Baylor holds off Oklahoma 60-54
Purdue turns back Penn State in OT
WACO, Texas — Johnathan Motley had 21 points with 16 rebounds and No. 9 Baylor ended a two-game slide with a 60-54 victory over Oklahoma on Tuesday night to remain in a tie for second place in the Big 12.
Baylor almost blew all of a 15-point lead in the second half, and held on even after not making a field goal in the last 6 minutes
Oklahoma used a 21-8 run to get within 49-47 on Jamuni McNeace’s jumper with 9:21 left. But Manu Lecomte then hit consecutive 3-pointers for the Bears, though those were more than 2 minutes apart and were their last field goals.
The Bears (23-5, 10-5) stayed even with No. 12 West Virginia and Iowa State in the conference standings with three games left in the regular season. Baylor’s Big 12 title hopes likely ended with a 67-65 home loss Saturday to No. 3 Kansas (24-3, 12-2).
Kameron McGusty had 13 points to lead the Sooners (9-18, 3-12).
(11) KENTUCKY72, MISSOURI 62: In Columbia, Mo., Bam Adebayo’s fourth doubledouble of the season helped the Wildcats (23-5, 13-2 SEC) avoid a late-season upset, as the freshman scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a win
over the Tigers (7-20, 2-13 SEC). (13) FLORIDA STATE 81,
SOUTH CAROLINA 66: In Gainesville, Fla., KeVaughn Allen scored 26 points, a considerably better performance than his last game against South Carolina, and the Gators (23-5, 13-2 SEC) beat the Gamecocks (20-8, 10-5). Florida, won its ninth consecutive game.
(14) PURDUE 74, PENN STATE
70 (OT): In State College, Pa., Ryan Cline scored six of his 11 points in overtime to lift the Boilermakers (23-5, 12-3 Big Ten) over the Nittany Lions (14-14, 6-9).
Cline hit consecutive 3-pointers to secure his team’s sixth straight win in a game the Boilermakers led for just 9:16.
(25) WICHITA STATE 109,
EVANSVILLE 83: In Wichita, Kan., Shaq Morris had 18 points, Connor Frankamp and Markis McDuffie added 13 apiece and the Shockers (26-4, 16-1 Missouri Valley) announced their return to the Top 25 with a blitz of the Aces (14-16, 5-12).
Top 25 women
KANSAS STATE 79, (16)
OKLAHOMA 71: In Manhattan, Kan., Karyla Middlebrook scored 19 points, Breanna Lewis added 18 and the Wildcats (20-8, 10-6 Big 12) held off the Sooners (21-7, 12-4 Big 12). Kansas State has 20 wins for the first time since the 2011-12 season.