New No. 1 Virginia beats Miami
CORAL GABLES, FLA. » New No. 1 Virginia looked the part Tuesday, never trailing and holding Miami to 38 percent shooting to win 59-50.
Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter scored 22 points, including a fourpoint play. But defense was the difference for the Cavaliers, who limited an opponent to 50 points or less for the 12th time.
The Cavaliers (24-2, 13-1 ACC) won in their first game since 1982 as the No. 1 team. They bounced back from an overtime home loss Saturday to Virginia Tech that ended a 15-game winning streak.
The Hurricanes (18-7, 7-6) lost their second in a row, and lost at home for only the second time.
The Cavaliers climbed atop the poll this week and played as the top-ranked team for the first time since their memorable upset loss to Chaminade some 35 years ago. They mixed man-to-man and zone, and the Hurricanes had trouble making a shot against either defense, often settling for attempts from long range.
The Hurricanes threw up four airballs, and another clanked off the underside of the rim. Virginia shut down the Hurricanes’ transition game, and they managed only four fast-break points.
Kyle Guy scored 13 points for the Cavaliers, who shot 46 percent. Ty Jerome had seven assists — one more than the Hurricanes. KANSAS 83, IOWA STATE 77» Udoka Azubuike scored 19 points, Malik Newman had 17 and 13th-ranked Kansas bounced back from a brutal loss at Baylor by beating Iowa State.
Lagerald Vick scored 16 points for the Jayhawks (20-6, 9-4 Big 12), who shot 48.4 percent from the floor and committed just seven turnovers.
Kansas took a five-point lead into the break after Nick WeilerBabb’s long 3 to end the half was waved off, and it quickly jumped ahead by 11 early in the second half.
The Cyclones chipped away at that deficit at times, even getting as close as three, but the Jayhawks pushed their lead to 76-63 with 4:46 left on back-to-back alley-oop dunks by Azubuike. TEXAS TECH 88, OKLAHOMA 78 » Keenan Evans scored 26 points and No. 7 Texas Tech beat 23rd-ranked Oklahoma in Division I scoring leader Trae Young’s first college game in the city where he was born.
Young, the son of former Texas Tech player Rayford Young, missed all nine 3-pointers while finishing with 19 points in front of a hostile Lubbock crowd that booed him just about every time he touched the ball in the Sooners’ fourth straight loss.
The Red Raiders (22-4, 10-3 Big 12) won their seventh straight game, including a six-game Big 12 run that’s the best in the conference this season. They tied the Sooners (16-9, 9-7) for the most Top 25 wins nationally this season at six. MISSOURI 62, TEXAS A&M 58 » Missouri held an 11-point lead with 5:39 remaining against No. 21 Texas A&M and the Tigers held on to win.
For the first 30 minutes, Missouri (18-8, 8-5 SEC) played solid defense and clean offense. At halftime, the Tigers had committed just two fouls and three turnovers. Robertson led the Tigers with 16 points and Jordan Barnett added 15.
Texas A&M (17-9, 6-7) came in ranked fourth nationally averaging 41.76 rebounds per game. The Aggies won the rebounding battle 46-30, but Davis picked up his second foul with 11:07 remaining in the first half and played limited minutes after. RHODE ISLAND 85, RICHMOND 67 » Jared Terrell had 17 points and 16th-ranked Rhode Island (21-3, 13-0 Atlantic 10) extended its winning streak to 16 games with a victory over Richmond (9-16, 7-6).
Cyril Langevine added 15 points and six rebounds off the bench for the Rams.