Iowa hands No. 1 Michigan State its 1st loss

Mike Gesell scored a career-high 25 points and Iowa cruised past top-ranked Michigan State 83-70 on Tuesday night, handing the visiting Spartans their first loss of the season.

The Hawkeyes snapped a nine-game losing streak against Michigan State.

Eron Harris scored 21 points to lead the Spartans, who were playing their second game without Denzel Valentine — their leader in scoring, rebounds and assists — and their first since head coach Tom Izzo’s father, Carl, died Monday.

The Spartans trailed by double digits at halftime for the second straight game.

Perry Ellis had 14 points and Frank Mason III added 13 as the host Jayhawks (11-1) took control with a 22-2 spurt spanning halftime.

A.J. Hammons scored 24 points and Dakota Mathias hit two threes in the final 1:19 for the visiting Boilermakers (13-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who snapped a four-game losing streak to the Badgers (8-6, 0-1).

Shake Milton, a freshman from the Tulsa suburb of Owasso, had a spectacular homecoming, scoring a personal-high 24 points and going 7-for-8 from three-point range for the Mustangs (12-0, 1-0 American).

Freshman Tyler Davis matched his season high with 18 points on 8-of-9 shooting for the host Aggies (10-2).

Quenton DeCosey scored 19 points to help the visiting Owls (6-5, 1-0 American) to their first win over a ranked team this season.

Al Freeman scored 21 points for the host Bears (10-2), whose Rico Gathers (11 points, 10 rebounds) had his 30th career double-double.

Tyler Dorsey scored a season-high 25 points as the host Ducks (11-2) took control early in the second half.

Kelsey Plum, who was 5-for-7 from three-point range, had 33 points for the visiting Huskies (10-2, 1-0 Pac-12) in the conference opener.

LaBrittney Jones had 16 points and Destiny Graham, who went to Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, had 14 to help the host Wildcats (9-3) to an overtime win in their final game before starting Pac-12 play against Stanford on Saturday.