James Moses likes to think he plays his best against the best.

While that may not always happen, the Iowa senior certainly was in peak form against No. 6 Ohio State and Jim Jackson on Tuesday night.

Moses scored 21 points and his tenacious defense was instrumental in keeping Jackson in check as Iowa won 92-86 to knock the Buckeyes out of sole possession of first place in the Big Ten."Ohio State has a lot of great players, but we have some guys on this team that can be big-time players, too," Moses said. "I think we showed that tonight."

Moses and Co. definitely played big-time defense against Jackson, an All-American as a sophomore last year and the Big Ten's leading scorer this season with a 23.8 average.

Jackson made only two of 10 shots and scored a career-low seven points. Iowa (15-7, 7-5) played mostly man-to-man against the muscular 6-foot-6, 220-pounder, and the slender 6-4 Moses guarded him most of the time.

"I just wanted to pull myself up and meet the challenge," Moses said. "I know what a great player he is and how he can burn certain people at certain times.

"But I knew if I got down and did the things I was capable of doing defensively, I could keep him from driving around me."

It was only the second time this season that Jackson failed to lead the Buckeyes in scoring. He had scored 21 points in the Buckeyes' 85-81 victory over Iowa in Columbus last month.

"I shot well in warmups and I shot well in the shoot-around yesterday," said Jackson, a 53 percent shooter for the season. "For some reason, I just couldn't put it in tonight."

Ohio State (17-4, 9-2) needs Jackson to bounce back quickly. The Buckeyes are now tied for first with Indiana, which visits Ohio State on Sunday.

No. 2 UCLA 82, California 76

Dan MacLean scored 16 of his 25 points in the second half - including 12 in a row at one point - as second-ranked UCLA defeated California to stay atop the Pacific-10 Conference standings.

The victory was the sixth straight for UCLA (20-1, 11-1), but it was much more difficult than anticipated against a Cal team which started four freshmen.

The Golden Bears (8-13, 2-9) drew within 71-70 with five minutes remaining before MacLean and Tyus Edney scored eight of UCLA's final 11 points.

Georgia 87, No. 10 Arkansas 78

Litterial Green scored 30 points and led a second-half surge that powered Georgia over visiting Arkansas.

Arlando Bennett added a career-high 18 points and Kendall Rhine 16 points for the Bulldogs (12-10, 5-6). The SEC West-leading Razorbacks (19-6, 8-3), got 24 points and nine rebounds from Todd Day.

Georgia erased a 49-44 halftime deficit by scoring seven consecutive points, taking the lead on a layup by Bernard Davis only 1:03 after intermission.

Oliver Miller's layup 23 seconds later tied it for Arkansas, but Green made a 3-point basket for a 54-51 lead and the Bulldogs never trailed thereafter.

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Clemson 68, No. 16 Florida St. 67

Chris Whitney scored 21 points, including five 3-pointers, and freshman Sharone Wright hit a free throw with 21 seconds left as Clemson beat visiting Florida State.

The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the 16th-ranked Seminoles (18-7 overall, 10-5 ACC). It was their third loss in the past 14 games.

Clemson, which had lost three straight, improved to 13-9 and 3-8.

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