Aday Mara scored a career-high 24 points as No. 2 Michigan cruised to its eighth straight win with an 82-61 verdict over Ohio State on Sunday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio.

Mara made 11 of 16 field goal attempts and grabbed six rebounds while Yaxel Lendeborg had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Wolverines (22-1, 12-1 Big Ten) as they maintained the league lead and extended the best start in school history. Trey McKenney added 12 points and Morez Johnson Jr. contributed 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Bruce Thornton had 16 points, Devin Royal 15 and Christoph Tilly 10 for the Buckeyes (15-8, 7-6 Big Ten), who never led while falling to Michigan for the second time in 17 days.

Michigan took a 4-2 lead and never looked back to take a 44-34 advantage into the locker room.

A critical juncture came when the Wolverines’ Mara, Nimari Burnett and L.J. Cason nailed 3-pointers in a 1:42 stretch to turn a 26-24 edge into a 35-26 lead.

Michigan extended its lead to 44-32 as the Buckeyes hit one of their final seven shots in the first half.

Tilly got off to a hot start with eight points in the first 3:35 of the game, but he did not score the remainder of the half and went to the bench with his third foul with two minutes to go.

The Wolverines won the battle of the boards 44-31, with 17 of them on the offensive glass that helped them outscore the Buckeyes 42-20 in the paint.

Michigan won 74-62 on Jan. 23 in Ann Arbor in the first of the home-and-home series that second-year Ohio State coach Jake Diebler pushed for after the schools played once last season. He enlisted the help of Michigan coach Dusty May to ensure the rivalry made the conference’s protected series list.

Michigan increased its 10-point halftime lead to 54-39 on Johnson’s fast-break dunk after a block by Lendeborg. The Buckeyes did not get closer than 11 points thereafter.

–Field Level Media

JT Toppin scored 22 points and hauled in nine rebounds to lead No. 13 Texas Tech to a 70-63 win over West Virginia in Big 12 Conference play on Sunday in Morgantown, W.Va.

Donovan Atwell scored 15 points, Christian Anderson returned from a one-game absence due to illness and scored 13 points and handed out 11 assists for the Red Raiders (17-6, 7-3 Big 12). Jaylen Petty added 11 points as Texas Tech snapped a two-game losing streak.

Brenen Lorient led West Virginia (15-9, 6-5) with 21 points. Jasper Floyd and Chance Moore each contributed 10 points for the Mountaineers.

Texas Tech made 47.9% of its field goal attempts and 54.2% of its threes (13 of 24). Conversely, West Virginia shot 43.6% from the field and just 9.1% from long range (2 of 22). The poor marksmanship from behind the arc offset the Mountaineers effectiveness around the rim.

West Virginia held a 38-20 advantage on points scored in the paint.

A Toppin three extended the Texas Tech lead to double digits, 30-19, with 5:49 left in the half. Moments later, Petty canned a wide-open three and the Red Raiders led 35-23. Toppin’s hook shot gave the Red Raiders a 39-27 halftime lead.

While the Mountaineers shot 40.7% (11 of 27) in the first half, they connected on just 14.3% of their shots from beyond the arc (2 of 14). Texas Tech lit it up and shot 60.9% (14 of 23) from the field and 72.7% (8 of 11) from three.

After a listless first half where the Texas Tech defense held Mountaineers leading scorer Honor Huff scoreless, West Virginia came out of the locker room fired up.

An 8-0 run featured four close-range buckets as the Mountaineers pulled within 39-35 on a reverse layup from Harlan Obioha.

Consecutive treys from Atwell and Toppin snapped the West Virginia rally and highlighted a 10-0 scoring spree as the Red Raiders’ led 50-37.

A late 13-5 West Virginia rally featured nine points from Lorient and pulled the Mountaineers within 68-63 with seven seconds to play. LeJaun Watts nailed two free throws in the closing seconds for the final margin.

Huff finished with six points – all on free throws – and missed all eight of his field-goal attempts.

–Field Level Media

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Ticket prices for Super Bowl LX continued to plunge hours before the start of Sunday’s game at Levi’s Stadium.

The “get-in” price for two tickets was $3,361 across several major ticketing sites as of 3 p.m. ET, according to ticket tracking service TicketData. That represented a 22% drop over the past three days — and a 50% drop since the get-in price climbed to $6,620 the day after the matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots was finalized.

The average get-in price on Thursday was $4,226. Despite throngs of fans flying in on Friday and Saturday, ticket prices continued to decline leading up to the game.

SUPER BOWL LX TICKET PRICES*

TICKET SITE: FEB. 8, FEB. 5 PRICE, JAN. 26 PRICE

SeatGeak: $3,685, $4,414, $6,776

StubHub: $3,679, $4,626, $6,689

Vivid Seats: $3,296, $4,132, $6,630

Ticketmaster: $3,510, $4,356, $6,896

*Cheapest price for two tickets together

Sunday marks the Seahawks’ first Super Bowl appearance since their XLIX loss to the Patriots 11 years ago in Glendale, Ariz. New England has appeared in three Super Bowls since then, but this is the first in the post-Tom Brady era and punctuates the Patriots’ first year under coach Mike Vrabel.

Super Bowl LX will also be the first title game held at Levi’s Stadium since Super Bowl 50 in 2016.

The record prices for Super Bowl LVIII two years ago in Las Vegas, where get-in prices topped $7,000 shortly after the matchup between the 49ers and Chiefs was finalized, aren’t in jeopardy. The average get-in price ultimately rose to a record of nearly $8,900 before dipping to just over $7,000 on game day.

Last year’s Super Bowl prices eventually dropped to an average of $2,109 on game day, due in large part to New Orleans’ limited hotel capacity along with what was dubbed “Chiefs fatigue” leading into the game dominated by Philadelphia against Kansas City.

Seattle remains a consensus 4.5-point favorite to beat New England in Super Bowl LX. The lines have been consistent among major sportsbooks at 4.5 points for the past week.

–Derek Harper, Field Level Media