Motley scores 21, leads Baylor win

WACO, Texas — Baylor coach Scott Drew preferred to focus on the positive aspects of the defense after the ninth-ranked Bears had to hold on to snap a twogame slide. Johnathan Motley had 21

ROUNDUP points and 16 rebounds for the Bears, but they had to hold on after blowing almost all of a 15-point lead in the second half and not making a field goal over the last 6 minutes of a 60-54 victory over Oklahoma on Tuesday night.

“If you like defense, you liked tonight’s game, because both teams defended pretty well, or the offenses were pretty bad,” Drew said. “So, let’s go with the positive — great defenses tonight. I know I’m pleased to hold them to 32 percent (shooting). You don’t hold many Big 12 teams to 32 percent and 54 points.”

The Bears (23-5, 10-5), who had lost four of their previous six games, moved back into a tie for second place in the Big 12.

Oklahoma used a 21-8 run to get within 49-47 on Jamuni McNeace’s jumper with 9:21 left. But Manu Lecomte then hit consecutive 3-pointers for the Bears, though those were more than 2 minutes apart and their last field goals.

■ No. 11 Kentucky 72, Missouri 62 — At Columbia, Mo., Bam Adebayo’s fourth double-double of the season helped Kentucky (23-5, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) avoid an upset, as the freshman scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds against Missouri (7-20, 2-13).

■ No. 13 Florida 81, South Carolina 66 — At Gainesville, Fla., KeVaughn Allen scored 26 points and Florida (23-5, 13-2 SEC) beat South Carolina (20-8, 10-5) to win its ninth straight and lock up one of the four top seeds in its conference tournament.

■ No. 14 Purdue 74, Penn State 70, OT — At State College, Pa., Ryan Cline scored six of his 11 points in over- time to lift Purdue (23-5, 12-3 Big Ten) over Penn State (1414, 6-9) for the Boilermakers’ sixth straight victory.

■ No. 25 Wichita State 109, Evansville 83 — At Wichita, Kan., Shaq Morris had 18 points, Connor Frankamp and Markis McDuffie added 13 apiece andWichita State (26-4, 16-1 Missouri Valley) blitzed