MURRAY, Ky. (AP) -- The 1975-76 Indiana team will remain the last Division I program to go undefeated.
For the last 36 seasons the team that gave Bob Knight the first of his three national championships has had to wait for the day the last unbeaten lost. This season it finally came Thursday night when No. 9 Murray State lost its first game of the season, 72-68 to Tennessee State, leaving no unbeatens in Division I.
The last five seasons the final unbeaten team was ranked No. 1 in the country.
The Racers' No. 9 ranking was the best in school history and it came under Steve Prohm, who is not only in his first season at Murray State, he is in his first season as a head coach.
"I doubt (I'll get any sleep)," the 37-year-old Prohm said. "My parents are here, too. That's what makes it even worse. (A loss) is terrible, but then when your parents are here and they don't see you a lot it makes it even worse. It's the first time they've ever seen a game here (that) we lost in six years.
"But that means you're at a good program, first off. But no (I won't sleep) because I'll watch the tape and I'll be mad at myself and then they're building a house next door and they start building the house at 5:30 so I can't sleep anyways after that so it's rough right now."
Prohm was an assistant at Murray State before replacing Billy Kennedy last spring when he took the Texas A&M job. He accepted responsibility for the loss.
"I've got to do a better job in some areas to make sure we're doing a better job executing at times," Prohm said. "But, I'm proud. I'm extremely proud of our guys. We had an amazing run, 23 wins in a row. I'm sure we set a lot of records along the way, but now we've got to be totally locked in on winning a conference championship."
Robert Covington had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead the Tigers.
Isaiah Canaan had 31 points and six rebounds for Murray State (23-1, 11-1 Ohio Valley Conference).
Murray State has won the last eight meetings against Tennessee State (16-10, 9-4) dating to 2008-09.
"Isaiah had 31 and was 7 for 10 from the 3 and 10 for 13 from the field and some of the shots he was hitting, you just sit over there as an opposing coach and say 'Are you kidding me? ' You just can't defend any better," Tennessee State's John Cooper said. "But I thought we did a much better job on him in the second half and down the stretch in limiting his touches so he just did not control the game as much."
Covington hit a 3-pointer with 4 minutes left that gave Tennessee State a 65-62 lead.
The Tigers led 69-68 when a turnover gave Murray State the ball with 11.2 seconds to play. Tennessee State stole the inbounds pass. Covington was fouled with 9.7 seconds left but he missed both free throws.
Canaan turned the ball over and committed a foul with 3.5 seconds to play. Kenny Moore made two free throws to make it a three-point lead.
Murray State again turned the ball over on a long inbounds pass and Jordan Cyphers made one of two free throws to seal the upset.
"I'm very proud of our young men to be able to come here and win on the road," Cooper said. "It is certainly not an easy place to play, a packed house and a team that just stuck to it. There was a point where we were down 12 points in the second half but yet, and still for whatever reason, we hung in there."
The Racers scored the first seven points of that game but they went more than 6 minutes without a field goal. The scoreless streak ended when Jewuan Long connected on a layup off a pass from Zay Jackson to give the Racers a one-point lead.
Jackson stole the ball with 33 seconds remaining in the first half. Canaan had the ball in his hands and as Prohm stood and pointed directions, the crowd stood and cheered. With 4 seconds left Canaan made a 3-pointer to give Murray State a 40-33 lead. Canaan finished 7 of 10 from 3-point range.
There were nine lead changes -- five in the second half. Tennessee State's bench outscored Murray State's 30-10.
"It's an amazing feeling," Tennessee State's Wil Peters said. "Most people don't get this experience in their whole college career to beat a team that was unbeaten for a long period of time and to share that with your teammates your senior year is very special and I'll probably remember this for the rest of my life."
Gonzaga 73, No. 16 Saint Mary's 59
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Freshman Kevin Pangos scored 27 points and Gonzaga avenged a loss to the West Coast Conference leader.
The win kept alive the hopes of Gonzaga (19-4, 9-2) to win its 12th consecutive regular season title, the second-longest streak in Division 1 history after UCLA's 13 straight.
But the Zags will need somebody to beat Saint Mary's (22-3, 11-1), which saw its 12-game winning streak snapped. Their last loss was Dec. 22 to No. 6 Baylor.
Rob Sacre and Gary Bell Jr. each added 12 points for Gonzaga.
Matthew Dellavedova had 20 points for Saint Mary's, which shot just 38 percent from the field (21 of 55), including going 5 of 21 from 3-point range.
Gonzaga shot 52 percent (28 of 53) and was 7 of 15 on 3s. The Bulldogs won the rebound battle 40-26.
No. 20 Mississippi St. 70, Mississippi 60
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Arnett Moultrie scored 18 points and Dee Bost dished a career-high 13 assists for Mississippi State.
Moultrie was 9 of 14 from the field. Bost had eight assists in the first half as the Bulldogs built a 40-27 lead. The senior's 13 assists were the most by an SEC player this season.
Mississippi State (19-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) scored the first eight points and never trailed. Renardo Sidney added 14 points and Rodney Hood scored 10 for the Bulldogs.
Reginald Buckner had 15 points and nine rebounds for Ole Miss (14-9, 4-5), which has lost three of four. Jarvis Summers scored 12 points and Jelan Kendrick added 11 for the Rebels.
Mississippi State's 13-game home winning streak is tied for the program's second-longest since Humphrey Coliseum opened in 1975.
No. 21 Wisconsin 68, Minnesota 61, OT
MINNEAPOLIS -- Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor scored 27 points for his first college win in his home state.
The Badgers (19-6, 8-4 Big Ten) failed to score over the last 7 1/2-plus minutes of the second half while the Gophers (17-8, 5-7) dug out of a 13-point hole.
Ryan Evans had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Wisconsin, which went 15 for 17 from the free throw line in overtime.
No. 23 Indiana 84, Illinois 71
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Cody Zeller scored 22 points and Victor Oladipo and Christian Watford both had 18 for Indiana.
It was the third win in four games for the Hoosiers (19-6, 7-6 Big Ten).
D.J. Richardson scored 19 points, Meyers Leonard had 17 and Brandon Paul finished with 13 for Illinois (16-8, 5-6), which lost for the fifth time in six games. Illinois has lost five straight in Bloomington when the Hoosiers are ranked and failed to take its first lead in the series since 1975.
Zeller and Oladipo combined to make 5 of 6 free throws to start the decisive 15-6 run that gave Indiana a 77-65 lead with 4:49 to go. Illinois didn't get closer than 10 the rest of the way.
Big Ten
Northwestern 83, Iowa 64
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Freshman Dave Sobolewski scored a season-high 23 points, John Shurna added 17 and Northwestern won its third straight, beating Iowa 83-64.
Reggie Hearn added 16 points, and all five starters scored in double figures for the Wildcats (15-8, 5-6 Big Ten) in an easy victory.
Ohio colleges
Valparaiso 59, Cleveland St. 41
CLEVELAND -- Ryan Broekhoff scored 24 points, 18 on 3-pointers, and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Valparaiso over Cleveland State 59-41.
The Crusaders (18-8, 11-3 Horizon League) hit 11 of 22 3-pointers, including 7 of 13 in the first half for their fourth straight win. Five of those seven 3's came in the first 8 minutes.
Butler 68, Youngstown St. 59
Ronald Nored grabbed 11 rebounds as Butler took down Youngstown State 68-59 on Thursday night in Horizon League play.
Jackson Aldridge added 15 and Roosevelt Jones 11 for the Bulldogs.
Butler (14-12, 8-6), who led throughout, took a 35-25 lead into halftime and pushed that lead to 14, 40-26, in the second half. Youngstown State rallied to cut the deficit to six, 51-45, with 6:14 left to play but Hopkins scored eight straight to put the Bulldogs back up by 12 and seal the win.
Women
Illinois 66, No. 10 Ohio State 65
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Alexis Burke made a game-winning layup with two seconds left to give Illinois a win over Ohio State.
After Tayler Hill drove the lane for a driving right-handed layup in traffic with 19 seconds left to give Ohio State a one-point lead, Burke answered with a twisting go-ahead basket to give Illinois (9-16, 3-9 Big Ten) its first win against a ranked opponent this season.
Adrienne Godbold led four Illini players in double figures with 16 points, and set up the win with a pair of free throws with 40 seconds left that gave Illinois a a 64-63 lead.
Hill scored 20 points to lead Ohio State (21-3, 8-3), who have now lost two out of the last three games. Ashley Adams tied a career high with 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
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