Valpo deals No. 25 Drake its first defeat
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Valparaiso 74, No. 25 Drake 57
VALPARAISO, Ind. — Ben Krikke scored 15 points as Valparaiso handed Drake its first loss. The defeat by the Bulldogs (18-1, 9-1 Missouri Valley) left No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 2 Baylor as the only remaining Division I men’s teams still undefeated.
A day after Valparaiso (7-12, 4-6) squandered a double-digit lead in the second half and lost to Drake 80-77, the Crusaders pulled away for just their second victory over a top-25 opponent since beating Mississippi in the 1998 NCAA tournament.
No. 3 Villanova 84, Georgetown 74
VILLANOVA, Pa. — Jermaine Samuels scored a career-high 32 points, Jeremiah Robinson-Earl added 14 and Collin Gillespie had 12 for the Wildcats (12-2, 7-1 Big East). Jahvon Blair scored 18 points and Qudus Wahab 17 for the Hoyas (5-9, 3-6).
Indiana 67, No. 8 Iowa 65
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Armaan Franklin sank a 15-foot, tiebreaking jumper with 1.8 seconds left to cap a late rally by the Hoosiers (10-8, 5-6 Big Ten) against the Hawkeyes (13-6, 7-5). Franklin had scored just two points on 1-for-9 shooting until making the winner. Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 17 points, and Iowa’s Luka Garza and Joe Wieskamp each had 18.
WOMEN No. 1 Louisville 71, Notre Dame 65
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dana Evans scored 27 points, including the game’s last five. The Cardinals (18-1, 11-1 ACC) won their second straight, and their lone senior was a major reason. The Player of the Year candidate scored 16 of her points in the first half to help Louisville take a 42-34 lead at the break, and with the Irish (8-8, 6-6) having closed to 66-65, she hit a 3-pointer with 57 seconds remaining and two free throws with 13 seconds left.
UNC 76, No. 4 N.C. State 69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Freshman Alyssa Ustby had season-highs of 20 points and 12 rebounds to help North Carolina upset rival North Carolina State.
Stephanie Watts added 17 points for the Tar Heels (9-8, 4-8 ACC), who hit a season-high 11 3-pointers and led by as many as a dozen after halftime. UNC had won just one game since shortly before Christmas.
Elissa Cunane scored 14 points to lead the Wolfpack (12-2, 7-2).
No. 8 Baylor 64, Kansas State 52
MANHATTAN, Kan. — NaLyssa Smith scored 17 points as Baylor (14-2, 9-1 Big 12) beat Kansas State (5-11, 0-9) for the 35th straight time.
No. 7 Texas A&M 69, No. 16 Arkansas 67
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Kayla Wells had a seasonhigh 21 points and Jordan Nixon made a layup with eight seconds remaining for the Aggies (18-1, 9-1 SEC) against the Razorbacks (14-7, 4-6).
A 3-pointer by Amber Ramirez tied it at 67 with less than 90 seconds to go. Both teams missed a shot on their next possession before Nixon drove into the lane for the basket to put the Aggies up for good. Ramirez missed a 3-point attempt after that.
No. 6 Stanford 83, Utah 41
STANFORD, Calif. — Cameron Brink’s 12 points and 10 rebounds helped the Cardinals (17-2, 14-2 Pac-12) breeze past the Utes (5-11, 4-11) in a game Stanford led 47-14 at halftime.
No. 5 UCLA 84, Washington 50
SEATTLE — Charisma Osborne’s 21 points and seven rebounds guided the Bruins (11-3, 9-3 Pac-12) past the Huskies (4-10, 1-10).
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North Carolina 91, Duke 87
DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman Caleb Love scored a seasonhigh 25 points to help North Carolina win a rare meeting with both rivals unranked.
Junior Leaky Black hit two clinching free throws with 7.2 seconds left for the Tar Heels (12-6, 7-4 ACC), who ended a three-game losing streak against the Blue Devils (7-7, 5-5) despite blowing all of a 12-point secondhalf lead.
The longtime fierce rivals entered this matchup with both unranked for the first time since February 1960. Duke’s famously rowdy fans in Cameron Indoor Stadium were absent because of COVID protocols.
The Tar Heels shot 53% and hit 10 of 15 3-pointers after shooting just 30% from behind the arc entering the game, including four each from Love and fellow freshman Kerwin Walton.
Georgia Tech 82, Notre Dame 80
ATLANTA — Michael Devoe made back-to-back shots in the final 2:06 and scored 19 points to help Georgia Tech (9-6, 5-4 ACC) rally from a 17-point deficit against the Irish (7-10, 4-7). Devoe scored 14 points and made all five of his field-goal attempts in the second half.
No. 11 Tennessee 82, Kentucky 71
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keon Johnson scored 17 of his careerhigh 27 points after halftime, Jaden Springer added a careerhigh 23, and the Volunteers (13-4, 6-4 SEC) overcame a 58-48 deficit with 12 minutes left against the Wildcats (5-12, 4-6).
No. 15 Creighton 71, Marquette 68
MILWAUKEE — Shereef Mitchell’s late defense helped Creighton (14-5, 10-4 Big East) escape after it squandered most of a 12-point lead to the Golden Eagles (9-10, 5-8).
USC 66, No. 21 UCLA 48
LOS ANGELES — Ethan Anderson had career highs of five 3-pointers and 19 points as Southern California (15-3, 9-2) tied the short-handed Bruins (13-4, 9-2) atop the Pac-12.
No. 24 Purdue 75, Northwestern 70
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jaden Ivey scored a careerhigh 20 points, grabbed seven rebounds and provided the energy the Boilermakers (13-7, 8-5 Big Ten) needed to beat the Wildcats (6-10, 3-9). William & Mary transfer Chase Audige had 18 points for Northwestern.