Mulkey tests positive; Baylor-uconn lost
No. 6 Baylor canceled its much-anticipated home game Thursday night against No. 3 Connecticut after Lady Bears coach Kim Mulkey tested positive for COVID-19.
Baylor said it began restricting team activities after Mulkey tested positive on Monday, the same day she had been planning to rejoin the team.
Mulkey missed Baylor’s victory Saturday at TCU because of contact tracing after being exposed on Christmas Day to a family member who tested positive.
“I immediately self-quarantined and did not re-join the team when our staff and players came back from our holiday break,“Mulkey said in a statement Tuesday. “I produced three negative tests leading up to our game at TCU (on Saturday). However, I decided that it was important to continue quarantining in case the virus took time to come to fruition.”
Mulkey now hopes to rejoin the program Jan. 15, if she shows no symptoms.
The next scheduled game for the Lady Bears (8-1) is Sunday at home against Kansas State but Baylor medical staff are conducting additional COVID-19 testing to determine the length of the program’s restricted activity.
Uconn (6-0) is now scheduled to play at home Saturday against Providence in a Big East game when Huskies coach Geno Auriemma will seek his 1,098th victory. That would tie him with the late Pat Summitt for second on the all-time wins list. Stanford coach Tara Vanderveer set the record earlier this season and now has 1,103.
NO. 2 LOUISVILLE 96 TENNESSEE-MARTIN 61
Dana Evans scored 22 of her career-high 29 points in the first half to spur the No. 2 Cardinals to an easy home victory.
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NO. 18 TEXAS TECH 82 KANSAS STATE 71
Terrence Shannon Jr. beat the first-half buzzer with a jumper on his way to 22 points, Mac Mcclung added 16 and the Red
Raiders beat the Wildcats.
Marcus Santos-silva scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half as Texas Tech (9-3, 2-2 Big 12) picked up its first conference home victory after losing two and beat Kansas State in Lubbock for the seventh straight time.
Shannon, who didn’t start for the first time in his 11 games this season, caught an inbound pass near the free-throw line with 1 second left in the first half and hoisted a one-handed shot that bounced on the rim several times before dropping well after the buzzer sounded for a 36-31 halftime lead.
“You guys know we’re always kind of tinkering with our start
ing lineup to see what can give us the best chance on any given night,” Tech coach Chris Beard said. “TJ actually came to me as a veteran player and said, ‘Hey coach, whatever you need tonight.’ ”
Shannon stole a pass for a one-handed breakaway dunk during a 9-0 run in the second half for a 58-41 lead, Texas Tech’s largest of the game. The sophomore made 11 of 12 free throws.
Nigel Pack, one of three freshmen making a seventh straight start for Kansas State (5-7, 1-3), scored 15 of his season-high 17 points in the first half.
NO. 6 KANSAS 93, TCU 64
David Mccormack scored a
season-high 20 points to lead five Kansas players in double figures as the No. 6 Jayhawks matched the Big 12 record by winning their 11th consecutive conference road game.
The Jayhawks (9-2, 3-1 Big 12) matched the league mark they initially set 18 years ago. The win in Fort Worth came only three days after their 25-point loss at home to Texas that matched the most lopsided win by an opponent in the 65-year history of Allen Fieldhouse.
Even without starting senior guard Marcus Garrett, still recovering from an elbow to the head in the Texas game, the Jayhawks had little trouble against a TCU squad that had won its previous five games.
Ochai Agbaji added 19 points. Chuck O’bannon Jr. had a career-high 18 points to lead the Horned Frogs (9-3, 2-2). R.J. Nembhard had 14, below his Big 12-leading scoring average of 18.7 points and ending his streak of four 20-point games in a row.
TCU was within 28-24 after scoring seven consecutive points in 41 seconds, that spurt capped by Nembhard’s alley-oop pass to Kevin Samuel for a dunk after PJ Fuller’s steal.the Jayhawks responded with a 12-2 run that put them up by double digits the rest of the game.
MISSISSIPPI STATE 78 NO. 13 MISSOURI 63
DJ Stewart scored 24 points and the Bulldogs overcame a 12-point halftime deficit to roll past the Tigers at Starkville, Miss.
Mississippi State trailed by 14 points early in the second half before taking the lead with a 15-0 run and then pulling away with a 21-4 burst.
Iverson Molinar added 20 points for the Bulldogs (7-4, 2-1 SEC).
Jeremiah Tilmon led Missouri (7-2, 1-2) with 16 points.
NO. 23 MICHIGAN STATE 68 NO. 15 RUTGERS 45
Aaron Henry had 20 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, helping the Spartans pull away to beat the Scarlet Knights at East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan State (8-3, 2-3 Big Ten) had a 17-point scoring edge in the second half.
Rutgers (7-3, 3-3) made just 31 percent of its shots. They started 0 of 7 at the foul line and finished making just 3 of 12 free throws.
NO. 19 CLEMSON 74 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 70
Aamir Simms hit a go-ahead basket for a second straight game as the Tigers rallied from nine points down in the second half to beat the Wolfpack in overtime at Clemson, S.C..
Nick Honor had 21 points and tied things at 62 with 38 seconds left in regulation to set up the extra period.