Jones’ late 3 lifts Texas over WVU

Andrew Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift No. 4 Texas to a 72-70 victory over No. 14 West Virginia on Saturday.

Jones took a pass from Courtney Ramey and hit an uncontested shot from the right corner after West Virginia’s Emmitt Matthews missed two free throws with 11 seconds left.

Ramey scored 19 points for Texas (10-1,

4-0 Big 12), which trailed for most of the game and had to come from nine points down in the second half. Jones finished with 16 points, Matt Coleman had 13 and freshman Greg Brown had 12 points and

14 rebounds.

Texas scored the final seven points of the game and avenged last year’s 38-point loss at West Virginia, which the fifth-worst loss in program history and the worst under coach Shaka Smart. Taz Sherman scored

17 points, Sean McNeil added 14 points and Derek Culver had his seventh double-double of the season, with 14 points and 16 rebounds, for the Mountaineers (9-4, 2-3).

Duane Washington Jr. scored 17 points and Justice Sueing addded 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as Ohio State closed the first half with a big run to beat No.

15 Rutgers 79-68 on Saturday. The Buckeyes

(9-3, 3-3 Big Ten) used a 22-4 burst to take a 42-30 lead at halftime in sending Rutgers (7-4, 3-4) to its third straight loss. ... Matthew Hurt scored a career-high

26 points to help No. 21 Duke beat Wake Forest 79-68 on Saturday in Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s return from a one-game absence due to COVID-19 protocols. Freshman DJ Steward added 21 points for the Blue Devils (5-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast

Conference), who shot 51% and controlled the boards to extend their home-court dominance in the long-running in-state series. ... No. 2 Baylor was simply too much to handle in a 67-49 victory over TCU on Saturday afternoon at Schollmaier Arena. Baylor (11-0, 4-0 Big 12) remains unbeaten and has won every game by double digits. TCU (9-4, 2-3), meanwhile, has lost two straight games to top-10 programs this week (Kansas and Baylor). The Frogs also snapped their streak of three straight wins over the Bears in Fort Worth. The Bears were led by junior guard Jared Butler’s game-high 28 points. MaCio Teague finished with 12 points, while Davion Mitchell had 10 points.

Women’s college basketball: Paige Bueckers scored 23 points and No. 3 UConn overcame a sluggish start to rout Providence 87-50 on Saturday and give coach Geno Auriemma his 1,098th win, tying the late Tennessee coach Pat Summitt for the second most wins in Division I women’s basketball history. Aubrey Griffin had a season-high 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds off the bench for the Huskies.

NBA: Wizards guard Bradley Beal was a late scratch for a game Saturday against the Heat due to the NBA’s health and safety protocols, leaving Washington’s backcourt short-handed after Russell Westbrook was also ruled out with a quad injury. Beal, the NBA’s leading scorer with 35.0 points per game, tied the team record with 60 in a loss against the 76ers on Wednesday and had 41 on Friday night in a loss against the Celtics. The 76ers and Celtics are both missing players due to contact tracing related to positive coronavirus tests.