A roundup of Big Ten basketball action from Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015:
Dayton 82, Iowa 77
Iowa trailed by six at halftime, and Dayton extended that edge to 14 with a 12-4 run to open the second half. The Hawkeyes spent the majority of the final 20 minutes chipping away at that lead. Down eight with six minutes to play, buckets from Peter Jok and Anthony Clemmons made it a four-point game, and a minute and a half later, Brady Ellingson's 3-pointer gave the Hawkeyes a lead at 70-69. Iowa's lead reached four after five points from Mike Gesell, but after Dayton hit a 3, a Gesell turnover led to another Flyers basket, giving them the lead once more. Adam Woodbury's two free throws put the Hawkeyes ahead by a point with a minute left, but the Flyers answered with two go-ahead free throws of their own. Jarrod Uthoff and Jok missed a couple 3-pointers in the final seconds, and Dayton scored four more points to seal the win. Uthoff led the way for the Hawkeyes with 18 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Jok and Clemmons were also in double figures with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
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Michigan 102, Charlotte 47
The Wolverines bounced back in a big way from an ugly performance Wednesday against UConn, exploding for 102 points on 61.9-percent shooting. The defense was suffocating, limiting Charlotte to 25.9-percent shooting on the night, 22 points in the first half and 25 points in the second half. Michigan held a 44-27 rebounding advantage and knocked in 12 3-pointers. Moritz Wagner was the high man with 19 points, Caris LeVert had 13 to go along with five assists and four rebounds, Zak Irvin had 12 and Aubrey Dawkins had 10.
Michigan State 99, Boston College 68
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For the second time in nine days, Denzel Valentine notched a triple-double, joining Magic Johnson and Draymond Green — who was in attendance — as the only Spartans with multiple triple-doubles. Valentine was on fire, matching a career high with 29 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and handing out 10 assists. He also hit six 3-pointers. The win was a runaway and also was Tom Izzo's 500th career victory. Izzo is the eighth fastest Division-I coach to reach 500 wins.