No. 3 Tennessee goes down

"Billyball" may have finally arrived at Kentucky.

Patrick Patterson scored 20 points and grabbed 8 rebounds as the Wildcats knocked off No. 3 Tennessee 72-66 on Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky.

Perry Stevenson added 14 points and 7 rebounds for Kentucky (8-9, 2-2 SEC), which held the Volunteers (16-2, 3-1) to just 3 field goals over the final 10 minutes to snap their 11-game winning streak.

Playing with the kind of sustained effort first-year coach Billy Gillispie has been preaching would come once his team was healthy, Kentucky shut down the SEC's highest-scoring offense with a gritty defensive performance that was the trademark of the teams Gillispie coached at Texas A&M.

Tennessee star Chris Lofton led the Volunteers with 22 points, knocking down five 3-pointers to set the SEC record for career 3s with 367, breaking the mark held by former Arkansas guard Pat Bradley.

NIU 60, Ball St. 58: Shaun Logan had 19 points and 9 rebounds to lead host Northern Illinois to a win over Ball State.

Egan Grafel's layup and free-throw with 20 seconds left secured the game for NIU (5-12, 2-3 Mid-American). Jarvis Nichols added 13 points, including three 3-pointers, and Grafel had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Huskies.

Ball State fell to 3-14, 2-3.

Chicago State 83, Cal State Northridge 75: David Holston scored a game-high 25 points and had 6 assists to lead Chicago State (8-14) past visiting Cal State Northridge (13-4).