AUBURN, Ala. -- Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points as No. 1 Auburn beat No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome.
Chaney Johnson, who replaced Broome in the starting lineup, had 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks for Auburn (16-1, 4-0 SEC). Broome is out indefinitely with a left ankle sprain that he sustained last Saturday in Auburn's 66-63 win at South Carolina.
Baker-Mazara shot 8 for 11, including 3 for 5 on 3-pointers. Miles Kelly and Denver Jones both scored 13, while Tahaad Pettiford added 12.
Mississippi State (14-3, 2-2) shot just 35%. Josh Hubbard scored 17 points but was only 2 for 12.
NO. 21 MISSISSIPPI 74, NO. 4 ALABAMA 64: Malik Dia's 23 points, 19 rebounds and two blocks led Mississippi to a road victory over Alabama.
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Sean Pedulla scored 12 points and had three steals and Matthew Murrell scored 11. Jaylen Murray and Jaemyn Brakefield both scored 13 points off the bench for Ole Miss (15-2, 4-0 SEC).
Aden Holloway led Alabama (14-3, 3-1) with 15 points, and Mark Sears added 11.
NO. 7 MARQUETTE 85, DEPAUL 83 (OT): David Joplin made two of his seven 3-pointers in overtime, and Marquette outlasted host DePaul (9-9, 0-7 Big East) in Chicago.
Joplin finished with 30 points on 9-for-17 shooting. Kam Jones had 18 points and 11 assists for Marquette (15-2, 6-0), which earned its sixth consecutive win.
Joplin's two 3s at the beginning of overtime lifted the Golden Eagles to a 73-67 lead. Two second-chance baskets by Stevie Mitchell made it 77-69 with 1:22 to go.
NO. 8 KENTUCKY 81, NO. 11 TEXAS A&M 69: Jaxson Robinson scored 22 points to lead host Kentucky over Texas A&M.
Robinson made five of Kentucky's nine 3-pointers, including four in the first half as the Wildcats (14-3, 3-1 SEC) improved to 5-0 against ranked opponents this season.
Zhuric Phelps led the Aggies (13-4, 2-2) with 21 points, followed by Pharrel Payne with 15 and Manny Obaseki with 12.
NO. 19 ILLINOIS 94, INDIANA 69: Kylan Boswell scored 22 points, Kasparas Jakucionis added 21 as Illinois (13-4, 5-2 Big Ten) opened a 28-point halftime lead in a road blowout of Indiana (13-5, 5-4).
Tomislav Ivisic had 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Fighting Illini bounced back from a double-digit loss at home to Southern California.
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