Johni Broome bundled 19 points with 14 rebounds and six assists as Auburn outdueled rival Alabama 94-85 on Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in the first-ever Southeastern Conference matchup between the Associated Press’ top two teams.Denver Jones added 16 points for the top-ranked Tigers (23-2, 11-1 SEC), who withstood a second-half rally by the No. 2 Crimson Tide (21-4, 10-2) to seize sole possession of first place in the conference.Mark Sears netted 18 points and Grant Nelson paired 12 points with 12 boards to lead Alabama, which went from trailing 59-45 with 13:43 left in the game to tying it twice with less than eight minutes to play.But after Chris Youngblood’s trey leveled the game at 68, the Tigers scored the next seven points and never looked back.No. 3 Florida 88, South Carolina 67Denzel Aberdeen scored 13 of his career-high 22 points after halftime in Gainesville, Fla., as the Gators pulled away for a victory over the Gamecocks, who remain winless in Southeastern Conference play.After matching his career high of 20 at No. 22 Mississippi State on Tuesday, when he started in place of Alijah Martin, Aberdeen made 8 of 12 shots to help Florida (22-3, 9-3 SEC) earn its fourth straight win. Martin returned Saturday after missing two games due to a hip pointer and Aberdeen finished with his third career 20-point game.South Carolina (10-15, 0-12) faded after a quick start. The Gamecocks made 12 of their first 17 shots and shot 44 percent (22 of 50) for the game. Jacobi Wright led South Carolina with 13 points, while Nick Pringle and Collin Murray-Boyles added 12 apiece.No. 3 Duke 106, Stanford 70Tyrese Proctor scored 23 points and the Blue Devils ran away from the visiting Cardinal in Durham, N.C., for their second straight win after their 16-game winning streak was snapped.Cooper Flagg chipped in with 19 points and six assists and Khaman Maluach racked up 17 points on 8-for-9 shooting for Duke (22-3, 14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which matched the most points scored under third-year coach Jon Scheyer.Maxime Raynaud poured in 18 of his 19 points in the first half for Stanford (16-10, 8-7). Oziyah Sellers had 11 points and Donavin Young notched 10.No. 5 Tennessee 81, Vanderbilt 76Zakai Zeigler scored 22 points, all in the second half, to help the Volunteers rally from 16 down and avoid a season sweep at the hands of the Commodores in Knoxville, Tenn.Zeigler shot 7 of 9 overall in the second half after missing both of his attempts in the first half. He added eight assists for the Volunteers (21-5, 8-5 Southeastern Conference), who avenged a 76-75 loss to the Commodores on Jan. 18.Jason Edwards paced Vanderbilt (17-8, 5-7) with 24 points and shot 6 of 10 from beyond the arc. Devin McGlockton (11.2 points per game) was held scoreless, playing just 18 minutes after getting into early foul trouble.No. 6 Houston 62, No. 13 Arizona 58Milos Uzan scored a season-high 19 points to help the Cougars rally for a win over the host Wildcats in Big 12 play. The victory gave first-place Houston (21-4, 13-1) a two-game lead over Arizona (17-8, 11-3) in the conference race.The Cougars connected on 43.1 percent from the field and were 5-of-17 (29.4 percent) from behind the arc while winning for the 17th time in the past 18 games. L.J. Cryer added 15 points for Houston in the first meeting between the national powers since both programs joined the Big 12. Houston owns the nation’s longest active road winning streak at 11 games.Caleb Love recorded 17 points and seven assists and KJ Lewis added 13 points for the Wildcats, who lost their second straight game after winning 13 of its previous 14 games. The Wildcats dropped to 11-2 at home this season.No. 16 Wisconsin 94, No. 7 Purdue 84John Tonje scored 21 of his 32 points in the second half to lift the Badgers over the Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Ind. Tonje made 10 of 15 shots from the floor — including 4 of 9 from 3-point range — to offset a 30-point performance by Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn, who sank 12 of 16 shots and had five assists and four rebounds.Max Klesmit scored 17 points and Nolan Winter added 12 for Wisconsin (20-5, 10-4 Big Ten), who erupted for 58 points in the second half en route to recording its fourth straight victory. The Badgers shot a robust 61.5 percent from the floor. Jack Janicki, who entered the game averaging 1.7 points, sank three of four shots from 3-point range and finished with 11 points off the bench. He received additional playing time following the ejection of Kamari McGee in the first half.Fletcher Loyer scored 15 points and C.J. Cox had 13 for the Boilermakers (19-7, 11-4), who have lost two straight following an 11-1 stretch.No. 8 Texas A&M 69, Arkansas 61Wade Taylor IV scored 18 points and keyed a late surge as the eighth-ranked Aggies pulled away over the final eight minutes to win a Southeastern Conference clash in College Station, Texas.Texas A&M never trailed after the 12:30 mark of the first half. The game was tied at 50 with just over eight minutes to play until the Aggies (20-5, 9-3 SEC) reeled off a 9-0 run culminated by a putback layup by Henry Coleman III with 5:08 remaining. Arkansas never got closer than seven points the rest of the way as the Aggies won their fifth straight game. Zhuric Phelps added 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds for A&M while Garcia had 11 points.Karter Knox led the Razorbacks (15-10, 4-8 SEC) with 17 points while Zvonimir Ivisic added 13 and Adou Thiero had 10 points before he fouled out with 2:45 to play. Arkansas has dropped two of its past three games.No. 10 Iowa State 81, Cincinnati 70Curtis Jones scored 22 points and made all 12 of his free-throw attempts as the Cyclones topped the Bearcats in their Big 12 Conference matchup in Ames, Iowa.Joshua Jefferson added 13 points and seven rebounds for Iowa State (20-5, 10-4 Big 12), which won its third straight game after losing the previous three in a row. Milan Momcilovic scored 12 and Tamin Lipsey finished with 11. Iowa State posted a 37-19 advantage on the glass, including a 12-5 edge in offensive rebounds. The Cyclones outscored Cincinnati 17-2 in second-chance points.Jizzle James scored 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting to lead the Bearcats (15-10, 5-9), whose three-game winning streak ended. Day Day Thomas chipped in 13 points.No. 11 Michigan State 79, Illinois 65Jaxon Kohler scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Spartans gave coach Tom Izzo his record-setting 354th Big Ten win with a victory over the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Ill.The Spartans (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) trailed by 16 points in the first half but closed the game on a 15-0 run to enable Izzo, in his 30th season, to surpass Bob Knight as the league’s winningest coach. Tre Holloman posted 14 points, Jase Richardson contributed 11 and Coen Carr added 10.Kasparas Jakucionis and Morez Johnson Jr. led Illinois (17-9, 9-7) with 17 points apiece while Will Riley added 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists off the bench. The Fighting Illini missed their last 19 shots of the contest and didn’t score for the final 8:28.