Koprivica helps Florida State top No. 20 Clemson

Balsa Koprivica had 13 points and 10 rebounds and host Florida State pulled away early to rout No. 20 Clemson 80-61 Saturday for its fourth straight victory.

Sardaar Calhoun added a career-best 13 points for the Seminoles (9-2, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). He made 4 of 5 three-pointers.

John Newman III scored 12 points for Clemson (9-4, 3-4).

Florida State used a 15-2 run early in the first half to take a commanding 24-9 lead with 9:16 until halftime. The Seminoles prevented dribble drives, a big factor in Clemson’s win over them in December, and cruised to a 42-24 lead at the half.

No. 2 Baylor 81, Oklahoma State 66: Jared Butler scored 22 points as visiting Baylor overcame a halftime deficit to beat undermanned Oklahoma State. Guard Cade Cunningham, the Big 12 Conference’s leading scorer, did not play because of COVID-19 protocols. Key reserve Rondel Walker also sat out, leaving the team with eight players.

Mark Vital scored a career-high 19 points, and Davion Mitchell had eight points and nine assists for the Bears (14-0, 7-0). Kalib Boone scored a career-high 21 points for the Cowboys (9-4, 3-4).

No. 8 Houston 68, Temple 51: Marcus Sasser and Quentin Grimes each

AAscored 15 points as visitng Houston rolled to its sixth straight victory. The Cougars (13-1, 8-1 American Athletic Conference) also beat the Owls on Dec. 22.

Grimes and Sasser hit consecutive early threes to build a 19-point lead. Jake Forrester led the Owls

(3-4, 2-4) with 15 points.

Oklahoma 75, No. 9 Kansas 68: De’Vion Harmon scored 22 points as host Oklahoma (9-4, 5-3 Big 12) got its second win of the month over a Top 10 opponent.

Marcus Garrett had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (10-5, 4-4).

No. 15 Ohio State 74, No. 10 Wisconsin 62: E.J. Liddell scored 20 points and the visiting Buckeyes (12-4, 6-4 Big Ten) never trailed.

AAAleem Ford scored 13 points to lead Wisconsin (12-4, 6-3). It lost for the second time in its last 20 home games.

No. 11 Creighton 74, NO. 23 UConn 66: Denzel Mahoney scored 20 points and host Creighton broke open a close game in the last 10 minutes. The Bluejays (11-4, 7-3 Big East) shot 58% in the second half to avoid their first three-game losing streak since February 2019.

R.J. Cole scored 14 points for UConn (7-3, 4-3).

No. 14 West Virginia 79, Kansas State 47: Miles McBride scored 18 points in the visiting Mountaineers’ (10-4, 3-3 Big 12) first game in two weeks because of COVID-19 protocols.

Mike McGuirl led Kansas

AAState (5-11, 1-7) with 15 points. The Wildcats had 28 turnovers, the most by a Big 12 team this season and the most in a game under coach Bruce Weber.

Syracuse 78, No. 16 Virginia Tech 60: Quincy Guerrier had 20 points, Marek Doelzaj added 18 and Alan Griffin had 15 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high seven blocks for host Syracuse.

Virginia Tech closed to 47-44 on a lay-in by David N'Guessan with 13:45 to go, then Syracuse (9-4, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) outscored the Hokies 31-9 to build its biggest lead of the game at 78-53. Nahiem Alleyne led the Hokies (11-3, 5-2) with 20 points.

Maryland 63, No. 17 Minnesota 49: Eric Ayala had 21 points and three

AAsteals to help Maryland deliver another road upset of a ranked Big Ten opponent.

Donta Scott added 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Terrapins (9-7, 3-6), who never trailed.

They limited Minnesota’s Liam Robbins to six points on 2-for-6 shooting before the 7-footer fouled out.

Marcus Carr had 25 points and seven rebounds for the Gophers (11-5, 4-5). They lost at home for the first time in 12 games.

Florida 92, Georgia 84: Sophomore guard Tre Mann scored a career-high 24 points as the visiting Gators shot 57 percent to rout the Bulldogs for a second straight Southeastern Conference win.

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