No. 11 UCLA just too hot to handle for No. 1 Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Isaac Hamilton scored 19 points, and T.J. Leaf had 17 points with 13 rebounds as 11th-ranked UCLA shot 53 percent to beat No. 1 Kentucky 97-92 on Saturday.
The Bruins (9-0) matched their season scoring average to win in their first visit to Rupp Arena and end the Wildcats’ 42-game home winning streak.
Malik Monk had 24 points, and De’Aaron Fox added 20 for Kentucky (7-1). VILLANOVA88 SAINT JOSEPH’S 57
Josh Hart had 16 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his first career tripledouble to lead the No. 2 Wildcats past the Hawks at Philadelphia.
Top-ranked Kentucky’s loss to UCLA on Saturday means Villanova (8-0), the defending national champion, should slide into the top spot in the next Associated Press Top 25 poll. KANSAS 89, STANFORD 74
Frank Mason III scored 20 points, and Devonte Graham delivered an early 3-point barrage and finished with 15 points in the fourth-ranked Jayhawks’ victory over the Cardinal at Lawrence, Kan.
Josh Jackson and Svi Mykhailiuk each added 15 points for Kansas (7-1), which overcame a monster game from Stanford’s Reid Travis to win their 44th in a row at Allen Fieldhouse. Travis had a career-best 29 points and nine rebounds for the Cardinal (6-3). The career 54-percent freethrow shooter was 19-of-22 from the line. WEST VIRGINIA 66 VIRGINIA 57
Esa Ahmad hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining, and the No. 25 Mountaineers closed the game on an 11-2 run to win at Charlottesville, Va., and end the sixth-ranked Cavaliers’ 24-game home winning streak.
Jevon Carter led West Virginia (6-1) with 11 points.
Darius Thompson scored 14 points to lead Virginia (7-1). GONZAGA 69, ARIZONA 62
Przemek Karnowski scored 18 points as the No. 8 Bulldogs defeated the 16th-ranked Wildcats in the inaugural Hoophall LA doubleheader at Staples Center.
Josh Perkins added 16 points for Gonzaga (8-0), which beat Arizona (6-2) for the first time since 2011 after losing six of the previous seven matchups. WISCONSIN 90 OKLAHOMA 70
Nigel Hayes scored 28 points for the No. 17 Badgers in their victory over the Sooners at Madison, Wis
Wisconsin (7-2) trailed Oklahoma (5-2) the entire first half but connected on eight of 14 3-point attempts in the second half to pull away after going 4-of-13 in the first half. PROVIDENCE 63 RHODE ISLAND 60
Jalen Lindsey scored nine of his 13 points in the second half as the Friars won at Providence, R.I., to hand the No. 21 Rams their third loss in four games.
From wire reports