The Denver Post

TEXAS NIPS NO. 16 TCU IN DOUBLE OT

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TEXAS» Jericho Sims AUSTIN, made a free throw with 5 seconds left, then Texas watched as TCU’s Jaylen Fisher missed a layup off the rim at the final buzzer to send the Longhorns to a 99-98 win over the 16th-ranked Horned Frogs in double overtime Wednesday night.

Sims had missed his second free throw and the Horned Frogs got the play they wanted with Fisher driving the lane for a point-blank layup that somehow bounced out.

Texas got it biggest win of the season hours after the school announced that sophomore guard Andrew Jones has been diagnosed with leukemia and has started treatment.

Eric Davis scored 22 points to lead Texas (11-5, 2-2 Big 12). Williams scored 26 for TCU (13-3, 1-3), which made 15 3-pointers but none in the second overtime.

HIGHLIGHTS

Phil Booth hit five 3s and scored 21 points and Jalen Brunson had 17 to lead No. 1 Villanova to an 89-65 win over No. 10 Xavier .… Miles Bridges ended his scoreless start with 7:43 left in regulation and finished with just 11 points to barely help No. 4 Michigan State bounce back from a loss to Ohio State with a 76-72 overtime victory over Rutgers. … Marvin Bagley III scored 16 points and grabbed 15 rebounds and No. 7 Duke had little trouble bouncing back from a loss to North Carolina State by drilling Pittsburgh 87-52. Bagley recorded his 13th double-double of the season, one shy of the Duke freshman record shared by Jabari Parker and Gene Banks. … Deng Adel scored 16 points and Louisville rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit to defeat 23rdranked Florida State 73-69 and snap the Seminoles’ 28-game home winning streak. … Antino Jackson had a career-high 20 points and Joe Furstinger added a double-double as New Mexico overcame a sloppy performanc­e to beat Wyoming 75-66. Justin James scored a career-high 31 for the Cowboys. … Lavelle Scottie scored 26 points for in an 81-76 loss to

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