Zach Edey matched his season high with 35 points in his hometown, Braden Smith had a season-high 27 points and No. 4 Purdue rallied to beat Alabama 92-86 on Saturday.

In front of a pro-Purdue crowd in Canada that included several of his friends and family, Edey played in his home city for the first time since 2016-17, when he was a sophomore in high school.

“It’s amazing to be back,” Edey said. “They really came out, they showed love, they really supported us. Every time we needed a pick-me-up, the crowd was there for us.”

The senior center made 11 free throws without a miss and was 12 for 20 from the field. He also had seven rebounds.

“Obviously, Zach Edey is a leading candidate for national player of the year,” Alabama coach Nate Oats said. “You can see why, he’s a tough cover. We didn’t do a terrible job on him and he had 35 points. He makes things difficult.”

Edey passed Robbie Hummel to move into the top 10 on Purdue’s career scoring list.

“He’s a cornerstone of our program,” Boilermakers coach Matt Painter said of Edey. “Being able to schedule this game and get him back here was great. We should do this, you know, for everything he’s done for us.”

Edey stayed on the court after the game to salute the crowd, then shared a hug with his mother, who came down from the stands to give her son one of the shirts his group all wore: a yellow tee with ‘Welcome to Zach’s House’ printed in black letters across the chest.

Smith shot 9 for 20 and had eight assists for Purdue (9-1), which has won 32 straight nonconference regular-season games.

Arizona 98, Wisconsin 73

Pelle Larsson nailed his third 3-pointer of the first half, Caleb Love followed with a steal and a thunderous fastbreak slam, then Oumar Ballo capped the spectacular stretch with an alley-oop dunk.

The outburst took a scant 55 seconds. Top-ranked Arizona can flip a game in a hurry.

Larsson scored a career-high 21 points, Love added 20, and the No. 1 Wildcats rolled over No. 23 Wisconsin in Tucson, Ariz.

The Wildcats — playing as the top team in the country for the first time in nine years — looked comfortable in their new role, using a 25-8 run to end the first half and take a 17-point halftime lead.

“It felt like 50-2,” Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said.

It was tight game for the first 10 minutes, and the score was tied at 23-all with 8:50 left in the first half before a stretch of overwhelming offense from the Wildcats gave them a 48-31 advantage at the break.

The Badgers (7-3) came into the game on a six-game winning streak, including a win over then-No. 3 Marquette.

John Blackwell led Wisconsin with 17 points.

Kentucky 81, Penn 66

Aaron Bradshaw celebrated his homecoming with 17 points and 11 rebounds and Rob Dillingham also scored 17 points to lead No. 16 Kentucky past Penn at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The Wildcats (7-2) bounced back from last week’s loss to UNC-Wilmington in front of a decisive Big Blue crowd.

Kentucky took over Philly — from four area players in the roster, to the bulk of the 8,000 or so fans in attendance — and was considered the home team even though the Quakers (6-5) traveled all of about 4 miles for the game from its Ivy League campus.

Tennessee 86, Illinois 79

Dalton Knecht scored 21 points and No. 17 Tennessee rallied from a second-half deficit to beat No. 20 Illinois in Knoxville, Tenn.

Knecht had eight points in a pivotal four-minute stretch when Tennessee (6-3) rallied from a four-point deficit to a six-point lead with just over 13 minutes to play. The Illini were held scoreless in the stretch.

“Dalton’s really good,” said Illinois coach Brad Underwood. “Let’s be real. He does a good job getting fouled.”

Oklahoma 79, Arkansas 70

Javian McCollum had 20 points, five rebounds and four assists to lead undefeated No. 19 Oklahoma over Arkansas in the third annual Crimson & Cardinal Classic in Tulsa, Okla.

Arkansas coach Eric Musselman was ejected from the game with 15:50 remaining after being called for two technical fouls for arguing with the officials. The Razorbacks trailed 48-33 at the time.

Auburn 104, Indiana 76

Aden Holloway and Jaylin Williams each scored 24 points and Auburn rolled over Indiana 104-76 in Atlanta.

Holloway was 5 of 8 on 3-point attempts while Williams added seven assists. K.D. Johnson added 14 points for the Tigers (6-2), who rebounded from a 69-64 loss at Appalachian State.

Auburn shot 49%, made 14 of 29 3-point tries, 20 of 23 from the line and had only three turnovers.

Malik Reneau scored 15 points for the Hoosiers (7-2), who had a four-game win streak snapped.

Penn State 83, Ohio State 80

Ace Baldwin Jr.’s 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining cappped a rally from an 18-point second-half deficit and Penn State held on to defeat Ohio State in University Park, Pa.

After Baldwin’s 3-pointer — Penn State’s eighth of the second half — Bruce Thornton made two free throws to get Ohio State within one point. Zach Hicks made one of two from the line for a two-point Penn State lead and Ohio State’s Jamison Battle missed a 3-pointer with nine seconds left.

Penn State’s Qudus Wahab made a pair from the line for a four-point lead and Ohio State’s Dale Bonner was fouled on his driving layup that cut it to two with four seconds left. Bonner missed the free throw and Kanye Clary got the rebound then finished it off with one of two free throws.