No. 1 Alabama gets a bounce-back victory
Brandon Miller scored 21 points, and Nick Pringle had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 1 Alabama to a 108-59 romp over visiting Georgia on Saturday.
The Crimson Tide (23-4, 13-1 SEC) rebounded from their first SEC loss by racing to a 54-25 halftime lead and made 16 of 34 3s (47.1%) en route to a season scoring high.
Alabama was coming off a 6859 loss at No. 10 Tennessee on Wednesday night after rising to No. 1 for only the second time in program history and first in 20 years. The Bulldogs (16-11, 6-8) were 13 of 30 (43.3%) on foul shots.
NO. 5 KANSAS 87, NO. 9 BAYLOR 71 >> DaJuan Harris scored all 14 of his points in the second half as the host Jayhawks stormed back from a double-digit halftime deficit and beat the Bears.
Kansas (22-5, 10-4 Big 12) outscored Baylor 55-26 in the second half. Jalen Wilson led Kansas with 21 points and 13 rebounds.
Baylor (20-7, 9-5) was led by Adam Flagler with 22 points.
NO. 6 TEXAS 85, OKLAHOMA 83, OT >> Sir'Jabari Rice scored 20 of his 24 points in the second half and overtime, and the host Longhorns held off the Sooners.
Marcus Carr added 17 points for Texas (21-6, 10-4 Big 12).
Grant Sherfield led Oklahoma (13-14, 3-11) with 18 points.
KENTUCKY 66, NO. 10 TENNESSEE 54 >> Cason Wallace and Oscar Tshiebwe each scored 16 points and the Wildcats topped the visiting Volunteers (20-7, 9-5 SEC).
Kentucky (18-9, 9-5) earned its first regular-season sweep of Tennessee since the 2011-12 season.
NO. 7 VIRGINIA 57, NOTRE DAME 55 >> Kihei Clark scored 15 points, including a pair of critical free throws with 22.6 seconds left, and the Cavaliers got past the visiting Fighting Irish.
Armaan Franklin added 12 points for Virginia (21-4, 13-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Nate Laszewski had 18 points for Notre Dame (10-17, 2-14).
Women
BRINK BREAKS RECORD >> Cameron Brink became Stanford's career leader in blocked shots with six more and scored 12 points, including a key putback with 1:04 left, and the No. 3 Cardinal beat visiting 25th-ranked USC 50-47 on Friday night to take sole possession of the Pac-12 lead.
Brink began the night needing two blocks to break Jayne Appel's mark of 273 set from 20062010, then swatted away a layup by Kadi Sissoko at the 5:25 mark of the second for the record.
Close family friend and supporter Stephen Curry and his daughter, Riley — alongside 49ers quarterback Trey Lance — sat on the baseline cheering for her.
Brink has 278 career blocks and already held the single-season program record, moving her total to 99. She also grabbed 10 rebounds.
Brink told this newspaper recently that she will return for her final collegiate season.
“I think why you go to Stanford is to stay for four years and get your degree,” Brink said. HEAL TAMES BYU >> Tess Heal, the Santa Clara guard who has been named WCC Freshman of the Week 10 times in 14 weeks, should have locked up another one Thursday night.
Heal scored 39 points, one short of the program record, in a 78-72 loss to BYU. The record is held by Nici Gilday in 2014.