UTAH KNOCKS OFF SUN DEVILS IN OVERTIME
ARIZ.» Sedrick Barefield TEMPE, scored 17 points and hit the tying 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left in regulation, helping Utah knock off No. 21 Arizona State 80-77 in overtime Thursday night.
Utah (13-7, 5-4 Pac-12) led 79-77 late in overtime and had a chance to stretch it, but David Collette missed two free throws with 20.9 seconds left.
Arizona State (15-5, 3-5) missed two shots on the next possession and Barefield hit 1-of-2 free throws. The Sun Devils’ final shot, a running 3-pointer by Tra Holder at the buzzer, was nowhere close.
Arizona State went up by three points on Shannon Evans’ layup with nine seconds in regulation, but opted not to foul, and Barefield made a 3-pointer to send it to overtime tied 69-all.
Barefield made all four of his 3-point attempts and the Utes went 14-of-32 from the arc to avenge an earlier loss to the Sun Devils.
Holder led Arizona State with 23 points.
HIGHLIGHTS
Jake Pemberton led Denver with 13 points and three other Pioneers scored in double digits to beat Western Illinois 70-58. … Chaz Glotta scored a team-high 17 points off the bench as Northern Colorado beat Idaho 80-63. … Tony Carr hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Penn State an 82-79 upset victory over No. 13 Ohio State 82-79, handing the Buckeyes their first Big Ten loss. … Vincent Edwards scored 30 points, Isaac Haas added 24 and No. 3 Purdue matched a school record with its 16th straight victory, using a late charge to finally get past No. 25 Michigan 92-88. The Boilermakers (20-2, 9-0 Big Ten) have won 20 consecutive games at Mackey Arena and are off to their best start in conference play since the NCAA Tournament began. … Shaquille Morris scored 19 points, leading No. 17 Wichita State to an 81-62 victory over Central Florida.
Women
TEXAS» Kristy Wallace WACO, scored a career-high 27 points, big posts Kalani Brown and Lauren Cox had double-doubles and No. 3 Baylor won its 15th straight game by overwhelming No. 6 Texas 81-56 in a matchup of the Big 12’s top two teams.
HIGHLIGHTS
Mikayla Ferenz scored 33 points with six rebounds and five assists as Idaho slipped past Northern Colorado 79-71. Savannah Scott led the Bears in scoring with 15. … Myisha Hines-Allen had 26 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Louisville bounce back from its only loss of the season by beating Miami 84-74. … A’ja Wilson had 27 points, 13 rebounds and seven blocks in her return to the starting lineup to power No. 9 South Carolina to a 90-42 victory over Arkansas .… Jessica Shepard scored 28 points as No. 5 Notre Dame routed Pittsburgh 87-53. … Lexie Brown tied a school record with 14 points in the first quarter when she joined an exclusive club and finished with 19 points, leading No. 18 Duke to a 75-50 win over Boston College. Brown had five steals, which made her the third NCAA Division I player with at least 1,800 points, 500 assists, 200 3pointers and 300 steals, joining Niesa Johnson (Alabama) and Odyssey Sims (Baylor). … Caliya Robinson recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds and No. 21 Georgia celebrated its return to the top 25 by beating No. 11 Missouri 62-50. … Iowa’s Megan Gustafson scored 29 points, winning a shootout with Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell, and the Hawkeyes ended a three-game losing streak with a 103-89 win over the No. 12 Buckeyes. … Teaira McCowan scored 23 points, Victoria Vivians added 17 and No. 2 Mississippi State earned its best start to a season in program history with a 90-53 victory over Florida. … Rennia Davis matched a career high with 18 points as No. 10 Tennessee pulled away for a 75-66 victory over Mississippi.