Hardaway leads Michigan to OT win

Tim Hardaway Jr. was a bit careless while contesting Alex Marcotullio's shot, fouling the three-point shooter with 0.3 seconds remaining in a game Michigan led by three.

Marcotullio went to the free throw line and immediately missed - and Hardaway could breathe easy.

"He had a wide-open shot and I was probably too eager," Hardaway said. "I need to be able to get over on a play like that and contest the shot without giving up a foul."

Michigan was far from perfect last night, but the 13th-ranked Wolverines held off visiting Northwestern, 66-64, in overtime. The Wildcats led by 10 in the second half before Michigan rallied and forced a tense finish. Hardaway scored 19 points and freshman Trey Burke added 19 of his own, including the Wolverines' final eight.

Hardaway and Burke both played all 45 minutes.

Northwestern (11-5, 1-3 Big Ten) trailed, 66-63, when Marcotullio was fouled by Hardaway in the right corner. He hadn't attempted a shot all night and had only six free throw tries on the season. After missing the first, Marcotullio made the second and had to intentionally miss the third. The Wildcats were unable to tip in the rebound.

John Shurna also went 45 minutes, scoring 21 points for Northwestern.

Michigan (14-3, 4-1) shot only 33 percent from the field but had 17 offensive rebounds and forced 16 turnovers.

At Auburn, Anthony Davis and Doron Lamb scored 14 points apiece, and No. 2 Kentucky (16-1, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) finished an uneven performance with a 23-6 closing run to beat the Tigers, 68-53.

* At Iowa State, Matt Pressey led five players in double figures with 14 points and No. 9 Missouri (15-1, 2-1 Big 12) defeated the Cyclones, 76-69, for the eighth straight time.

* At Texas Tech, Thomas Robinson had 19 points and 12 reboudns and No. 10 Kansas (13-3, 3-0 Big 12) rolled past the Red Raiders, 81-46.

* At Marquette, Davante Gardner had career bests with 22 points and 15 rebounds to lead the No. 25 Golden Eagles (13-4, 2-2 Big East) to an 83-64 win over St. John's.

* At Xavier, freshman Dez Wells dunked his way to 16 points with nine rebounds, and the Musketeers (11-5, 2-1 Atlantic 10) defeated Duquesne, 78-50, getting back-to-back wins for the first time since a brawl against Cincinnati on Dec. 10 resulted in several suspensions.

* At Pittsburgh, Eli Carter scored 14 points, Dane Miller added 11 points and 12 rebounds and Rutgers (10-7, 2-2 Big East) crushed the Panthers, 62-39.

Central Florida senior center Dwight McCombs will not return to the team this season, because of an unspecifed university policy matter. He is the second player lost in less than a week. Last week Jeffrey Jordan, son of NBA legend Michael Jordan, left the program for what he said were personal reasons.

* Tennessee added walk-on point guard Cory Stanton to the team, but because he spent his freshman season at Clemson before transferring to Lipscomb for the 2011 fall semester, NCAA rules state he may only practice with the Volunteers now and cannot complete in games until next January, when he will be a redshirt sophomore.