Calipari reaches 400 wins with Kentucky

Antonio Reeves scored 27 points and No. 8 Kentucky beat Mississippi State 90-77 on Wednesday night in Lexington, Ky., for coach John Calipari's 400th victory with the Wildcats.

Kentucky (13-3, 3-1 SEC) shot 62% in the second half and 56% overall to provide the milestone victory for the Hall of Famer, who became the third-fastest active coach to achieve that with a program. Bill Self reached 400 wins in 484 games with Kansas, and Mark Few hit 400 in 499 outings at Gonzaga.

Calipari downplayed the achievement and said he wasn't paying attention to numbers but noted, “You stay long enough and you have enough really good players, a lot of those things happen.”

Rob Dillingham added 16 points for the Wildcats, who made 23 of 31 twopoint attempts.

Tolu Smith III had 26 points for the Bulldogs (125, 1-3). They dropped their third of four SEC games, failing to regroup from a home loss to Alabama. Mississippi State shot 35% in the first half and 53% in the second.

Meanwhile Kentucky — the SEC's top scoring offense and ranked second nationally — maintained its per-game average against a defense that entered the game allowing just under 65 points per outing to rank second in the league.

NO. 1 UCONN 62, NO. 18 CREIGHTON 48 >>

Tristen Newton scored 16 points and host UConn (16-2, 6-1 Big East) used a stifling defense to beat Creighton (13-5, 4-3).

Cam Spencer and Alex Karaban each had 13 points for the Huskies, with all of Karaban's scoring coming in the second half.

Star center Donovan Clingan returned after missing five games with a tendon injury in his right foot. The 7-foot-2 sophomore scored six points with five rebounds in 16 minutes.

Steven Ashworth led Creighton with 14 points while Baylor Scheierman, who came into the game averaging 18 points a game, added 12.

NO. 4 NORTH CAROLINA 86, LOUISVILLE 70 >>

RJ Davis scored 21 points and host North Carolina beat Louisville for its seventh straight victory, the Tar Heels' longest winning streak in five seasons.

Armando Bacot had 19 points, Cormac Ryan added 17 and former Louisville player Jae'Lyn Withers scored 15 off the bench for North Carolina (14-3, 6-0 ACC).

The Tar Heels have won seven in a row for the first time under thirdyear coach Hubert Davis. They're off to their best ACC start in eight years.

NO. 5 HOUSTON 77, NO. 25 TEXAS TECH 54 >>

Jamal Shead scored a career-high 29 points and also had 10 assists, J'Wan Roberts added 12 points and host Houston (15-2, 2-2 Big 12) snapped a two-game losing streak. Shead scored 15 first-half points, shooting 6 for 9 from the field as Houston led 38-29 at the half.

NO. 13 AUBURN 80, VANDERBILT 65 >>

Jaylin Williams hit every shot he attempted, scoring 21 points as Auburn coasted in Nashville, Tenn., to its 10th straight victory. Williams knocked down five shots in the first half, including a pair of 3s, and five free throws, and his dunk with 19 seconds left helped the Tigers (15-2, 4-0 SEC) take a 41-24 lead into halftime.

TCU CANCELS 2 GAMES >>

BASEBALL

MLB

American League

NEW YORK YANKEES:

Agreed to terms with RHP Marcus Stroman on a two-year contract. Designated OF Oscar Gonzalez for assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS:

Agreed to terms with RHP Austin Voth on a one-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS:

Agreed to terms with CFs Pascual Archila and Andres Arias, Cs Esmeiquel Arrieche, Franklin Rojas and Randy Soto SSs J.T. Bain, Rafael Flores and Angel Guzman, OF Wilmer Blanca, RHPs Ismauri Bueno, Rafael De Jesus, Victor Espiritu, Johandi Medina, Angel Rivero and Pedro Tucent and INF Endry Reyes on minor league contracts.

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES:

Agreed to terms with SS Juan Mateo on a minor league contract.

CINCINNATI REDS:

Agreed to terms with LHP Tyler Gilbert on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL

NBA

INDIANA PACERS:

Johnson.

WNBA

FOOTBALL

NFL

Waived F James

PHOENIX MERCURY:

Named Megan Vogel and Michael Joiner assistant coaches.

BALTIMORE RAVENS:

No. 10 Memphis (15-2) vs. S. Florida (9-5), 4 p.m.

No. 14 Illinois (12-4) at Michigan (7-10), 5:30 p.m.

No. 23 FAU (13-4) vs. Wichita St. (8-8), 4 p.m.