Texas scores late to edge W. Virginia
No. 4 Texas 72, No. 14 West Virginia 70: Andrew Jones hit a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left to lift Texas (10-1, 4-0 Big 12) to a victory over host West Virginia (9-4, 2-3) 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, 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 38point loss at West Virginia, which the fifth-worst loss in program history and the worst under coach Shaka Smart.
No. 2 Baylor 67, TCU 49: Jared Butler scored a season-high 28 points and Baylor (11-0, 4-0 Big 12) stayed undefeated with a victory over TCU (11-0, 4-0 Big 12), when the Bears got another another double-digit win even after trailing at halftime for the first time this season.
MaCio Teague added 12 points and Davion Mitchell had 10 for the Bears.
Mike Miles had 15 of his 17 points by halftime for the Horned Frogs who led at halftime only because of the freshman’s highlight buzzer-beating 3-pointer from about 65 feet that made it 28-27.
RJ Nembhard had 14 points and Kevin Samuel had 11 rebounds for TCU, which played consecutive home games against Top 10 opponents for the first time in school history. No. 6 Kansas beat the Frogs 93-64 last Tuesday.
No. 6 Kansas 63, Oklahoma 59: David McCormack hit the clinching short hook shot with 12.8 seconds to go, giving the Kansas big man 17 points, and the host Jayhawks (11-2, 4-1 Big 12) edged short-handed Oklahoma (6-4, 2-3).
Ochai Agbaji added 14 points and Jalen Wilson had nine points and 11 rebounds, helping Kansas avoid back-toback losses in Allen Fieldhouse for the first time since the first season under Roy Williams in 1988-89.
The Sooners, playing without Brady Manek and Jalen Hill because of CO
VID-19 protocols, took a 57-56 lead when Austin Reaves hit a jumper from the freethrow line with 21/2 minutes to go. But McCormack scored over Oklahoma’s Kur Kuath to give Kansas the lead back, and Wilson’s 3-pointer made it 61-57 with 1:26 to go.
No. 7 Creighton 97, St. John’s 79: Denzel Mahoney scored a season-high 24 points to lead six players in double figures with star Marcus Zegarowski out of the lineup, and host Creighton (10-2, 6-1) pulled away early in a victory over St. John’s (6-6, 1-5).
The Bluejays won their sixth straight Big East game in the same season for the
first time since joining the conference in 2013. The Red Storm dropped to 0-4 on the road.
Zegarowski, the Big East preseason player of the year and the Bluejays’ season scoring leader, was held out because of an undisclosed injury. Stadium reported the junior point guard tweaked his hamstring against Seton Hall on Wednesday.
No. 9 Tennessee 68, Texas A&M 54: Sophomore guard Santiago Vescov scored a career-high 23 points, including six 3-pointers, and Tennessee (9-1, 3-1 SEC) beat host Texas A&M (6-4, 1-3).
Vescovi’s hot hand began early for the
Vols as he hit his first four shots from behind the arc. His barrage was a part of a 17-4 Tennessee run that pushed the Volunteers’ lead to 14 midway through the opening half. Senior Savion Flagg was the Aggies’ saving grace at the end of the first, connecting on three consecutive 3pointers to pull the Aggies within six. Flagg entered Saturday’s contests on a 3for-21 clip from the field over the previous three games.
No. 11 Houston 71, Tulane 50: Marcus Sasser scored 20 of his career-high 28 points in the first half to lead host Houston (10-1, 5-1 American Athletic Conference) past Tulane (6-3,1-3). Sasser shot 7 of 9, including 6 of 7 on 3-pointers, in the first half as the Cougars built a 12-point halftime lead. Sasser finished with a career-high eight 3-pointers. Quentin Grimes scored 14 points.
Ohio State 79, No. 15 Rutgers 68: Duane Washington Jr. scored 17 points and Ohio State (9-3, 3-3 Big Ten) closed the first half with a big run to beat host Rutgers (7-4, 3-4).
The Buckeyes used a 22-4 burst to take a 42-30 lead at halftime in sending Rutgers to its third straight loss.
No. 18 Texas Tech 91, Iowa State 64: Kyler Edwards scored 16 of his 19 points in the first half as Texas Tech (10-3, 3-2 Big 12) built a huge lead and breezed past host Iowa State (2-7, 0-5).
The Red Raiders used a pair of 12-0 runs to make it 54-28 with just over a minute left before the break.
No. 21Duke 79, Wake Forest 68: Matthew Hurt scored a career-high 26 points to help Duke (5-2, 3-0 ACC) beat host Wake Forest (3-3, 0-3) in Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s return from a one-game absence due to COVID-19 protocols.
Freshman DJ Steward added 21points for the Blue Devils, who shot 51% and controlled the boards to extend their homecourt dominance in the long-running in-state series.
No. 22 Virginia 61, Boston College 49: Jay Huff matched his career-high with 18 points, adding eight rebounds on Saturday to lead Virginia (6-2, 3-0 ACC) to a victory at Boston College (2-9, 0-5).
Sam Hauser scored 17 with 10 boards to help the Cavaliers win their third straight since a Dec. 26 loss to topranked Gonzaga.