Florida’s Johnson collapses on court

Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, the SEC’s preseason player of the year, was listed in critical but stable condition at a Florida hospital after collapsing on the court during the Gators’ 8371 loss to No. 20 Florida State on Saturday.

Johnson had just dunked before he fell to the floor as the team broke its huddle during a timeout. Several teammates were in tears as coach Mike White gathered his team to say a prayer.

Florida ( 31) was ahead 113 after Johnson’s dunk, but the host Seminoles ( 30) scored the next seven points. Florida State pulled away from there and led 4535 at halftime.

White, who canceled postgame interviews to join Johnson at the hospital, let his players choose whether to continue the game after Johnson’s collapse. They voted after Johnson was taken away on a stretcher and again at halftime to keep playing.

“Whatever they thought was in the best interest of their team, then I would accept it,” Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said. “My administration asked me and I told them we would be OK with whatever they decided. It was my understanding that they wanted to play.” Arizona 69, UTEP 61: SalesianRichmond alum James Akinjo scored 18 points, going 14- for- 14 from the foul line, for the host Wildcats ( 5- 0). Souley Boum, an Oakland Tech alum who began his college career at USF, had 16 points to lead the Miners ( 2- 2).

Oregon 74, Washington 71: Chris Duarte and Eugene Omoruyi scored 14 points apiece as the Ducks ( 4- 1, 1- 0 Pac- 12) defeated the Huskies ( 1- 4, 0- 2). Quade Green scored 26 points for host Washington.

BYU 82, Utah 64: Connor Harding scored 17 points to lead a balanced offense for the host Cougars ( 6- 2). Alfonso Plummer had 19 points for the Utes ( 2- 1).

Missouri 81, # 6 Illinois 78: Dru Smith scored 17 points and Javon Pickett added 14 as the host Tigers

( 5- 0) topped the Illini ( 4- 2).

# 12 Tennessee 65, Cincinnati 56: John Fulkerson had 15 points and 12 rebounds to help the host Volunteers ( 2- 0) defeat the Bearcats ( 2- 2).

# 16 North Carolina 73, North Carolina Central 67: Armando Bacot had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Tar Heels ( 4- 2), who stopped a two- game slide by holding off the visiting Eagles ( 1- 3).

# 17 Texas Tech 77, Texas A& MCorpus Christi 57: Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 15 points as the Red Raiders ( 6- 1) downed the Islanders ( 1- 5) in Frisco, Texas.

Women

# 3 UConn 79, UMass Lowell 23: Freshman Paige Bueckers, last year’s national high school player of the year, scored 17 points as the host Huskies

( 1- 0) routed the River Hawks ( 0- 2).