St. Louis ? Youth was served at the annual Braggin’ Rights game.

Dee Brown had 21 points, seven assists and five rebounds to lead a lineup that included three freshmen as No. 12 Illinois dominated No. 11 Missouri 85-70 on Saturday.

“We controlled all aspects of the game, in my opinion,” Brown said. “We played great and we did a great job of rebounding and getting loose balls.”

Illinois (8-0) has won the last three games in the neutral-site series, which again played to a sellout crowd of 22,153 at Savvis Center. It was the first time both teams were unbeaten since 1989.

“It needs to hurt and it does hurt,” Missouri coach Quin Snyder said. “It’s a crummy way to go into your Christmas. I thought we were ready to play.”

Brown and Ricky Clemons played to a virtual standstill in a battle of point guards. Clemons had 16 points and three assists and hit four three-pointers, while Brown made quick recovery from a shoulder injury early in the second half, missing only about 21/2 minutes.

“When Dee is making shots, I like him even more than I did when I said he was the most important signee at Illinois,” coach Bill Self said. “I know he’s only a freshman and lot of notoriety has come his way, but he deserves every bit of it.”

But Illinois excelled inside against an experienced Missouri front line, outrebounding the Tigers 42-32. Brian Cook barely missed his second straight double-double with 17 points, hitting all 10 free throws, and nine rebounds.

“Offensively, that was the best we’ve rebounded all year,” Self said. “Our guys inside were very active.”

Missouri’s Arthur Johnson, who entered the game with four double-doubles in the last five games, got into early foul trouble and never got into the flow, finishing with eight points and three rebounds. He had been averaging 17 points and eight boards, but often faced double-teaming.

“He came back in the second half and was really pressing,” Snyder said. “He’s in the locker room with his head in a towel crying, because it means something to him.”

Missouri's Jeffrey Ferguson and Brian Cook (34) of Illinois battle for a loose ball. Illinois defeated MU on Saturday in St. Louis.

MU’s Rickey Paulding matched his average with 17 points. Freshman Jimmy McKinney, the Tigers’ first St. Louis recruit in 30 years, added 15.

Illinois shot 45 percent overall, Missouri (6-1) a season-worst 37.7 percent. Illinois also helped itself at the line, going 21-for-25. Illinois led 39-32 at halftime, and stretched the lead to 59-41 with a 9-0 run early in the second half.

No. 7 Oklahoma 89, Georgia State 62

Norman, Okla. — Hollis Price had 22 points and seven assists to lead Oklahoma to its 28th straight victory at home, the third-longest streak in Division I. Price had 16 points in the first half as the Sooners (6-1) took control.

Leroy Davis led Georgia State (3-5) with 22 points, while Nate Williams, the Panthers’ top scorer, finished with just six points.

Oklahoma went up 6-5 on a basket by Kevin Bookout with 17:51 left in the half and would not trail again. Bookout finished with 10 points.

Lamont McIntosh hit a three-pointer from the right corner to pull the Panthers within 31-24 with 3:32 left. But Price hit four free throws during the next 20 seconds to make it 35-24 and the Sooners led 41-29 at halftime.

Oklahoma opened the second half with a 9-2 run.

Price’s layup with 17:16 remaining made it 50-33. Two minutes later, Price tossed an alley-oop to Ebi Ere who dunked it for a 54-34 lead.

Ere was 4-of-4 from the field in the second half and finished with 15 points and seven rebounds.

No. 20 Creighton 81, Nebraska 73

Lincoln, Neb. — Kyle Korver scored 25 points, including six three-pointers, as Creighton beat Nebraska. Korver hit three of the three-pointers in the opening eight minutes as the Bluejays took a 26-9 lead.

Creighton is off to a 9-0 start for the second time in four years.

Creighton has won four straight games in the series between the state’s only Division I basketball programs. It was the Bluejays’ second straight win at the Devaney Center but only the second in the last 14 games in Lincoln.

DeAnthony Bowden added 11 points and Tyler McKinney had 10 for the Bluejays.

Andrew Drevo had 23 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Cornhuskers (4-4), while Jake Muhleisen added 13 points.

Rice 80, Colorado 61

Houston — Omar-Seli Mance led four scorers in double figures with 19 points as Rice beat Colorado. Michael Harris had 15 points for Rice (5-2), Brock Gillespie scored 14 and Jason McKrieth added 10.

Rice led 43-25 at halftime and shot 58 percent for the game. Colorado (4-3) managed 32 percent shooting.

CU’s Michel Morandais led all scorers with 21 points and seven rebounds. Stephane Pelle had 12 points. David Harrison added 11.

SMU 66, Baylor 58

Dallas — Justin Isham had a career-high 17 points to lead SMU tover Baylor. Bryan Hopkins had 16 points, Eric Castro had 11, and Patrick Simpson grabbed 14 rebounds for SMU (3-4). Baylor (6-2) was led by Kenny Taylor, who scored 21 points. John Lucas added 10.

Baylor took an early lead, but a jumper by Bryan Hopkins with 8:26 left in the first half gave SMU the lead for good.

The Mustangs led 33-23 at halftime and were up by as many as 17 points in the second half. SMU shot a season-best 47 percent, compared to 33 percent for BU.

Oklahoma State 68, Wichita State 58

Wichita– It was a homecoming of sorts for Oklahoma State’s Melvin Sanders and he made the most of it.

Sanders, a Liberal High graduate who spent his freshman season at Seward County Community College, scored 19 points and Oklahoma State (8-1) came up with some big free throws in the final minute to beat Wichita State.

Sanders made only 3-of-10 shots in the first half, but finished wth a team-high 19 points in 33 minutes.

Wichita State (4-4) closed to within 62-58 with 1:13 left after Randy Burns, who led the Shockers with 22 points, hit two free throws. But Oklahoma State shut down the Shockers the rest of the way.

Jamar Howard scored 15 points for Wichita State and had a game-high 11 rebounds before fouling out with 1:38 left.

Oklahoma State got 16 points from Tony Allen and 10 from Victor Williams.

The Cowboys were outrebounded 43-29 but offset that by making 20-of-28 free throws and committing only 11 turnovers to Wichita State’s 23.

Texas Tech 85, New Mexico State 84

Lubbock, Texas — Andre Emmett scored five of the last seven points for Texas Tech, which held on to beat New Mexico State.

Tech led most of the way but New Mexico State battled back and had a chance to tie it with 2.5 seconds remaining. But Allen Haynes missed the second of two free throws to give Tech the win.

Emmett scored 31 points, and Kasib Powell added 20 points and 10 rebounds for Tech (7-1). Brandon Mason scored 20 points, and James Moore added 19 to lead the Aggies (7-2).

The matchup was the 44th between Tech coach Bob Knight and Lou Henson of New Mexico State. Knight holds the edge 29-15.