Notre Dame upends No. 11 Florida State
Notre Dame 83, No. 11 Florida State 73: Prentiss Hubb scored 22 points, Dane Goodwin had 15 and host Notre Dame (10-14, 7-11 ACC) beat Florida State (15-5, 11-4) on Saturday.
The Fighting Irish had five players score in double figures. They also went 28 for 34 at the free-throw line, compared to 15 for 20 for the Seminoles.
Cormac Ryan, Nikola Djogo and Nate Laszewski had 11 points apiece for Notre Dame, which had dropped four in a row. Juwan Durham had nine points and nine rebounds.
Scottie Barnes led Florida State with 17 points. Raiquan Gray added 15 points and 10 rebounds. M.J. Walker had 12 points on 4-for-16 shooting.
No. 17 Oklahoma State 85, No. 6 West Virginia 80: Sophomore Avery Anderson III scored a career-high 31 points to lead Oklahoma State (18-7, 11-7 Big 12) to a victory over host West Virginia (18-8, 11-6 Big 12) in their Big 12 regular-season finale.
The Cowboys made up for the loss of two starters by finding holes in the defense for easy layups, shooting 58% from the floor and outhustling West Virginia for rebounds.
Oklahoma State was without star freshman Cade Cunningham, who injured his left ankle late in a loss to No. 3 Baylor on Thursday. Isaac Likekele also sat out for the sixth time in seven games with a hand injury.
Freshman Matthew-alexander Moncrieffe added 18 points for Oklahoma State. Kalib Boone added 12 points while his twin brother, Keylan, scored 11.
Taz Sherman led West Virginia with 20 points. Derek Culver added 14 points, Miles Mcbride scored 12 and Emmitt Matthews 11.
West Virginia had a chance to tie it near the end, but Keylan Boone stole Mcbride’s pass into the lane with 11 seconds left. Anderson then hit two free throws for the final margin.
The Mountaineers went 2-2 during a four-game homestand to finish the regular season. Saturday’s loss denied coach Bob Huggins the chance to get his 900th win before his own fans. It also handed No. 13 Kansas the second seed in the upcoming Big 12 tournament, behind league champion Baylor.
Oklahoma State trailed for most of the game until Moncrieffe scored 10 points over the first five minutes of the second half and Kalib Boone’s dunk put the Cowboys ahead 54-49.
But Moncrieffe fouled out with 5:25 left, followed a few minutes later by teammate Bernard Kouma, who had 10 rebounds.
West Virginia went 13 of 14 from the free-throw line over a five-minute stretch to take a 73-72 lead with 3:43 left. The Mountaineers never led again.
Anderson scoring 11 points over the final four minutes to seal the win.
No. 8 Alabama 89, Georgia 79: Herbert Jones had two baskets in a 9-0 run to open the second half that gave Alabama (21-6, 16-2) the lead, and the SEC champion Crimson Tide beat host Georgia (14-11, 7-11).
Jahvon Quinerly led five Alabama scorers in double figures with 18 points. John Petty Jr. had 15 and Jaden Shackelford finished with 14.
Alabama matched its school record for SEC wins in the 1986-87 season. The Crimson Tide will take a three-game winning streak into next week’s SEC Tournament in Tennessee.
Alabama led 82-79 before Keon Ellis sank a 3-pointer with 46 seconds remaining. It was one of eight 3s in the second half for the Crimson Tide after they managed only two in the first half.
Georgia led by 14 in the first half but couldn’t maintain the pace. Sahvir Wheeler led the Bulldogs with 18 points. Freshman K.D. Johnson had 16.
Alabama’s challenge was to avoid a letdown while playing one week after clinching its first SEC regular-season championship in 19 years. The Crimson Tide cut down the nets on their home court after completing a sweep of rival Auburn on Tuesday night.
The poor long-distance shooting by Alabama early in the game created an opening for Georgia to open a 29-15 lead, thanks to a 9-0 run. The Crimson Tide regrouped to cut the Bulldogs’ lead to 36-30 at halftime.
Led by Jones, who had 10 points, the Crimson Tide needed only about one minute in the second half to grab the lead. Jones had two baskets and Jordan Bruner sank a 3-pointer in a 9-0 run to open the half.
Alabama appeared to be on the verge of taking control when it stretched the advantage to 55-45. Georgia answered with three quick 3-pointers from Johnson to trim the Crimson Tide’s lead to 57-54.
The Bulldogs briefly pulled within two points but couldn’t complete the comeback. Alabama stretched its advantage back to 10 points at 73-63.
No. 22 Loyola Chicago 65, Indiana State 49: Cameron Krutwig had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Loyola Chicago (23-4) beat Indiana State (15-10) to advance to the Missouri Valley Conference tournament final in St. Louis.
Krutwig also had four assists and blocked three shots. Fellow senior Lucas Williamson scored 14 points for the Ramblers, and Keith Clemons had 12.
Indiana State shot 38.5% (20 for 52) from the field. Jake Laravia scored 13 points, and Tyreke Key had 11 on 4for-13 shooting.
Key was averaging 17.5 points per game coming into the day.
“We just have a constant respect for him,” Ramblers forward Aher Ugusk said. “Guarding him with being physical and just keying on him has just been a goal of ours.”
“It felt like we were loose,” Ramblers coach Porter Moser said. “We know we can shoot and the guys have just been really loose shooting it.”
No. 23 Purdue 67, Indiana 58: Zach Edey scored 20 points and Jaden Ivey added 17 as host Purdue (18-8, 13-6) beat Indiana (12-14, 7-12) for its ninth straight win in the in-state rivalry, the Boilermakers’ best run in the series since John Wooden played for them.
The Boilermakers beat Indiana nine in a row from 1929-35 boosted by Wooden, a star player who went on to coaching fame. Purdue beat the Hoosiers a school-record 12 straight from 1908-14.
Purdue heads into next week’s Big Ten Tournament with five consecutive wins overall. Edey also had nine rebounds.
Aljami Durham had 14 points and Trayce Jackson-davis finished with 12 points and five rebounds to lead the Hoosiers. Indiana finished conference play for the fifth consecutive season without a winning record – the first time that has happened since 1911-19. This one looked awfully familiar, too, as the Hoosiers went 5 of 23 on 3-pointers and had several long scoreless stretches.