Jones’ late 3 lifts Texas
Go-ahead basket with 1.8 seconds left stuns No. 14 West Virginia
Andrew Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 4 Texas to a 72-70 victory over No. 14 West Virginia on Saturday.
Jones took a pass from Courtney Ramey and hit an uncontested shot from the right corner after West Virginia’s Emmitt Matthews missed two free throws with 11 seconds left.
Ramey scored 19 points for Texas (10-1, 4-0 Big 12), which trailed for most of the game and had to come from nine points down in the second half. Jones finished with 16 points, Matt Coleman had 13 and freshman Greg Brown had 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Texas scored the final seven points of the game and avenged last year’s 38point loss at West Virginia, which the fifth-worst loss in program history and the worst under coach Shaka Smart.
Taz Sherman scored 17 points, Sean Mcneil added 14 points and Derek Culver had his seventh double-double of the season, with 14 points and 16 rebounds, for the Mountaineers (9-4,
2-3).
Gonzaga 116, Portland 88: Joel Ayayi posted the first triple-double in No. 1 Gonzaga history and the Bulldogs routed Portland for their 16th straight win.
Baylor 67, TCU 49: Jared Butler scored a season-high 28 points and No. 2 Baylor stayed undefeated with another another double-digit win even after trailing at halftime for the first time this season.
Kansas 63, Oklahoma 59: David Mccormack hit the clinching short hook shot with 12.8 seconds to go, giving No. 6 Kansas’ big man 17 points against short-handed Oklahoma. Ochai Agbaji added 14 points and Jalen Wilson had nine points and 11 rebounds, helping Kansas (11-2, 4-1 Big 12) avoid back-to-back losses in Allen Fieldhouse for the first time since the first season under Roy Williams in 1988-89. The Sooners (6-4, 2-3), playing without Brady Manek and Jalen Hill because of COVID-19 protocols, took a 57-56 lead when Austin Reaves hit a jumper from the free-throw line with
21 / 2minutes to go. But Mccormack scored over Oklahoma’s Kur Kuath to give Kansas the lead back, and Wilson’s 3-pointer made it 61-57 with 1:26 to go.
Creighton 97, St. John’s 79: Denzel Mahoney scored a season-high 24 points to lead six players in double figures with star Marcus Zegarowski out of the lineup, and No. 7 Creighton pulled away early in a victory over St. John’s. The Bluejays (10-2, 6-1) won their sixth straight Big East game in the same season for the first time since joining the conference in 2013. The Red Storm (6-6, 1-5) dropped to 0-4 on the road. Zegarowski, the Big East preseason player of the year and the Bluejays’ season scoring leader, was held out because of an undisclosed injury. Stadium reported the junior point guard tweaked his hamstring against Seton Hall on Wednesday.
Tennessee 68, Texas A&M 54: Santiago Vescov scored a career-high 23 points, including six 3-pointers, and No. 9 Tennessee beat Texas A&M.
Houston 71, Tulane 50: Marcus Sasser scored 20 of his career-high 28 points in the first half to lead No. 11 Houston past Tulane.
Ohio State 79, Rutgers 68: Duane Washington Jr. scored 17 points and Ohio State closed the first half with a big run to beat No. 15 Rutgers.
Texas Tech 91, Iowa State 64: Kyler Edwards scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half as No. 18 Texas Tech built a huge lead and breezed
past Iowa State.
Duke 79, Wake Forest 68: Matthew Hurt scored a career-high 26 points to help No. 21 Duke beat Wake Forest in Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s return from a one-game absence due to COVID-19 protocols. Krzyzewski missed Wednesday’s one-point win against Boston College. He had said previously that he and his wife were following quarantine protocols after a family member had tested positive for COVID-19, though Krzyzewski said both of them had tested negative. He said he was tested again early Saturday before being cleared. He said a daughter and granddaughter are fighting the virus and “doing OK but not great.”
Virginia 61, Boston College 49: Jay Huff matched his career-high with 18 points, adding eight rebounds to lead No. 22 Virginia over Boston College.
Syracuse 74, Georgetown 69: Buddy Boeheim scored 21 points and Syracuse held off rival Georgetown. The Orange (7-2) have won four of their last five and rebounded from a 63-60 loss at home against Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Georgetown (3-8) has lost five straight. Joseph Girard III of Glens Falls had 18 points, a seasonbest eight assists, and two steals for Syracuse. Quincy Guerrier added 12 points and nine rebounds. Marek Dolezaj had 11 points and nine rebounds. Boeheim and Girard each had three of the Orange’s nine 3-pointers.