Duke tops Wake Forest without Coach K
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Paolo Banchero had 24 points and eighth-ranked Duke hit 13 straight shots to blow it open after halftime and beat Wake Forest 76-64 on Wednesday night with coach Mike Krzyzewski sidelined by illness.
Fellow freshman A.J. Griffin had a season-high 22 points to help the Blue Devils bounce back from a weekend home loss to Miami. They did it with the retiring longtime coach out with what the school called a “nonCOVID-related virus,” while associate head coach Jon Scheyer — designated as Krzyzewski’s successor after this season — was acting coach.
Banchero and Griffin led the way as the Blue Devils (13-2, 3-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) suddenly stretched a two-possession lead in the final minute of the first half into a scorchingly hot hand in the second that wobbled the Deacons (13-4, 3-3) for good.
NO. 12 LSU 64, FLORIDA 58
Darius Days scored 20 points about 25 miles from his hometown, Eric Gaines added 15 in his second start of the season and the Tigers beat the Gators at Gainesville, Fla.
LSU (15-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) won its first game without starting point guard Xavier Pinson, who sat out with a sprained knee.
Florida (9-6, 0-3) lost for the sixth time in nine games and fell to 0-3 in league play for the first time since the 1980-81 season.
NO. 10 MICHIGAN STATE 71 MINNESOTA 69
Joey Hauser made a low-post shot with a tenth of a second left, lifting the host Spartans to their ninth straight win.
Michigan State freshman Max Christie had 16 points.
NO. 14 VILLANOVA 64 NO. 17 XAVIER 60
Collin Gillespie scored 21 points, Justin Moore had 16 and the Wildcats held off the Musketeers at Cincinnati.
Eric Dixon added 15 points and 10 boards for Villanova, which has won five straight.
Paul Scruggs and Nate Johnson each scored 15 for Xavier, which trailed by 12 with 10 minutes remaining before rallying.
TCU 60, KANSAS STATE 57
Damion Baugh scored 12 points and his 3-pointer with 13 seconds left was part of an 8-0 run that the Horned Frogs staged in the final 1:11 to beat the host Wildcats.
Markquis Nowell’s layup with 1:50 left gave the Wildcats a 57-52 lead, but they’d never score again. Kansas State missed its last two shots, the front end of two 1-and-1s and had turnover.
Mike Miles made two foul shots for TCU (11-2, 1-1) with 1.4 seconds left to finish with 19 points. Nowell’s little more than half-court heave bounced off the back rim to end it.
Women
KANSAS 70, NO. 13 TEXAS 66
Holly Kersgieter scored 19 points, six in overtime, as the Jayhawks won at Austin for the first time since 2012.
Kansas (11-2, 2-1) never trailed in overtime as Zakiyah Franklin hit a 3-pointer to open it.
Joanne Allen-Taylor paced Texas (11-3, 1-2) with 18 points but was 2 of 10 from 3-point range.
NO. 23 OKLAHOMA 83 NO. 14 BAYLOR 77
Skylar Vann scored 22 points and the Sooners ended an 11game losing streak against the Bears with a come-from-behind victory at Norman, Okla.
Baylor entered the fourth quarter with a 65-60 lead and the Sooners (14-2, 3-1) didn’t take a lead until Vann hit a 3-pointer to make it 78-75 with 2:56 to play. That was part of a 9-0 run.
NaLyssa Smith matched her career high with 30 points for the Bears (10-4, 0-2) but had her string of 11 straight double-doubles end with eight rebounds.