Newton leads No. 21 UConn to upset of No. 10 Marquette
Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points and Tristen Newton recorded his second triple-double of the season as No. 21 UConn beat No. 10 Marquette 87-72 on Tuesday night at UConn.
Newton had 12 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for the Huskies (19-6, 8-6 Big East), who won their third straight game after losing six of eight.
Adama Sanogo added 18 points, while Alex Karaban and Nahiem Alleyne each chipped in with 13 for Connecticut, which never trailed.
Tyler Kolek had 17 points to lead Marquette (19-6, 113), which had its five-game winning streak snapped. Ben Gold and Stevie Mitchell each scored 12.
The Huskies outrebounded Marquette 4824 and used 21 offensive boards to help them get 27 second-chance points.
UConn opened the game on a 22-6 run, highlighted by a fast-break dunk from Andre Jackson that brought the crowd to its feet. The Huskies made their first four 3-point shots, three of them by Hawkins, who had 14 points in the first half.
A hook shot by Sanogo gave UConn its first 20-point lead at 32-12 . NO. 8 VIRGINIA 63, NO. 22 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 50 » Jayden Gardner scored 18 points and Reece Beekman added 15 and the No. 8 Cavaliers cooled off the red-hot No. 22 Wolfpack at Virginia. Virginia (184, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) handed N.C. State (19-6, 9-5) its second loss in 10 games and moved into a share of first place in the conference with Clemson and Pittsburgh. Terquavion Smith led the Wolfpack with 19 points and Casey Morsell, who spent his first two seasons at Virginia and was jeered nearly every time he touched the ball in his first game back, had 18 points before fouling out in the final minute.
NO. 12 KANSAS STATE 82, NO. 17 TCU 61 » Markquis Nowell scored 18 points and the No. 12 Wildcats finished strong, snapping a two-game skid by beating the No. 17 Horned Frogs in Manhattan, Kan. The Wildcats outscored TCU 17-2 to end the game. Kansas State (19-5, 7-4 Big 12) moved within a game of first-place Texas in a tight conference race. The Wildcats are tied with Kansas, a half-game behind Iowa State. Keyontae Johnson and Desi Sills each had 14 points for Kansas State. TCU (17-7, 6-5) was led by Damion Baugh with 14 points. Micah Peavy and Jakobe Coles each had 11.
TCU played without Mike Miles Jr. (hyperextended knee).
NO. 18 INDIANA 66, NO. 24 RUTGERS 60 » Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 20 points and had 18 rebounds while reaching yet another major milestone in leading the No. 18 Hoosiers past the No. 24 Scarlet Knights at Indiana. The fourthyear forward became the sixth player in school history with 2,000 career points and the first among them who also had 1,000 rebounds. Miller Kopp added 18 points for Indiana (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten). Clifford Omoruyi had 15 points to lead the Scarlet Knights (16-8, 8-5). Cam Spencer finished with 14. Rutgers was without forward Mawot Mag. The school announced Tuesday he's out for the season with a torn right ACL.
Women
Ana Llanusa and Skylar Vann each scored 20 points and No. 16 Oklahoma took its first lead of the game in overtime before rallying past host Baylor 98-92. The Sooners (19-4, 9-3 Big 12) trailed for 39 minutes in regulation and were down 75-63 with 5:19 left in regulation. Baylor turned it over twice on inbounds plays in the closing seconds of regulation and Taylor Robertson tied at 83-all on a wideopen 3-pointer with 14 seconds left.
Caitlin Bickle scored a career-high 30 points with four 3s and Sarah Andrews added 20 points for Baylor (16-7, 7-4). Freshman Darianna Littlepage-Buggs had 14 points and 17 rebounds and Ja'Mee Asberry scored 11. Jaden Owens had 14 of Baylor's 25 assists on 32 field goals.