TSU-Jackson State game delayed again by storm
Tuesday’s scheduled SWAC men’s game between Texas Southern and Jackson State was postponed again because of hazardous weather conditions in the Jackson, Miss., area. The two teams will try to play at a later date.
TSU and Jackson State had hoped to play Tuesday after the game was pushed back a day from Monday because of inclement weather. TSU (7-7, 4-2) is riding a five-game winning streak, including four in the conference, and Jackson State (6-5, 6-0) shares first place in the league with Prairie View A&M.
TSU is scheduled to host Prairie View (7-4, 6-0) at 7 p.m. Thursday. The game initially set for Feb. 6 was postponed because of COVID-19 protocols.
Elsewhere, the Big 12 announced that No. 2 Baylor will resume the season Feb. 23 at home against Iowa State after a six-game hiatus that started because of COVID-19.
Saturday’s home game against Oklahoma State was postponed, but the conference didn’t say if that was over COVID-19 issues or the wintry weather affecting Texas.
Baylor hasn’t played since matching the best start in school history at 17-0 with an 83-69 win over No. 12 Texas on Feb. 2. If the current schedule holds, the Bears will go three weeks between games.
The West Virginia-Baylor women’s game scheduled for Wednesday in Waco also was postponed because of weather.
NO. 5 ILLINOIS 73 NORTHWESTERN 66
Kofi Cockburn had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Ayo Dosunmu has 13 points as the Illini held off a fierce rally by the visiting Wildcats.
Illinois (20-5, 11-3 Big Ten) led 25-7 early but saw its lead cut to two with 1:30 left. Dosunmu, quiet most of the night, then hit two 3-pointers to ice the win.
Chase Audige scored 22 points for Northwestern (6-13, 3-12), which lost its 12th straight.
GEORGIA 80
NO. 20 MISSOURI 70
Toumani Camara scored 15 points, including a big 3-point play, as the Bulldogs rallied to win at home.
After the Tigers blew a 13-point second-half lead, Camara’s 3-point play with 4:55 left broke a 62-all tie, launching an 18-8 run to end the game.
Justin Kier led Georgia (13-8, 6-8 SEC) with 16 points, and Kobe Brown paced Missouri (13-6, 6-6) with 21.
NO. 24 ARKANSAS 75 FLORIDA 64
Davonte Davis led four Razorbacks in double figures with 18 points in a tougher-than-it-looked home victory.
Arkansas (17-5, 9-4 SEC) entered the Top 25 on Monday for the first time since 2018 and has won seven straight league games.
Florida (10-6, 6-5) turned a 15-point second-half deficit into a lead with 4:40 left with Tyree Appleby’s layup. But Davis and Jalen Tate made back-to-back buckets and Moses Moody
made a pair of free throws as Arkansas regained control.
OKLAHOMA STATE 74 IOWA STATE 58
Cade Cunningham had 21 points, five rebounds and seven assists and Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe added 17 points as the host Cowboys closed on a 9-0 run.
Oklahoma State (14-6, 7-6 Big 12) won its fourth straight in the series, its longest streak against the Cyclones since 2009-11.
Jalen Coleman-Lands scored 17 points for Iowa State (2-15, 0-12).
Women
NO. 11 MICHIGAN 86 MICHIGAN STATE 82
Naz Hillmon had 31 points and seven rebounds and Leigha Brown added 20 points, five rebounds and four assists as the Wolverines won at home.
Hillmon and Brown combined for a 7-0 run to give Michigan (12-1, 7-1 Big Ten) a 79-69 lead with 3:09 remaining. They scored 12 of Michigan’s final 14 points despite both playing the entire fourth quarter with four fouls.
Nia Clouden led Michigan State (11-6, 6-6) with a career-high 34 points.