TOP 25 MEN'S BASKETBALL: ; No. 1 Buckeyes rout Penn State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Jon Diebler had career highs of 30 pointsand 10 3-pointers Tuesday night and No. 1 Ohio State routed PennState 82-61 to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title.

Diebler went 5 of 6 from behind the arc in the first half as theBuckeyes (28-2, 15-2) built a 15-point lead. The senior's 10 3s seta school record and tied the conference record.

Senior Talor Battle scored 18 points in his final regular-seasonhome game for Penn State (15-13, 8-9).

Ohio State shot 55 percent overall, including 60 percent (18 of30) in the second half.

No. 6 Purdue 75, Illinois 67 - JaJuan Johnson scored 23 pointsand E'Twaun Moore added 18 to lead Purdue.

It was a fitting display for the two seniors in their final homegame. They came off the court to a standing ovation with 3.6 secondsleft.

D.J. Byrd added a career-high 16 points and Ryne Smith had acareer-high nine rebounds for the Boilermakers (25-5, 14-3).

Demetri McCamey scored 18 points and Mike Davis added 12 pointsand 10 rebounds for Illinois (18-12, 8-9).

No. 14 Florida 78, Alabama 51 - Chandler Parsons scored a season-high 19 points and Vernon Macklin also had 19 for Florida.

The Gators clinched at least a share of the SoutheasternConference regular season title and can claim their fifth out rightwith a win at No. 21 Vanderbilt on Saturday. Florida (23-6, 12-3)also would win the league if Georgia beats Alabama earlier Saturday.

The Crimson Tide (19-10, 11-4) needed a road win to improve theirchances of making the NCAA tournament. Now, the Tide probably needto win the SEC tournament to earn the league's automatic bid.

No. 20 Kentucky 68, No. 21 Vanderbilt 66 - Brandon Knight scored17 points and Terrence Jones added 15 points and nine rebounds forKentucky (21-8, 9-6 Southeastern Conference), which remainedunbeaten at Rupp Arena under Coach John Calipari.

Festus Ezeli led Vanderbilt (21-8, 9-6) with 22 points butfumbled away a chance at a game-tying shot just before the finalbuzzer. John Jenkins scored 13 of his 16 points in the second halffor Vanderbilt, which rallied from a 15-point deficit to take thelead with 4:25 to play.

Nebraska 69, No. 22 Missouri 58 - Lance Jeter scored 16 pointsand Nebraska used a 17-2 second-half run to pull away.

It was the last regular-season Big 12 home game for Nebraska (19-10, 7-8), which moves to the Big Ten next season.

The Tigers (22-8, 8-7) dropped to 1-7 in Big 12 road games andhad a dent put in their hopes to finish in the top four in theconference and earn a bye in the first round of next week's leaguetournament.

The Huskers won for the first time in five regular-seasonmeetings with Missouri and denied Coach Mike Anderson his 200thcareer win.

Jorge Brian Diaz had 14 points, Toney McCray 13 and Brandon Ubel11 for the Huskers.

Marcus Denmon had 16 of his 19 points in the second half andMichael Dixon finished with 13 for Missouri.