Texas defeats No. 20 WVU
Andrew Jones scored 22 points to lead Texas past No. 20 West Virginia, 67-57, as the injury-depleted Longhorns continued a late-season surge.
Courtney Ramey added 21 points for Texas (17-11, 7-8 Big 12), which has won three in a row. The Mountaineers (19-9, 7-8) have lost six in a row on the road in conference play.
West Virginia beat Texas by 38 points on Jan. 20, the worst loss of coach Shaka Smart’s five years with the Longhorns.
But the Mountaineers came limping into the rematch.
Oscar Tshiebwe scored 14 points to lead West Virginia.
More West Virginia
Te’a Cooper scored 17 points and No. 2 Baylor (26-1, 15-0 Big 12) clinched a share of its 10th consecutive Big 12 regular-season championship with a 64-39 victory against the West Virginia women. Baylor won its 56th consecutive regular-season conference game. Kysre Gondrezick came off the bench to lead the Mountaineers (16-10, 6-9) with 13 points in the loss.
Florida State
Trent Forrest scored 14 of his 16 points after halftime to rally No. 6 Florida State (24-4, 14-3 ACC) from a double-digit deficit and beat No. 11 Louisville (236, 14-4), 82-67.
Women’s poll
The No. 1 Gamecocks clinched their fifth SEC title in seven years Sunday and received 27 of 30 first-place votes. No. 2 Baylor got two first-place votes and No. 3 Oregon got one. Stanford stayed at No. 4 and will host the Ducks Monday night. Louisville, Connecticut and Maryland were the next three teams in the poll. North Carolina State, UCLA and Mississippi State rounded out the first 10 teams in the poll. The Bruins and Bulldogs both lost Sunday.