St. John's 61, No. 13 Georgetown 58

St. John's has been doing some impressive streak-ending lately.

The Red Storm snapped a long losing streak at West Virginia to open the Big East season and they became the first conference team to reach 3-0 this season when they beat No. 13 Georgetown 61-58 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

That win, St. John's fifth straight overall, ended a 14-game losing streak to ranked teams. The Red Storm's last win over a ranked team was two years ago to the day over Notre Dame.

"This is what I came to St. John's for," said Justin Browlee, whose rebound basket with 10 seconds to play gave the Red Storm the lead for good. "When you get a rebound like that, a big play, it makes you feel like you were right. Any win over a ranked team is great but we know we still have work to do."

Dwight Hardy had 20 points to lead the Red Storm (10-3, 3-0), who are off to their best Big East start since 1999-2000 when they opened 4-0. They came into this game off two conference road wins and came up with another solid effort, especially on the defensive end.

The Red Storm's constantly changing defenses, with a tendency toward zones most of the time, were so effective that Georgetown's three guards and leading scorers - Austin Freeman, Chris Wright and Jason Clark - were a combined 7 of 25 from the field - 2 of 13 on 3s - and had a total of 20 points, 26.1 below their combined averages coming in.

It was Georgetown's second-lowest point total of the season. The Hoyas had 55 points in losing the Big East opener last week to Notre Dame.

"We need Chris, Austin and Jason to score points. That's not a secret," Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. "Do we have to find other ways when they're not putting the ball in the basket? Yes. Do I feel confident that on nights like this that we can do that? Yes. I don't think this game was lost because of them not scoring points. It's plays at the other end of the court that we had to make that we didn't make."

No. 10 Kentucky 86, Penn 62

At Lexington, Ky., Brandon Knight scored 22 points and Kentucky shot its way past Penn.

Josh Harrellson added 12 points and 11 rebounds and Darius Miller had 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Wildcats (12-2) used some scorching second-half shooting to subdue the Quakers (5-6).

No. 16 Texas A&M 66, Nicholls State 55

At College Station, Texas, David Loubeau scored 18 points and Khris Middleton added 17 to help Texas A&M to its 10th straight win with a victory over Nicholls State.

The Aggies (13-1) trailed for much of the first half but took a lead they wouldn't relinquish about eight minutes before the break.

No. 17 Kansas State 96, Savannah State 61

At Manhattan, Kan., Jacob Pullen scored 24 points in his return from a three-game suspension, and No. 17 Kansas State coasted to a victory over Savannah State in the Wildcats' final tuneup before Big 12 play.

Pullen, a preseason All-American, was 7 of 8 from the field in the first half and hit three 3-pointers.

No. 18 Michigan State 65, Northwestern 62

At Evanston, Ill., Draymond Green scored 15 points, including an offensive rebound basket after a missed free throw with 12 seconds to go, and Michigan State held off a furious finish from Northwestern.

Durrell Summers and Kalin Lucas had 12 points apiece for the Spartans (10-4, 2-0 Big Ten).