Paschall lifts Villanova past Creighton
VILLANOVA, Pa. - Eric Paschall scored a seasonhigh 19 points and Josh Hart added 16 to help No. 2 Villanova clinch its fourth straight Big East regular-season title with a 79-63 victory over No. 23 Creighton on Saturday.
Kris Jenkins scored 15 points and Mikal Bridges had 11 for the defending national champions.
Marcus Foster scored 25 points and Khyri Thomas had 17 for Creighton, which has lost six of 10 after an 18-1 start.
No. 3 Kansas 77, at Texas 67: Josh Jackson scored 18 points and Frank Mason III added 16 to help Kansas beat Texas and win its 13th consecutive Big 12 regularseason championship outright.
Devonte Graham and Dwight Coleby added points 12 apiece for the Jayhawks (26-3, 14-2 Big 12).
Jordan Bell No. 6 Oregon 75, at Stanford 73: scored on a putback with 14 seconds left to give Oregon a rare Bay Area sweep.
Bell’s game-winner followed Dillon Brooks’ lastsecond, tiebreaking 3-pointer three nights earlier at California to give Oregon (26-4, 15-2 Pac-12) its second sweep of its conference Bay Area rivals since 1976.
Justin No. 8 North Carolina 85, at Pittsburgh 67: Jackson scored 23 points, Joel Berry added 19 and North Carolina continued its march to the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title.
The Tar Heels (25-5, 13-3) have won four straight following a loss to arch rival Duke two weeks ago. North Carolina can clinch its second straight ACC regular season crown and 31st overall with a win at No. 18 Virginia on Monday.
Deonte Burton At Iowa St. 72, No. 9 Baylor 69: scored 22 points, including a crucial 3 with 1:17 left, and Iowa State won its fifth straight.
Monte Morris had 17 points with seven assists for the Cyclones (19-9, 11-5 Big 12), who have their longest winning streak in league play since a seven-game stretch in 2005.
Bruce Brown scored At Miami 55, No. 10 Duke 50: 25 points, and Miami held Duke a staggering 32 points below its season average.
Brown shot 11 for 18 and had four assists, while his teammates shot just 11 for 40 with four assists combined. Yet it was enough for the Hurricanes (20-8, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), who dominated inside and outscored Duke 40-20 in the paint.
Malik At No. 11 Kentucky 76, No. 13 Florida 66: Monk scored 30 of his 33 points in the second half and Bam Adebayo added 18 points with 15 rebounds as Kentucky took over the Southeastern Conference lead.
While another week remains in SEC play for both teams, the Wildcats (24-5, 14-2) took an important step by twice rallying from eight points down to win the pivotal matchup. And they can thank Monk for making it happen as he scored 14 points during an 18-10 run that tied the game at 55 with 9:54 remaining.
Daxter Miles No. 12 West Virginia 61, at TCU 60: Jr. made a free throw with 4.8 seconds left for West Virginia.
Miles went to the free throw line after a questionable foul against Jaylen Fisher, who never left the ground and appeared to make only slight incidental contact with the Miles. Moe Wagner At Michigan 82, No. 14 Purdue 70: scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half for Michigan. Derrick Walton added 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Wolverines (19-10, 9-7 Big Ten), who have won five of six. Shake Milton had 20 No. 17 SMU 69, UConn 61: points and seven rebounds to lead SMU. The Mustangs (25-4, 15-1 American Athletic Conference) won their 11th straight. Semi Ojeleye added 16 points.
No. 18 Virginia 70, at N.C. State 55: Freshman Kyle Guy scored 19 points to help Virginia end a four-game losing streak.
Devon Hall added 18 points for the Cavaliers (19-9, 9-7 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 49 percent and made 11 of 16 3-pointers.
No. 19 Florida St. 76, at Clemson 74: Xavier RathanMayes scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, including the go-ahead basket with 1:22 left, to lift Florida State.
Jonathan Isaac of Florida State (23-6, 11-5) blocked Shelton Mitchell’s drive with 11 seconds left and, after Trent Forrest made a free throw for the Seminoles, Marcquise Reed came up short on a mid-range jumper with 5 seconds to go.
Iowa 83, No. 24 at Maryland 69: Freshman Jordan Bohannon scored a career-high 24 points, hitting 8 of 10 3-pointers, to help Iowa breeze past fading Maryland.
Tyler Cook had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (16-13, 8-8 Big Ten). Kevin Huerter scored 13 points for Maryland (22-7, 10-6). Since opening 20-2, the Terrapins have lost five of seven and three in a row.
No. 25 Wichita St. 86, at Missouri St. 67: Landry Shamet scored a career-best 23 points as Wichita State clinched at least a share of the Missouri Valley Conference title for a fourth straight season.
The title is the fifth in six seasons for the Shockers (27-4, 17-1).
Top 10 Women
At No. 1 UConn 91, Memphis 48: Katie Lou Samuelson broke out of a shooting slump, scoring 29 points to lead UConn to a win over Memphis that extended the Huskies record winning streak to 103 games. Nina Davis scored At No. 4 Baylor 86, Texas Tech 48: 16 points, coach Kim Mulkey reached her 500th career victory and Baylor claimed its seventh straight Big 12 regular-season title with a win over Texas Tech.
NCAA record
At Washington 84, Utah 77: Washington’s Kelsey Plum surpassed Jackie Stiles to become the NCAA’s alltime scoring leader with a career-best 57 points in the final regular-season game of her career.
Plum hit 19 of 28 shots and was 13 of 16 at the freethrow line, surpassing Stiles’ mark of 3,393 points midway through the fourth quarter.
— Wire services