Ewing, Hoyas beat Mullin, St. John’s
Young scores 27 in Sooners’ victory
NEW YORK — Patrick Ewing mostly kept his hands in his suit pockets as he paced the Madison Square Garden sideline. The 7-footer had already served his tenure banging-andbumping at the Garden for 15 years and over 35,000 minutes logged as a New York Knick, so he could be excused for playing it cool as coach.
“My body still aches from the years I played here,” Ewing said, laughing.
If the body suffered, the nostalgia at least felt sweet at the Garden for the returning Knicks great and Georgetown coach, and more than a little familiar. Ewing was back at his professional home and got the better of Chris Mullin and St. John’s one more time in a throwback to their Big East days of the 1980s.
“This is what dreams are made of,” Ewing said.
Jessie Govan hit a 3-pointer from the top of the arc to put the Hoyas ahead with 25 seconds left and they held on to beat the Red Storm 69-66 on Tuesday night at MSG.
Ewing walked off the court pumping his fist to the hearty calls of “Patrick! Patrick!” and high-fived a few fans just a few sections over from where his retired No. 33 hangs in the rafters.
“I’m going to go ice my elbow right now,” Ewing said.
Ewing and Mullin squared off as coaches of their alma maters for the first time, sparking memories of their glory days when Georgetown went 3-1 vs. the Red Storm in 1984-85 and the teams were ranked in the top three for all four meetings.
“Someone asked me today, what’s the chance you thought this would happen,” Mullin said. “I said, ’100 percent never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be here in 2018 coaching St. John’s against Patrick Ewing coaching Georgetown.” No. 2 WEST VIRGINIA 57, BAYLOR 54: In Morgantown, W.Va., Jevon Carter sank the go-ahead 3-pointer with 57.5 seconds left and the Mountaineers (15-1, 4-0 Big 12) escaped the Bears (11-5, 1-3).
“I’m the point guard so I always want the ball in my hands,” Carter said. “I just came off the ball screen and had a little bit of space and I knocked it in. We came up big.” No. 3 VIRGINIA 68, SYRACUSE 61: In Charlottesville, Va., Kyle Guy scored 22 points, De’Andre Hunter added 15 and the Cavaliers (15-1, 4-0 ACC) beat the Orange.
No. 5 PURDUE 70, MICHIGAN 69: In Ann Arbor, Mich., Isaac Haas made a tiebreaking free throw with four seconds remaining and the Boilermakers (16-2, 5-0 Big Ten) snapped a seven-game winning streak by the Wolverines (14-4, 3-2). No. 9 OKLAHOMA 75, No. 8 TEXAS TECH 65: In Norman, Okla., Trae Young scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half to help the Sooners (13-2, 3-1 Big 12) beat the Red Raiders (14-2, 3-1). No. 12 KANSAS 83, IOWA STATE 78: In Lawrence, Kan., Malik Newman scored 27 points and the Jayhawks (13-3, 3-1 Big 12) staved off an upset bid by the Cyclones (9-6, 0-4.) MARQUETTE 84, No. 13
SETON HALL 64: In Milwaukee, Andrew Rowsey scored 31 points and the Golden Eagles (12-5, 3-2 Big East) used a 16-0 run in the second half to pull away from the Pirates (14-3, 3-1). No. 20 NORTH CAROLINA 96, BOSTON COLLEGE 66: In Chapel Hill, N.C., Luke Maye had career highs of 32 points and 18 rebounds for the Tar Heels (134, 2-2 ACC) in an easy win over the Eagles (11-6, 2-3). No. 21 KENTUCKY 74, TEXAS A&M 73: In Lexington, Ky., PJ Washington made a steal that led to Kevin Knox’s go-ahead layup with 2:28 left to help the Wildcats (13-3, 3-1 SEC) rally past the Aggies (11-5, 0-4). No. 22 AUBURN 85, OLE MISS 70: In Auburn, Ala., Desean Murray had 16 points and eight rebounds to help the Tigers (15-1, 3-0 SEC) erase a 10-point halftime deficit and beat the Rebels (9-7, 2-2) . No. 24 TENNESSEE 92, VANDERBILT 84: In Nashville, Tenn., Grant Williams scored 37 points as the Volunteers 11-4, 2-2 SEC) beat the Commodores (6-10, 1-3). No. 25 CREIGHTON 85, BUTLER 74: In Omaha, Neb., Marcus Foster scored 21 of his 23 points in the first half for the Bluejays (14-3, 4-1 Big East). BOISE STATE 70, FRESNO STATE 64: In Fresno, Calif., Chandler Hutchison made two free throws with 18 seconds left as the Broncos (14-3, 4-1) beat the Bulldogs (12-6, 2-3). SAN DIEGO STATE 85, SAN JOSE STATE 49: In San Diego, senior forward Malik Pope scored 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting as the Aztecs (11-4, 3-1) stomped the Spartans (3-13, 0-5).
Women
No. 1 UCONN 80, UCF 44: In Storrs, Conn., Azura Stevens came off the bench to score 19 points, leading the Huskies (140, 4-0 American) to their 100th consecutive regular-season win.