Stanford springs surprise win over No. 4 Arizona
Spencer Jones scored all 18 of his points in the second half for Stanford and played a key role in neutralizing Pac-12 leading scorer Azuolas Tubelis, as the Cardinal stunned visiting No. 4 Arizona 88-79 on Saturday night.
Stanford (11-14, 5-9 Pac12) beat a ranked team for the first time this season and a top-five team for the second time in two seasons. Arizona (22-4, 11-4) had a seven-game win snapped.
Courtney Ramey scored a season- and game-high 26 points for Arizona, which could not overcome Tubelis' worst game of the season. The junior forward, who had 40 points against Oregon on Feb. 2 and had averaged a near double-double this season (20.9 points, 9.7 rebounds) to lead the conference in both categories, was held to four points.
Tubelis did not have a rebound and committed four fouls.
Stanford's Michael O'Connell scored a teamhigh 22 points, helping the Cardinal outshoot the Wildcats 61% to 46% from the field. Brandon Angel added 14 points for Stanford, Harrison Ingram contributed 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds.
Pelle Larsson and Cedric Henderson Jr. scored 12 points each for Arizona.
Jones took command of a back-and-forth game a third of the way through the second half, scoring all 13 of Stanford's points during a nearly seven-minute stretch that ended with a layup that gave the Cardinal a 67-66 lead with 7:35 remaining.
A three-point play by Angel extended Stanford's lead to 70-66 before a Ramey 3-pointer cut the lead to one.
But the Cardinal scored the next nine points, punctuating the run with a 3-pointer by O'Connell that extended their lead to 7969 with 3:28 left.
NO. 15 SAINT MARY'S 81, PORTLAND 64 >> Logan Johnson had 34 points, six rebounds and six assists as the Gaels handled the Pilots on the road.
Alex Ducas added 18 points and six rebounds for Saint Mary's (22-5, 11-1 West Coast Conference) and Aidan Mahaney contributed 10 points and five assists.
Kristian Sjolund led Portland (13-15, 5-8) with 12 points.
The Gaels, who were coming off a 78-74 overtime loss at Loyola Marymount on Thursday, took a 39-38 lead into halftime after a back-and-forth first half. They began the second half on a 16-0 run to blow the game open and never trailed again.
Johnson, an alum of St. Franics-Mountain View, took advantage of vulnerabilities in the Pilots' defense to take over on offense, while the Gaels' defense improved.
Saint Mary's was 15 of 32 (46.9%) from beyond the arc and outrebounded Portland 41-22.
NO. 3 ALABAMA 77, AUBURN 69 >> Rylan Griffen scored 16 points, Mark Sears added 15 and the visiting Crimson Tide held off a big challenge from the Tigers, their in-state rivals.
Alabama (22-3, 12-0 SEC) remained the only Power 5
team without a league loss.
Sears and Griffen helped Alabama overcome an off shooting performance from star Brandon Miller, who had 13 points but missed all seven 3-point attempts.
Wendell Green Jr. had 16 of his 24 points in the second half for Auburn. Jaylin Williams had 14 of his 16 points before the half. But the Tigers (17-8, 7-5) missed nine straight shots in the final minutes and have dropped five of their last six games.
NO. 5 TEXAS 94, WEST VIRGINIA 60 >>
Sir'Jabri Rice scored 24 points in just 17 minutes in the Longhorns' home win over the Mountaineers.
Texas (20-5) remained in first place in the Big 12 at 9-3, while West Virginia (15-10, 4-8) lost for the sixth time in its last seven games against the Longhorns.
Rice, a guard who transferred this season from New Mexico State, was nearly perfect. He converted 5 of 6 field-goal attempts, including 4 of 5 3-pointers and all 10 free throws. The Longhorns only missed one free throw in 25 attempts.
MISSOURI 86, NO. 6 TENNESSEE 85 >> D'Andre Gholston hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Tigers a stunning road victory over the Volunteers.
With 4.2 seconds left in the game and Tennessee (19-6, 8-4 SEC) leading 85-83, Santiago Vescovi missed a free throw. His second attempt was waved off when Tobe Awaka committed a lane violation, setting up a final chance for the Tigers (19-6, 7-5).
Gholston took the inbounds and dribbled up the court before taking an off-balance contested 3-pointer from about 30 feet that swished through the net at the buzzer.
NO. 8 VIRGINIA 69, DUKE 62, OT >> Armaan Franklin scored 23 points, including a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left, to lift the Cavaliers over the visiting Blue Devils.
Kihie Clark added 16 points for Virginia (19-4, 11-3 ACC), which won despite a 9-for-22 performance from the free-throw line.
Duke (17-8, 8-6) seemed poised to win when Kyle Filipowski drove on the final play of regulation and two defenders contested his shot. The officials initially whistled a foul, but waved it off after a review.
NO. 9 KANSAS 78, OKLAHOMA 55 >> Jalen Wilson scored 18 points and the Jayhawks rolled to a road victory over the Sooners.
Wilson, who entered the day leading the Big 12 with nearly 21 points per game, bounced back from a twopoint outing against Texas on Monday.
Dajuan Harris added 16 points for Kansas (20-5, 8-4 Big 12).
Jalen Hill scored 14 points for Oklahoma (1213, 2-10).
NO. 10 MARQUETTE 89, GEORGETOWN 75 >> Kam Jones, Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek each scored 14 points to lead a balanced scoring attack for the visiting Golden Eagles (20-6, 12-3 Big East) in their win over the Hoyas.
Jay Heath scored 18 points to lead last-place Georgetown (6-20, 1-14), which has lost five straight.