Louisiana Tech takes on Alabama in college basketball.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Collin Sexton made four free throws over the final 8 seconds to lift No. 24 Alabama to a come-from-behind 77-74 victory over Louisiana Tech on Wednesday night.
The Crimson Tide (6-1) overcame an 11-point deficit over the last 14 minutes and held off the previously unbeaten Bulldogs (5-1).
Louisiana Tech's Jacobi Harris missed a 3-pointer from the right wing and Jalen Harris grabbed the rebound and hit a layup with 2 seconds left to make it a 1-point game. Riley Norris heaved the inbounds pass across midcourt to Sexton, who made two free throws with just over 1 second left.
Louisiana Tech's Derric Jean, who had hit the game-winning 3-pointer against Evansville, fired a Hail Mary pass. Harris just got off a potential tying 3-pointer that bounced off the rim.
Dazon Ingram and Sexton, the Southeastern Conference's leading scorer, led Alabama with 22 points each. Ingram also made two foul shots with 27 seconds remaining.
Donta Hall had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Tide.
Daquan Bracey scored 21 points to lead Louisiana Tech. Jacobi Boykins had 14 points and Harris and Jy'lan Washington 12 apiece.
Alabama was coming off an 89-84 loss to No. 12 Minnesota after going the final 10-plus minutes with three players due to injury and ejections of the entire bench. Sexton set an Alabama freshman record with 40 points in that game.
BIG PICTURE Louisiana Tech: Led most of the way in a bid for its first regular-season win over a ranked team since 1984. First
true road game of the season. It was the program's first game against a ranked opponent since 2011.
Alabama: Is 6-1 for the first time since 2012-13. Scored the final eight points of the first half, cutting a 10-point deficit to 38-37. Alabama didn't lead from the opening 2 minutes until the final 6. Herbert Jones fouled out.
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Alabama continues a three-game home stand against UCF on Sunday. NO. 15 GONZAGA 103, INCARNATE WORD 68 SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Rui Hachimura scored 18 points and Zach Norvell Jr. added 17 as No. 15 Gonzaga beat Incarnate Word.
Josh Perkins scored 16 and Jacob Larsen 14 for Gonzaga (6-1), which lost to North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament title game last season.
Jalin Hart scored 17 points for Incarnate Word (3-3), which is in its second season of Division I basketball.
Perkins made all six of his shots, including four 3-pointers. The Zags finished with 12 3s.
Gonzaga shot 54 percent while holding the Cardinals to 44 percent, and won the rebound battle 41-27.
This game went off the rails early for Incarnate Word.
With the score tied 2-2, Gonzaga went on a 17-0 run as the Cardinals were held scoreless for more than 5 minutes.
A 10-4 run a few minutes later gave Gonzaga a 35-14 lead. The Zags shot 70 percent over the first 12 minutes of the game, with six 3-pointers.
The Zags cooled off, missing nine of 10 shots, but still led 49-26 at halftime. Gonzaga shot 56 percent in the first half, hitting eight 3-pointers.
Silas Melson had six points as Gonzaga opened the second half with an 18-6 run to build a 67-32 lead.
The Bulldogs substituted freely but the Cardinals did not threaten after that.
The Bulldogs have held 63 consecutive opponents to under 50 percent shooting, dating to 2015.
NO. 23 TCU 87, BELMONT 76
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Vladimir Brodziansky scored 22 points and No. 23 TCU extended the nation's longest winning streak to 12 games.
The 6-foot-11 senior from Slovakia was 5 of 6 from 3-point range and 8 of 11 overall in TCU's first game since returning to The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in almost three years.
JD Miller had 16 points and eight rebounds for TCU, which won its last five games last season on the way to the NIT championship and is off to a 7-0 start for the third time in four seasons.
Kenrich Williams had his third straight double-double and fourth of the season with 11 points and 10 rebounds as the Frogs outrebounded the Bruins 37-23.
Dylan Windler scored 17 points and Kevin McClain and Amanze Egekeze had 15 apiece in a third straight loss for Belmont (4-4).