Auburn and Iowa State extended their winning streaks this week to nine and 12 games, respectively, further entrenching themselves at the top of the men's college basketball power rankings as both handled top-15 opponents at home with ease -- Auburn against No.
Stevie Mitchell scored 14 of his career-high 22 points in the second half to fuel No. 9 Marquette to a 78-69 victory over host Butler on Tuesday in Indianapolis.
Stevie Mitchell matched a career high with 21 points and No. 10 Marquette continued its recent domination of Villanova by beating the Wildcats 87-74 on Friday night.
Marquette men's basketball senior guard Stevie Mitchell always seems to have a little extra juice when he plays against Villanova. The native of Reading, Pennsylvania, is running out of games ...
Yet Marquette still managed to cut the deficit to four points with 4:06 to play and to two points with 12 seconds on the clock. Top scorer Kam Jones (19.1 points per game) made the final basket of ...
Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.