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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Freshman Anthony Davis had 22 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones added 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky capped a perfect Southeastern Conference season with a 74-59 victory over No. 16 Florida on Sunday.

Kentucky (30-1, 16-0) extended its winning streak to 22 games and secured its hold on a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

The Wildcats become just the third team since Alabama in 1956 to go unbeaten in SEC play. The other two were Kentucky in 1996 and 2003.

The Wildcats used an 8-0 run in the second half to make it a double-digit lead, and then added a 7-0 run to put the game out of reach.

Patric Young led Florida (22-9, 10-6) with 21 points while Erik Murphy added 14 points and eight rebounds.

Ohio St. 72, Michigan St. 70

EAST LANSING, Mich. — William Buford made a high-arcing jumper from the top of the key with 1 second left to lift Ohio State and forge a three-way tie for the Big Ten title.

The Buckeyes (25-6, 13-5) earned a share of their third straight conference championship and forced the Spartans (24-7, 13-5) to settle for having a piece of it along with No. 13 Michigan. The Wolverines, who won their first Big Ten title since 1986, beat Penn State earlier Sunday.

Michigan 71, Penn St. 65

STATE COLLEGE — Trey Burke scored 19 points and Michigan shot 59 percent from the field to earn a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since 1986.

Evan Smotrycz added 17 points for the Wolverines (23-8, 13-5), who needed Ohio State to beat Michigan State later Sunday.

Jermaine Marshall had a career-high 27 points and eight rebounds for Penn State (12-19, 4-14), including a layup that closed a 19-point deficit with 9 minutes left to 62-58 with 2:38 to go.

Ross Travis added 15 points for Penn State.

Wisconsin 70, Illinois 56

MADISON, Wis. — Senior Jordan Taylor scored 16 points in his final home game for Wisconsin.

Josh Gasser added 16 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers (23-8, 12-6), who have won three straight.

Brandon Paul had 22 points for Illinois (17-14, 6-12), which had only three assists, a season-low, and lost its seventh straight road game.

It was the 265th victory at Wisconsin for coach Bo Ryan, tying Harold “Bud” Foster for most wins in the program’s history.

Indiana 85, Purdue 74

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Christian Watford scored 19 points and Will Sheehey added 16, leading Indiana over archrival Purdue on Senior Day.

The Hoosiers (24-7, 11-7 Big Ten) finished the season with an 18-1 home record, five wins over ranked teams and three against clubs ranked in the top 5. Indiana also swept Purdue for the first time since 2005-06.

Florida St. 80, Clemson 72

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Michael Snaer scored a career-high 23 points to lead Florida State.

Bernard James added 13 points and 11 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the season while Xavier Gibson had 13 points for Florida State, which had five players finish in double figures.

Virginia 75, Maryland 72

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Mike Scott had a career-high 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Sammy Zeglinski scored 20 points as Virginia overcame a late collapse in regulation.

Scott accounted for half of Virginia’s 14 points in overtime. The 6-foot-8 senior had never scored more than 28 points in an Atlantic Coast Conference game.

Creighton 83, Illinois St. 79

ST. LOUIS — Doug McDermott had 33 points and Antoine Young scored eight of his 14 in overtime as Creighton survived an upset bid in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final.

Wignot scores 16, but Siena falls

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Erik Etherly scored 21 points to lead Loyola (Md.) over Siena 70-60 and into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament championship for the first time since 1994 on Sunday.

The second-seeded Greyhounds (23-8) will face the fourth seed, Fairfield, on Monday.

Loyola shot 50.9 percent from the field (27 of 53), making 7 of 13 3-pointers against the Saints (14-17).

Shane Walker and Robert Olson added 12 points each, and Justin Drummond chipped in 10 points for the Greyhounds.

Loyola trailed 16-9 with 10:49 left in the first half and went on a 13-2 run to take the lead for good.

The Saints were led by Kyle Downey with 17 points and Holy Redeemer graduate Owen Wignot with 16. OD Anosike added 13 points for Siena, which played its quarterfinal game a little less than 16 hours earlier, defeating Manhattan 84-82 in an overtime game that ended at 12:36 a.m. Sunday.