CAVS WIN 7TH GAME IN ROW

Jayden Gardner scored 17 points and made a jumper near the foul line in the final minute as No. 6 Virginia withstood a second-half surge by host Syracuse to win its seventh straight game, 67-62 on Monday night.

Gardner, a fifth-year senior, drew a charge for the fifth foul on Syracuse big man Jesse Edwards with 1 minute left, then converted the shot with 37 seconds remaining to put the Cavaliers (17-3, 9-2 ACC) up by four.

“You got to have a shooter’s mentality,” Gardner said. “I missed a good look on the baseline so I made up for it on defense and finished the game off. I was hoping (for the charge). If he called a block that would’ve been demoralizing.”

Kihei Clark and Armaan Franklin each scored 12 points for Virginia, which completed a sweep of Syracuse and moved within one game of ACCleading Clemson.

Judah Mintz scored 20 points for Syracuse (13-10, 6-6).

No. 10 Texas 76, No. 11 Baylor 71: Sir’Jabari Rice scored 21 points and Timmy Allen added 19 to send the host Longhorns (18-4, 7-2) to a win over Baylor (16-6, 5-4). Texas ended Baylor’s sixgame win streak, and the Longhorns kept a share of first place in the Big 12.

Texas Tech 80, No. 13 Iowa State 77 (OT): Texas Tech (12-10, 1-8) erased a 23-point deficit after halftime for its first Big 12 win of the season, with De’Vion Harmon scoring all 16 of his points after the break against visiting Iowa State (15-6, 6-3).

Notable

• Purdue is this season’s first unanimous No. 1 team in the AP men’s college basketball poll. The Boilermakers have won eight straight games since a onepoint loss to Rutgers on Jan. 2. They were followed in the AP Top 25 by Tennessee, Houston, Alabama and Arizona in the top five.

• South Carolina, Stanford and LSU are the top teams in the latest women’s AP Top 25 college basketball rankings. South Carolina is No. 1 for the 32nd consecutive week.