No. 1 Tennessee powers past Missouri for 17th straight win
Reddish scores 24, No. 2 Duke pulls away to beat BC 80-55
A file photo of Nelson Mandela. KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Feb 6, (AP): Admiral Schofield and Grant Williams scored 13 points each as No. 1 Tennessee defeated Missouri 72-60 on Tuesday night to extend its schoolrecord winning streak to 17 games.
Tennessee (21-1, 9-0 SEC) has the longest active winning streak of any Division I team. This latest victory also enabled Rick Barnes to match the longest winning streak of his 32-year head coaching career.
Barnes’ 2009-10 Texas team won its first 17 games before stumbling down the stretch to finish 24-10 with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss. for the Wolfpack (16-7, 4-6), who were coming off a woeful 24-point showing in Saturday’s loss to Virginia Tech.
In Champaign, Illinois, Ayo Dosunmu scored 24 points, and Illinois used a swarming defense to upset Michigan State.
Giorgi Bezhanishvili scored 16 for Illinois (8-15, 4-9 Big Ten), and Trent Frazier added 15 as the Illini handed the Spartans (18-5, 9-3) their third straight loss.
Cassius Winston led the Spartans with 21 points. Xavier Tillman added 16.
Illinois took a 71-68 lead on Dosunmu’s 3-pointer with 2:35 left. Dosunmu made another 3 with 1:57 remaining, and the Illini held on from there.
In Milwaukee, Shamorie Ponds scored 28 points, including a go-ahead layup with 16 seconds left, to give St John’s the victory over Marquette.
The loss ended an eight-game winning streak for the Golden Eagles and was their first defeat at their new home this season after 14 victories.
Hauser scored 19 points and Howard 17 for Marquette (19-4, 8-2 Big East), which lost at St John’s 89-69 on Jan 1.
Justin Simon added 19 points and Mustapha Heron scored 10 for St John’s (17-6, 5-5).
In Manhattan, Kansas, Barry Brown scored 18 points, Xavier Sneed hit a crucial 3-pointer with a minute to go, and Kansas State roughed up Kansas to snap a frustrating eight-game losing streak against its biggest rival.
Sneed finished with 14 points and Dean Wade added 12 for the Wildcats (17-5, 7-2), who not only maintained their place atop the Big 12 but dealt another tough road loss to the Jayhawks.
Kansas (17-6, 6-4) is just 1-6 in true road games this season.
Dedric Lawson led the Jayhawks with 18 points and nine rebounds, but the league’s leading scorer was just 6 of 15 from the floor.
In Syracuse, New York, Terance Mann scored 22 points, Mfiondu Kabengele added 18 and Florida State beat Syracuse.
Florida State (17-5, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its fourth straight after starting conference play with four losses in five games, including consecutive setbacks on the road to Boston College and Pittsburgh.
Syracuse (16-7, 7-3 ACC) entered the game 2-3 against ranked teams, having beaten two on the road. But the Orange fell far behind early against the Seminoles, rallied to within a point in the second half and then fizzled at the end.
Tyus Battle led Syracuse with 23 points, Elijah Hughes had 17 and Oshae Brissett had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Duke’s RJ Barrett (5) is defended by Boston College’s Ky Bowman (0) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Duke in Durham, North
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Verstappen was the sport’s youngest driver when he made his debut with Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso as a 17-year-old and the youngest ever winner at 18 at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
Horner said the years would eventually take their toll on Hamilton and Vettel and saw Verstappen, now the main man at the team after Australian Daniel Ricciardo left for Renault, as heir apparent.
“I think his maturity has increased, we saw that during the course of last year. He’s just much more rounded through experience,” said the Briton.
“He’s just more worldly, more experienced, he’s just in a better place to be able to deal with the pressures that are placed on him.”
Verstappen hit the headlines after Brazil, when he was ordered to do two days of public service for shoving French driver Esteban Ocon after the collision.
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