COLLEGE BASKETBALL / NATIONAL ROUNDUP : Michigan Wins in Overtime

Jalen Rose scored 23 points and Jimmy King had seven in overtime as third-ranked Michigan escaped a barrage of three-point baskets to defeat Illinois, 98-97, Wednesday night at Champaign, Ill.

Illinois’ T.J. Wheeler intercepted a long pass with 2.4 seconds to play, but by the time he got the ball to Richard Keene, time had expired and the Illini could not attempt a final shot.

Two free throws by King gave Michigan a 96-91 lead with 36 seconds remaining. Keene stole the ball and made a three-point shot to pull the Illini within two with less than 10 seconds left.

Rose made two free throws to put Michigan up, 98-94, with 5.9 seconds remaining, but Keene made another three-point shot with 2.4 seconds to play.

Chris Webber scored 22 points for the Wolverines, who are 25-4 overall and 14-3 in the Big Ten Conference.

Andy Kaufmann scored 27 points and Deon Thomas had 19 for Illinois (18-11, 11-6), which made 11 of 19 three-point shots.

No. 2 Indiana 99, Michigan State 68--Greg Graham equaled a career high by scoring 32 points to lead the Hoosiers to the Big Ten victory at Bloomington, Ind.

The Hoosiers (27-3, 16-1), already assured of an NCAA tournament berth with one game left in the regular season, made short work of the Spartans (14-12, 6-11), who lost their fifth consecutive game and perhaps any chance of a postseason bid.

The win assured Indiana of the outright Big Ten title.

Indiana forward Alan Henderson, who missed four games after injuring his knee in practice on Feb. 19, played the final six seconds but did not touch the ball.

No. 17 Iowa 91, Wisconsin 65--Acie Earl scored a career-high 36 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten victory at Iowa City.

Earl made 11 of 13 shots and 14 of 17 free throws.

Kevin Smith added 14 points for Iowa (21-8, 10-7).

Michael Finley led Wisconsin (14-12, 7-10) with 23 points.

OTHER GAMES

Holy Cross (23-6) earned its first NCAA tournament bid since 1980, making 58% of its shots and rolling to a 98-73 victory over Bucknell (23-6) in the final of the Patriot League tournament at Lewisburg, Pa. . . . Anthony Wright made a layup with 26 seconds to play, providing the winning basket for Delaware (22-7) in a 67-64 victory over Drexel (22-7) in the final of the North Atlantic Conference tournament at Philadelphia and sending the Blue Hens to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive season. . . . Jamie Skelton scored 16 points to lead Ohio State (14-12, 7-10) to a 69-58 Big Ten victory over Minnesota (17-10, 9-9) at Columbus, Ohio, assuring the Buckeyes of their 16th consecutive winning season and all but assuring them of a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. . . . Fabio Ribeiro scored 19 points to help Hawaii (12-15) to a 62-54 victory over Air Force (9-19) in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament at Salt Lake City. Hawaii will play 25th-ranked Brigham Young in a quarterfinal game today.