Arizona hangs on to beat No. 7 Texas A&M

PHOENIX — Deandre Ayton had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Arizona held on to beat No. 7 Texas A&M 6764 on Tuesday night.

Arizona (6-3) picked up a big win against UNLV on Saturday and notched an even bigger one in front of a pro-Wildcats crowd that made Talking Stick Arena feel like McKale Center west.

Texas A&M (7-1) pulled within 63-62 on Tyler Davis’ jump-hook with 17 seconds left. Brandon Randolph twice hit 1 of 2 free throws, sandwiched around a travel by Davis, and Duane Wilson was fouled on a 3-point attempt with 2 seconds left. He made two after missing the first attempt, and Dylan Smith made two at the other end to put Arizona up 67-64.

• Ball St. 80, No. 9 Notre Dame 77 — At South Bend, Ind.: Tayler Persons hit a 3pointer from the left wing with 1.7 seconds remaining and Ball State shocked No. 9 Notre Dame.

Persons scored 24 points, Tahjai Teague added 13 and Sean Sellers had 11 as Ball State knocked off a nationally ranked opponent for the first time since downing No. 4 UCLA 91-73 more than 16 years ago.

• No. 1 Duke 124, St. Francis (Pa.) 67 — At Durham, N.C.: Freshman Marvin Bagley III had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 1 Duke scored 71 points in the first half of its rout of St. Francis (Pa.).

Marques Bolden had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and Gary Trent Jr. and Grayson Allen both finished with 14 points for the Blue Devils (11-0).

• No. 3 Michigan St 62, Rutgers 52 — At Piscataway, N.J.: Miles Bridges scored 21 points and No. 3 Michigan State overcame its worst offensive performance of the season with a victory over surprising Rutgers.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored all 11 of his points in the second half and had eight of the Spartans’ season-high 13 blocks in helping Michigan State (8-1, 2-0 Big Ten) post its seventh straight win. Joshua Langford added 15 points.

• No. 4 Villanova 88, No. 12 Gonzaga 72 — At New York: Mikal Bridges had his coming out performance as one of top players in the nation, scoring a career-high 28 points to lead No. 4 Villanova over No. 12 Gonzaga in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden.

Bridges, a 6-foot-7 junior guard, had shown Villanova (9-0) what he could do this season with three games of 20-plus points that already signaled he may be the best player on the Big East champs.

• No. 6 Wichita St. 95, South Dakota St. 85 — At Wichita, Kan.: Landry Shamet had 21 points and eight assists, Shaquille Morris added 20 points and No. 6 Wichita State rallied to beat scrappy, hot-shooting South Dakota State.

Conner Frankamp added 16 points, setting the school record by hitting a 3 in his 30th straight game, and the Shockers (7-1) slowly dug out of a 13-point second-half hole to beat the Jackrabbits (7-4) for their 23rd consecutive victory at Koch Arena.

• No. 18 West Virginia 68, No. 15 Virginia 61 — At Morgantown, W.Va.: Jevon Carter had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Lamont West scored 22 points and No. 18 West Virginia sent No. 15 Virginia to its first loss.

Daxter Miles Jr. added 12 points for the Mountaineers (8-1).

• No. 10 Miami 69, Boston University 54 — At Coral Gables, Fla.: Freshman Lonnie Walker IV scored a season-high 26 points and No. 10 Miami surged in the second half to beat Boston University.

Walker, making his first career start, shot 9 for 15, went 5 for 7 from 3-point range and added seven rebounds in a season-high 28 minutes.

• Nebraska 78, No. 14 Minnesota 68 — At Lincoln, Neb.: Glynn Watson Jr. scored 20 of his 29 points in the second half and Nebraska opened up a 16-point lead early in the second half en route to a win over No. 14 Minnesota.

Watson scored seven straight points to open the second half, and Duby Okeke’s dunk put Nebraska (7-3, 1-1 Big Ten) up 48-32 with 15:35 left.

• No. 20 TCU 94, SMU 83 — At Fort Worth, Texas: Kenrich Williams had 27 points to lead five TCU players in double figures, and got tackled after a steal and breakaway toward the basket as the 20th-ranked Horned Frogs extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 14 games.

The Frogs (9-0) were already starting to separate themselves midway through the second half when Williams came up with an SMU turnover. The 6-foot-7 guard was going the other way when Ben Emelogu caught up from behind and essentially dragged him to the court.

• Texas Tech 82, No. 22 Nevada 76 — At Lubbock, Texas: Keenan Evans scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half and overtime and Texas Tech rallied from 11 points down in the second half to beat No. 22 Nevada.

Caleb Martin scored a season-high 28 points and twin brother Cody Martin matched his best of the season with 22 in the Wolf Pack’s first game as a ranked team since 2007. Nevada (8-1) was off to its best start as a Division I school (since 1970).

Women

• No. 4 Louisville 91, UT Martin 56 — At Louisville, Ky.: Myisha Hines-Allen scored 16 points and No. 4 Louisville broke away early to cruise past UT Martin 9156 on Tuesday night.

The Cardinals (9-0) are off to the second-best start in program history. The 2006-07 team started 15-0.

• No. 5 South Carolina 69, College of Charleston 43 — At Columbia, S.C.: A’ja Wilson had her eighth double-double this year with 26 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 5 South Carolina put away College of Charleston 69-43 on Tuesday night.

• No. 8 Baylor 105, North Dakota 43 — At Waco, Texas: Kalani Brown scored 21 points in 12 minutes to lead five players in double figures for No. 8 Baylor in a 105-43 victory over North Dakota on Tuesday night.

• No. 20 Kentucky 100, Evansville 62 — At Lexington, Ky.: Maci Morris made four 3-pointers and scored 20 points, freshman Tatyana Wyatt had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 20 Kentucky beat Evansville 100-62 on Tuesday night.