John Groce to question earlier in the week if he would be able to play at all.Illinois stayed close through the second half but, fittingly, it was a bucket
from Hammons that put the Boilermakers in control for good.With 2:35 to play the Illini pulled back to within a point at 58-57 on a long, low-arc 3-pointer by Jon Ekey. The low shot looked like it might not fall, but when it did the crowd got loud and on its feet.But at the other end, with Illinois playing tough defense, Hammons pulled down a Ronnie Johnson miss and calmly sank the short jumper for a 60-57 edge that, after the strong start to the half, would prove to be enough.The final points of that early-second half run fell into the Boilermakers’ laps in spite of coach Matt Painter’s efforts to get Ronnie Johnson to slow the offense down.

”Hold up, Ronnie! Hold up!” Painter shouted at the guard.Johnson didn’t listen. Instead he quickly hit Basil Smotherman as he broke under the basket for a bucket that put the Boilermakers back on top, 39-38 and drew a ”why not?” shrug from Painter.Purdue owned the boards in the second half, out-rebounding Illinois 23-7.The Boilermakers led much of the first half, too. But as they headed down the tunnel at the State Farm Center at halftime, they had to wonder what has just happened.With 3:52 left in the half, Purdue was up 27-19, its biggest lead of the night, and had just scored six straight points. The Illini didn’t appear to have an answer.

EVANSTON—Gary Harris scored 14 points and No. 4 Michigan State beat Northwestern 54-40 on Wednesday night for its ninth consecutive victory.The preseason favorite to win the Big Ten, the Spartans (16-1, 5-0 Big Ten) continue to roll along, although it was hardly an easy night for them. They overcame a sluggish start and pulled away down the stretch even though they struggled in a big way from the outside.They were 2 of 16 on 3-pointers with Harris missing all six and Keith Appling going 0 for 3. Harris did have four steals, and Appling managed to score 11 points.Branden Dawson, fighting an illness, had 11 rebounds and three blocks, and the Spartans came away with the win even though they were missing one of their top players in Adreian Payne. The 6-foot-10 forward sat out his second successive game because of a sprained right foot, but Michigan State had enough to get by in this one.Tre Demps did his best to keep Northwestern (8-10, 1-4) in the game, scoring 10 of his 12 points in the second half, but leading scorer Drew Crawford never got going. He managed just six points with Denzel Valentine guarding him most of the game, and the Wildcats came up short after beating then-No. 23 Illinois on Sunday night to give new coach Chris Collins his first Big Ten victory.They haven’t knocked off a top five team since they took out fourth-ranked Michigan State on Jan. 27, 1979.Coming off back-to-back overtime victories against Ohio State and Minnesota, Michigan State probably could have used a breather. The problem was the Spartans had trouble sustaining a run.They looked like they were poised to put this one away after Travis Trice nailed a 3 and Matt Costello scooped in a reverse layup to make it 40-31 with 11:36 remaining. But Demps answered with a basket for Northwestern.It was 44-37 when Alex Gauna banked in a shot to start a six-point spurt that gave the Spartans a double-digit lead.Harris hit two free throws and stripped Demps, leading to two more foul shots for Appling that made it 50-37 with 4:59 left, and the Spartans hung on from there.

NORMAL—Zach Lofton scored 21 points and pulled down six rebounds as Illinois State beat Evansville 79-78 in overtime Wednesday night.Daishon Knight came off the bench to add 16 points for the Redbirds (10-7, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference). Bobby Hunter scored 10 points and Reggie Lynch had eight points and six rebounds. The team was 45 percent from the field and 58.3 percent from the line overall.Illinois State led by two at the break but Evansville battled back to lead 61-60 with five minutes to play in regulation. With the Redbirds down by three, Knight hit from beyond the arc with eight seconds left to tie the game, 70-70, and send it into overtime.In overtime, Knight sank two buckets from the paint and Lofton hit a 3-pointer with a minute left to help give the Redbirds the edge.D.J. Balentine scored 22 points for the Aces (8-10, 1-4).

Milton Doyle scored 28 points and Loyola defeated Drake 70-60 on Wednesday night.Devon Turk added 14 points and Christian Thomas and Jeff White 10 apiece for the Ramblers (7-10, 2-3 Missouri Valley), who snapped a two-game losing streak by shooting 50 percent from the floor. They also picked up 15 points off turnovers.The Bulldogs (10-7, 1-4), who lost their fourth in a row, got 19 points from Richard Carter and 12 from Aaron Hawley while Jacob Enevold Jensen grabbed 11 rebounds.Tied 32-32 at the half, the Ramblers went on a 17-1 run to take a 62-52 lead on Doyle’s basket with 5:37 remaining. The Bulldogs failed to get a field goal during the 7-minute run while Turk and Thomas had five points each for Loyola during that stretch.White’s layup with 1:43 remaining had the Ramblers up by 14, their largest lead of the game.