San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
LOVE IS ALL WILDCATS NEED
Caleb Love scored a career-high 36 points, and No. 9 Arizona beat Oregon 87-78 on Saturday.
Kylan Boswell added 14 points as the visiting Wildcats (15-5, 6-3 Pac-12) bounced back after losing 83-80 at Oregon State on Thursday on a buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Keshad Johnson scored 12 points, and Oumar Ballo had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Arizona, which had dropped three straight road games, moved into a tie with Oregon for the top spot in the conference standings. Coach Tommy Lloyd has not lost consecutive games during his three seasons as coach.
“After taking the ‘L’ on Thursday, we came into the next game with more of a fire,” Boswell said. “You don’t want to take back-toback losses, we are trying to keep that streak for coach Lloyd. That was kind of the mindset."
Love, a transfer from North Carolina, made five 3pointers. He went 12 for 18 from the field.
“I was just trying to play within the offense and let my teammates create for me,” Love said.
No. 9 Arizona 87, Oregon 78
Jermaine Couisnard scored 20 points for Oregon (14-6, 6-3), which lost for the third time in four games. N’faly Dante added 19, and Kario Oquendo scored 13.
No. 3 North Carolina 75, Florida State 68:
RJ Davis scored 24 points and freshman Elliot Cadeau added a season-high 16 as visiting North Carolina (17-3, 9-0 ACC) rallied from an eightpoint deficit early in the second half to beat Florida State (12-8, 6-3).
Davis surpassed the 20point mark for the 12th time this season. Cadeau shot 8 of 9 from the free-throw line and had six assists as North Carolina extended its win streak to 10 games.
No. 4 Houston 74, Kansas State 52:
Jamal Shead scored 17 points, J’wan Roberts had 14 points and six rebounds and host Houston (18-2, 5-2 Big 12) extended its winning streak to four games with a victory over Kansas State (14-6, 4-3).
No. 5 Tennessee 75, Vanderbilt 62: Dalton Knecht scored 12 straight points in the second half and finished with 32 for host Tennessee (15-4, 5-1 SEC).
No. 6 Kentucky 63, Arkansas
57: Antonio Reeves scored a game-high 24 points and visiting Kentucky (15-4, 5-2 SEC) overcame a sub-par shooting performance to put away Arkansas (10-10, 1-6).
No. 23 Iowa State 79, No. 7 Kansas 75: Tre King had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Iowa State (16-4, 5-2 Big 12) knocked off Kansas (16-4, 4-3).
Iowa State improved to 13-0 at home this season while enhancing its status as a Big 12 contender. Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points for the Cyclones, and reserve Curtis Jones had 15 points.
Hunter Dickinson led Kansas with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Kevin Mccullar Jr. had 16 points on 5-for-18 shooting, and Johnny Furphy finished with 15.
A 3-pointer and a layup by Tamin Lipsey helped Iowa State seize control early in the second half. Jones’ 3-pointer increased the Cyclones’ lead to 55-43 with about 12 minutes left.
Mississippi State 64, No. 8 Auburn 58: Josh Hubbard scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and Cameron Matthews had 14 points and 11 rebounds as Mississippi State (14-6, 3-4 SEC) knocked off visiting Auburn (16-4, 5-2).
No. 10 Illinois 70, Indiana 62: Marcus Domask had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help Illinois (15-5, 6-3 Big Ten) survive a scare from Indiana (12-8, 4-5).
No. 20 Texas Tech 85, No. 11 Oklahoma 84: Chance Mcmillian scored 27 points and Texas Tech (16-3, 5-1 Big 12) rallied from a nine-point deficit in the second half to win at Oklahoma (15-5, 3-4).
No. 12 Duke 72, Clemson 71: Tyrese Proctor hit two free throws with 1 second left to help Duke (15-4, 6-2 ACC) hang on to beat Clemson (13-6, 3-5), barely averting the program’s first home loss to the Tigers in nearly three decades.
No. 13 Wisconsin 81, Michigan State 66: A.J. Storr scored 28 points, Steven Crowl added 15 and host Wisconsin (16-4, 8-1 Big Ten) beat Michigan State (12-8, 4-5) on Friday night for its ninth win in 10 games.
No. 14 Marquette 75, Seton Hall 57: Oso Ighodaro scored 21 points, David Joplin added 20 and Marquette (15-5, 6-3 Big East) beat Seton Hall (13-8, 6-4) to extend its winning streak to four games.
TCU 105, No. 15 Baylor 102 (3OT): Jameer Nelson Jr. scored a season-high 30 points, including the goahead shot with 10 seconds left in the third overtime, and visiting TCU (15-5, 4-3) rallied to beat Baylor (14-5, 3-3) in a Big 12 thriller.
Richmond 69, No. 16 Dayton 64: Jordan King scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half to lead host Richmond (15-5, 7-0) past Dayton (16-3, 6-1) to snap the Flyers’nationleading 13-game winning streak and take sole possession of first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
No. 17 Creighton 85, Depaul 62: Trey Alexander scored 23 points and Ryan Kalkbrenner had 22 to lead host Creighton (16-5, 7-3 Big East) past Depaul.
Elijah Fisher had 12 points to lead Depaul (3-18, 0-9). The Blue Demons lost their 18th straight road game, and their conference losing streak reached 10.
No. 18 Utah State 90, Boise State 84 (OT): Darius Brown II scored 19 points, Ian Martinez had 18 and Utah State (18-2, 6-1 Mountain West) won at Boise State (14-6, 5-2) in OT for its second straight win.
No. 21 BYU 84, Texas 72: Noah Waterman and Jaxson Robinson scored 17 points apiece to lead BYU (15-5, 3-4 Big 12) past visiting Texas (14-6, 3-4) to snap a twogame skid.