The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Freshman’s 40 topples No. 7 Oklahoma
Freshman star Cade Cunningham scored 10 of his season-high 40 points in overtime, and Oklahoma State defeated No. 7 Oklahoma 94-90 on Saturday.
Cunningham’s previous scoring high was 29 points. In his first Bedlam rivalry game, he made 12 of 21 field goals and 13 of 14 free throws. He also finished with 11 rebounds three steals and two blocks.
Bryce Williams and Avery Anderson III each scored 15 points for Oklahoma State (16-6, 9-6 Big 12), which won its fourth straight.
De’Vion Harmon matched a career high with 23 points and Austin Reaves had 22 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Oklahoma (15-7, 8-7), which was coming off an upset loss at Kansas State.
The two teams will meet again on Monday at Oklahoma State.
It was an intense back-andforth game with plenty of hard, clean fouls.
With Oklahoma State up by two, Reaves drove and found Brady Manek for the tying layup with seven seconds to play. Cunningham lost control of the ball while looking to create space for a winning shot, forcing overtime.
The victory will vault the Cowboys into the Top 25 and likely improve their NCAA Tournament seed.
The Sooners really need to win the rematch on Monday to avoid a tailspin. Even with the number of quality wins the Sooners have tallied, they can’t afford too many losses this close to the NCAA Tournament selection process.
No. 3 Michigan 73, (at) Indiana 57:
Franz Wagner matched his season high with 21 points and Isaiah Livers added 16 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 3 Michigan pull away.
The Wolverines (18-1, 13-1 Big Ten) took another major step toward the league title by winning their seventh straight, improving to 5-0 since resuming play following a COVID-19 pause and capturing their third straight victory in Bloomington. They’ve won nine straight in the series since their last loss in February 2016.
Aljami Durham led Indiana (1212, 7-10) with 15 points, and Race Thompson finished with 11 points and six rebounds. The Hoosiers have lost three in a row and four of their last five as they fight for an NCAA Tournament spot.
It didn’t take long for Michigan break it open.
Mike Smith started the decisive 10-0 spurt with a 3-pointer midway through the first half and capped it by making two free throws for a 32-21 lead. After the Hoosiers answered with five straight to cut the deficit to six, Michigan went on a 10-3 run for a 42-39 lead. Indiana never recovered.
Livers opened the second half with three straight 3s and the Wolverines sealed the victory with an 8-0 spurt that made it 59-42 with 11:23 to play.
(At) No. 18 Texas Tech 68, No. 14 Texas 59: Mac McClung had 16 points to lead five Texas Tech players in double figures, and the No. 18 Red Raiders snapped a three-game losing streak.
The game was tied at halftime, but Texas Tech (15-8, 7-7 Big 12) went ahead to stay with a 19-6 run to open the second half.
Texas Tech had its largest lead at 52-39 on a jumper by Marcus Santos-Silva with 11:29 left in the game. The Longhorns (14-7, 8-6) finally got their first field goal of the second half when Brock Cunningham made a 3-pointer.
Terrence Shannon Jr. had 11 points for the Red Raiders, while Santos-Silva, Kyler Edwards and Kevin McCullar each had 10. Santos-Silva had nine rebounds.
Jericho Sims had 11 points to lead Texas, which played the first of four consecutive road games to end the regular season. That includes three makeup games next week. Matt Coleman III had 10 points.
No. 5 Illinois 74, (at) No. 23 Wisconsin 69: Kofi Cockburn scored 19 points, and No. 5 Illinois topped No. 23 Wisconsin, completing its first sweep of the regular-season series since 2005.
After Wisconsin trailed by 13 points with less than three minutes left, D’Mitrik Trice nearly brought the Badgers all the way back by scoring 19 points in the final 2:12. Trice’s 3-pointer cut Illinois’ lead to 70-69 with 6.7 seconds left.
After Illinois’ Trent Frazier sank two free throws, Illinois fouled Trevor Anderson with 1.9 seconds left before Wisconsin could attempt a tying 3-pointer. Anderson missed the next two free throws, then Jacob Grandison hit a pair of foul shots to account for the final scoring.
Trice finished with 29 points. Micah Potter had 15 points for Wisconsin (16-9, 10-8 Big Ten).
Andre Curbelo scored 17 points and Da’Monte Williams had 12 for Illinois.
Illinois (18-6, 15-4) played without All-American candidate Ayo Dosunmu, who missed a second straight game after breaking his nose Tuesday at Michigan State.
(At) No. 10 West Virginia 65, Kansas St. 43: Sean McNeil scored 16 points, and No. 10 West Virginia used a two big second-half runs to beat Kansas State. Derek Culver added 11 points for West Virginia (17-6, 10-4 Big 12).
Davion Bradford scored 11 points, and Mike McGuirl had 10 for Kansas State (7-19, 3-14). The Wildcats were held to their second-lowest points total of the season.
(At) No. 22 San Diego St. 62, Boise St. 58: Matt Mitchell hit two free throws with 3.3 seconds left and fellow senior Jordan Schakel made four free throws in the final 8.7 seconds for San Diego State’s 10th straight victory.
Sweeping the two-game series against the Broncos means the Aztecs (19-4, 13-3 Mountain West) can repeat as regular-season conference champions if they win at UNLV on Wednesday night. BSU (18-6, 14-5) came into the series with a half-game lead.
(At) Xavier 77, No. 13 Creighton 69: Paul Scruggs scored 23 points and Zach Freemantle added 17 to help Xavier bolster its NCAA Tournament hopes.
Freemantle also had 10 rebounds for Xavier (13-5, 6-5). The Musketeers led by as many as 13 points and staved off a late comeback by Creighton.
Damien Jefferson led Creighton (17-6, 13-5 Big East) with 19 points, and Marcus Zegarowski had 15. Mitch Ballock and Denzel Mahoney each had 11 points for the Bluejays, whose four-game winning streak was snapped.