Virginia pulls off upset over No. 5 Florida State
Virginia 61, No. 5 Florida St. 56: Kihei Clark scored 15 points, including a go-ahead layup with 59 seconds left, and Virginia (14-6, 6-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) ended No. 5 Florida State’s 10-game winning streak on Tuesday night.
The Seminoles (17-3, 7-2) had two chances to tie it, but Wyatt Wilkes missed badly on a 3-point try from the top of the key and Trent Forrest also missed from the left corner.
Devin Vassell led Florida State with 17 points.
No. 8 Villanova 79, St. John’s 59: Saddiq Bey scored 23 points, Collin Gillespie had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Villanova won its seventh straight game.
Freshman Jeremiah Robinson-Earl had 13 points and 14 rebounds as the balanced Wildcats (17-3, 7-1 Big East) won for the 13th time in 14 games.
Rasheem Dunn had 24 points for St. John’s (13-9, 2-7).
No. 9 Duke 79, Pittsburgh 67: Vernon Carey Jr. had 26 points and 13 rebounds as Duke beat Pittsburgh after both teams honored Kobe Bryant during a pregame ceremony at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Tre Jones contributed 14 points and Duncan Goldwire scored 13 for the Blue Devils (17-3, 6-2 ACC).
No. 16 Butler 69, Georgetown 64: Kamar Baldwin heated up after halftime for the second consecutive game, helping Butler overcome another deficit to beat Georgetown.
Butler (17-4, 5-3 Big East) was down by as many as 14 before halftime but never trailed again after taking the lead.
No. 17 Auburn 83, Mississippi 82 (2OT): Isaac Okoro converted a big three-point play with 1:41 left in the second overtime, and Auburn topped Mississippi.
Okoro had 14 points and nine rebounds for Auburn (18-2, 5-2 SEC), which trailed by as many as 19 early in the second half.
No. 25 Rutgers 70, Purdue 63: Caleb McConnell scored 16 points, making 12 of 13 free throw attempts, and Rutgers nearly blew a 17-point lead before holding off Purdue.
Rutgers (16-5, 7-3 Big Ten) would build the lead to 44-27, before Purdue (11-10, 4-6) went on a 10-2 run capped by a Jahaad Proctor layup to make it 46-37 at 14:12.
Top 10 women
No. 2 Baylor 83, Iowa State 62: Juicy Landrum scored 22 points, Te’a Cooper had 19 with five 3-pointers and Baylor (18-1, 7-0 Big 12) won its 48th consecutive regular-season Big 12 game.
Big 12 leading scorer Ashley Joens had a tough night for Iowa State (12-7, 4-4), finishing with 13 points and nine rebounds.