Strong second half propels Texas A&M past Alabama.
AMES, Iowa — Jared Butler scored 17 points, Freddie Gillespie had 14, and Baylor upset No. 19 Iowa State 73-69 on Tuesday night.
Makia Mason scored 14 points on 18 shots in his return from a toe injury for the Bears (17-9, 8-5 Big 12). They outrebounded Iowa State 44-28 and grabbed 18 offensive rebounds over the smaller Cyclones (19-7, 8-5), who’ve dropped back-to-back games at Hilton Coliseum.
After trailing by 10 points midway through the first half, Iowa State went ahead 52-50 on Marial Shayok’s three-point play with 11:45 left. Baylor swapped the lead with the Cyclones seven times in the next eight minutes, but Butler followed a layup with a 3 to put the Bears ahead 69-65 with two minutes left.
KENTUCKY 66 MISSOURI 58
PJ Washington and Tyler Herro scored 18 points each as the No. 4 Wildcats slogged past the Tigers in Columbia, Mo. Ashton Hagans added 12 points for Kentucky, which looked a little sluggish three days after beating then topranked Tennessee.
TENNESSEE 58 VANDERBILT 46
Grant Williams scored 14 points, and the No. 5 Volunteers beat the visiting Commodores in their first game since losing the No. 1 ranking.
PURDUE 48, INDIANA 46
Matt Haarms tipped in a basket with 3.2 seconds remaining to lift the 15thranked Boilermakers over the host Hoosiers.
FLORIDA ST. 77 CLEMSON 64
Mfiondu Kabengele had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the 16th-ranked Seminoles defeated the Tigers in Clemson, S.C.
MARYLAND 66, IOWA 65
Bruno Fernando scored 11 points, including the last two on a putback with 7.8 seconds left, to lift the No. 24 Terrapins to a win over the 21st-ranked Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa.
BUFFALO 114, OHIO 67
Jayvon Graves scored a career-high 26 points, and the No. 25 Bulls cruised past the Bobcats for their 23rd straight home win.