No. 9 West Virginia tops Texas Tech in double OT
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Jevon Carter and Tarik Phillip weren’t in the mood for another debilitating loss after the Mountaineers let a late lead slip away at the end of regulation for the second straight game.
Carter scored the go-ahead basket in the second overtime, and Phillip had six of his 15 points after regulation to help No. 9 West Virginia beat Texas Tech 83-74 on Saturday.
Unlike an overtime loss at No. 3 Kansas on Monday after the Mountaineers blew a big lead, West Virginia got the momentum back with some help from Texas Tech, which went scoreless for more than 4 minutes spanning both overtimes.
West Virginia (21-6, 9-5 Big 12) outscored the Red Raiders 13-4 in the second overtime.
Texas Tech (17-10, 5-9) wasted solid efforts from Keenan Evans and Niem Stevenson. Evans tied a career high with 28 points and Stevenson added 17.
Texas Tech came from seven points down to send the game into overtime tied at 64. Evans scored nine points in the final 1:11, including a 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left. KANSAS ST. 64, TEXAS 61
D.J. Johnson tipped in a miss by Kamau Stokes with 1.6 seconds left, then made a free throw to send the Wildcats to a win over the Longhorns at Austin.
Johnson’s tip came after Kansas State had called a timeout with 8 seconds left to set up a final play. Stokes, who had 14 points, drove to about 12 feet for the shot and Johnson got up over two defenders to get his hand on the ball for the winning basket.
Wesley Iwundu scored 16 points and Barry Brown scored 15 for Kansas State (17-10, 6-8 Big 12).
Kendal Yancy scored 13 points for Texas (10-17, 4-10). IOWA ST. 84, TCU 71
Naz Mitrou-Long had 15 of his 25 points in the first half and the Cyclones beat the Horned Frogs at Ames, Iowa, to move into a three-way tie for second in the Big 12.
Monte Morris added 18 with 11 assists for the Cyclones (17-9, 9-5 Big 12), who joined Baylor and West Virginia in second.
Iowa State used a 16-1 run late in the first half to go ahead by 10 at the break. The Horned Frogs (17-9, 6-8) closed within three midway through the second.
Deonte Burton scored 18 points for the Cyclones. Morris also had a pair of steals to tie Jeff Hornacek for the school record. PRAIRIE VIEW A&M82 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. 69
Tevin Bellinger and Zachary Hamilton combined for 44 points to lead the Panthers over the Delta Devils at Prairie View.
The Panthers (9-18, 6-7) have a two-game edge on the Delta Devils (4-23, 4-10) for the final seed in the SWAC tournament. TEXAS SOUTHERN 78 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF 40
Demontrae Jefferson scored a game-high 16 points as the Tigers routed the Golden Lions at TSU.
TSU improved to 15-11 and 11-2 (SWAC). The Golden Lions are 7-20 and 6-8. INCARNATE WORD 69 SAM HOUSTON ST. 53
Tyler Singleton scored 16 points and the Cardinals snapped a five-game slide with a win over the Bearkats at San Antonio.
Shawn Johnson added 15 points and 15 rebounds. Jalin Hart had 14 points for the Cardinals (11-15, 6-9 Southland).
Torry Butler scored 16 points to lead the Bearkats (18-10, 9-6), who have lost four of their last five games. HOUSTON BAPTIST 92 RANDALL 78
Josh Ibarra scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Huskies defeated the Saints at Sharp Gym.
Houston Baptist (13-12 and 9-6) got 15 points from Reveal Chukwujekwu.
Trey Sneed and Xavier Hunter scored 18 each for the Saints (12-10). LSU SHREVEPORT 66 ST. THOMAS 60
Rashard Owens’ gamehigh 22 points lifted the Pilots (20-6, 12-4) over the Celts at Shreveport.
The Celts (11-18, 6-11) were led by Bryon Makel with 16 points.