Saturday Late Afternoon College Basketball: Mississippi State Routs UCLA, Wisconsin Claims Dairyland Bragging Rights

December 12 – Madison, WI (Sports Network) – Jon Leuer posted 24 points and 12 rebounds, as 20th-ranked Wisconsin held off Marquette, 72-63, at Kohl Center.

Jordan Taylor and Trevon Hughes each contributed 13 points for the Badgers (7-2), who rebounded nicely from an overtime loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay on Wednesday.

The Bulldogs (7-2) also received a big performance from Jarvis Varnado who added 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks in the victory.

The Bulldogs put the game away in the second stanza, knocking down 11-of-27 shots from the field, en route to an 18-point victory.

Over at SB Nation’s Utah blog, Block U, the postgame reaction focuses on the Utes’ comfort level with the basics, or lack thereof.

In other words, Utah has a lot to work on before jumping into a very competitive Mountain West in a few weeks.

December 12 – Salt Lake City, UT (Sports Network) – Willie Warren tallied a game-high 27 points to help lead the Oklahoma Sooners to a 78-73 overtime win against the Utah Utes in non-conference action at the Huntsman Center.

Warren, who shot only 7-of-22 from the field, added eight rebounds and four assists before fouling out. Also scoring in double figures for the Sooners (7-3), as they won their fifth in a row, were Tommy Mason-Griffin and Tony Crocker with 18 and 12 points, respectively. Crocker also accounted for a game-high 10 rebounds as well.

The college basketball slate for late Saturday afternoon doesn’t feature as many ranked teams as the first set of games for the day, but there are three particular games of note.

As always, you can find live scores and discussion threads here on SB Nation.