No. 2 Baylor returns, tops Iowa State.
Baylor coach Scott Drew figures it will take his team some time to get back to normal after a three-week gap between games.
Even so, the No. 2 Bears are still undefeated. They finally overcame some of the rust and Iowa State for a 7772 victory Tuesday night that made them 18-0 for the first time in school history.
“Really excited to win, really excited to be back,” Drew said. “Obviously does three weeks affect your play? 100 percent.”
Adam Flagler scored a season-high 22 points, Jared Butler had 15 of his 18 points for the host Bears (18-0, 10-0 Big 12), who trailed by 17 in the first half, and never led until MaCio Teague made two free throws with 4:26 left in the game.
They hadn’t played since an 83-69 win at then-No. 6 Texas on Feb. 2, when they had matched the best start in school history. Baylor then had six consecutive games postponed because of COVID-19 issues in the program, and hadn’t even had another full practice until Sunday.
“The best way I can explain what was going on, guys were out for numerous reasons,” Flagler said. “Spending time apart makes it difficult to practice and everything.”
With 6-foot-8 forward Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua out of the Baylor lineup, Mark Vital had 15 rebounds and three blocks.
Iowa State (2-17, 0-14) jumped out to a 15-4 lead in less than 61⁄2 minutes on a jumper by Tre Jackson. Its biggest lead was 32-15 when
Tyler Harris made his fourth 3-pointer of the game with 6:24 left in the first half.
Harris had 22 points for the Cyclones with five 3pointers.
Michigan State 81. No. 5 Illinois 72: Aaron Henry scored 20 points and Joshua Langford had 15 points and a career-high 16 rebounds to lead host Michigan State (12-9, 6-9 Big Ten) to a win over Illinois (16-6, 12-4).
Kansas State 62, No. 7 Oklahoma 57: Mike McGuirl scored 19 points, hitting three straight 3’s in the final minutes, and Kansas State (7-18, 3-13 Big 12) took down visiting Oklahoma (14-6, 9-5).
No. 8 Villanova 81, St.
John’s 58: Caleb Daniels scored 17 points, and Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels each had 14 to lead host Villanova (15-3, 10-2 Big East) to a win over St. John’s (14-9, 8-9).
No. 10 West Virginia 74, TCU 66: Taz Sherman scored 23 points, Derek Culver had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and West Virginia (16-6, 9-4 Big 12) continued its solid play on the road with a victory over TCU (11-10, 4-8).
No. 14 Texas 75, No. 17 Kansas 72 (OT): Courtney Ramey scored 15 points and made two free throws with a minute left in overtime to give Texas the lead as the host Longhorns (14-6, 8-5 Big 12) earned a regular-season sweep of Kansas (17-8, 11-6).
Georgia Tech 69, No. 16
Virginia Tech 53: Moses Wright scored 17 of his 26 points in the second half, helping visiting Georgia Tech (12-8, 8-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) pull away from Virginia Tech (14-5, 8-4).
Mississippi 60, No. 24 Missouri 53: Devontae Shuler scored 14 points, and Mississippi (14-7, 7-7) beat host Missouri (13-9, 8-7 Southeastern Conference) to sweep the season series against the sputtering Tigers.
West
Arizona State 97, Washington 64: Remy Martin scored 26 points and Kimani Lawrence scored 22 as host Arizona State (8-11, 5-8 Pac-12) walloped Washington (5-18, 4-14) to end a twogame losing streak.