Tuesday’s games
#3 Baylor 94, #6 West Virginia 89:
Jared Butler scored 25 points before fouling out, Davion Mitchell hit the goahead basket in overtime and the visiting Bears clinched the Big 12 regularseason championship, their first regularseason title since they won the 1950 Southwest Conference championship.
“Probably the No. 1 moment ever at Baylor,” Butler said.
Baylor (191, 111) had taken its first loss of this season at Kansas on Saturday.
“When you lose, it’s just like a stormy cloud over your head,” Butler said. “Everywhere you go, everything is not the same.
“This win and what we accomplished at Baylor is going to change the whole mood of the program. It gives us our confidence back.”
Taz Sherman came off the bench to score a careerhigh 26 points for the Mountaineers (177, 105).
#4 Illinois 76, #2 Michigan 53: Trent Frazier scored 22 points and the visiting Illini (196, 154 Big Ten) dismantled the Wolverines (182, 132). Illinois again played without injured Ayo Dosunmu.
#8 Alabama 70, Auburn 58: Jaden Shackelford made five 3pointers on the way to 23 points as the host Crimson Tide (206, 152 SEC) got past the Tigers (1214, 611).
#12 Arkansas 101, South
Carolina 73: Moses Moody tied his career high with 28 points and the visiting Razorbacks (205, 124 SEC) blitzed the Gamecocks (613, 411).
#15 Texas 81, Iowa State 67:
Kai Jones came off the bench to score a seasonhigh 17 points and the visiting Longhorns (157, 96 Big 12) dusted the Cyclones (219, 016), who got 22 points from Jalen ColemanLands.
#18 Texas Tech 69, TCU 49:
Kyler Edwards scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half to help the host Red Raiders (168, 87 Big 12) roll past the Horned Frogs (1211, 59).
#23 Purdue 73, #25 Wisconsin 69:
Freshman Zach Edey scored a personalhigh 21 points as the host Boilermakers (178, 126 Big Ten) held off the Badgers (1610, 109).