VA. TECH STUNS NO. 2 VIRGINIA
VA.» Kerry Blackshear Jr. scored on a putback with 5.8 seconds left and Virginia Tech spoiled No. 2 Virginia’s opportunity to climb to No. 1 with a 61-60 overtime victory Saturday night.
Blackshear rebounded a missed layup by Justin Robinson and banked it in as he was being fouled. He missed the free throw, but Ty Jerome’s 28-foot attempt at the other end missed badly and the Hokies (18-7, 7-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) had a marquee victory.
Robinson led the Hokies with 20 points and seven assists, and Nickeil Alexander-walker had 12 points.
Devon Hall had 16 points for Virginia (23-2, 12-1), but the 93.3 percent free-throw shooter missed twice from the line in the final 31 seconds. De’andre Hunter added 14 points and Kyle Guy 13 for the Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers seemed a likely new No. 1 after Villanova lost to St. John’s
HIGHLIGHTS
Miles Bridges made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left and finished with 20 points, helping No. 4 Michigan State top No. 3 Purdue. The Spartans have won eight straight. The Boilermakers have lost two straight after winning a school-record 19 games in a row. … Donte Divincenzo scored a career-high 30 points, Jalen Brunson had 27 and No. 1 Villanova
bounced back from its second loss of the season, rallying past Butler 86-75. … Quentin Goodin made two free throws with 0.03 seconds left, allowing No. 5 Xavier to hold off Creighton 72-71. … Keenan Evans scored 19 points and No. 7 Texas Tech beat Kansas State 66-47 to take sole possession of the Big 12 lead. … Jared Harper scored 24 points and No. 8 Auburn,
playing without top scorer Bryce Brown, beat Georgia
78-61. … Manu Lecomte scored eight straight points for Baylor after Kansas had pulled within a basket, and the senior guard finished with 18 overall in the Bears’ upset 80-64 victory over the 10th-ranked Jayhawks. … In other upsets: Alabama beat No. 15 Tennessee 78-50,
Iowa State beat No. 17
Oklahoma 88-80, State beat No. 19
Virginia 88-85, beat No. 24 and No. 25
Oklahoma West Texas A&M Kentucky 85-74 Boston College defeated Miami 72-70. AREA
Pioneers get win. Joe Rosga hit five 3-pointers and finished with 26 points and Daniel Amigo scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting to help Denver beat North Dakota State 66-63. … Ryan Swan scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Air Force upset New Mexico 100-92. … Shakur Juiston scored 22 points to lead UNLV over 85-70. … lost to
Wyoming Northern Colorado Weber State in overtime. Women
CONN.» Napheesa HARTFORD,
Collier scored 26 points and Katie Lou Samuelson added 22 to lead Uconn to a 124-43 rout of Wichita State for the second-most lopsided win in Huskies history.
The 124 points was two shy of the program record, set in 1998.
HIGHLIGHTS
Allie Leclaire scored 16 points, Jessica Lindstrom added 13 and No. 20 Green Bay beat Milwaukee 65-36. … Two-time Denver Post Ms. Colorado Basketball Michaela Onyenwere, a graduate of Grandview, had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 8 to a 69-46 win over
late Friday.
UCLA Arizona AREA
3 wins it for Bears. Savannah Smith hit a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left Saturday to give Northern Colorado a 71-69 win over Weber State. … Samantha Romanowski scored 15 points as Denver won 78-73 at North Dakota State. … Hannah Tvrdy scored 22 points in Colorado State’s 73-66 win at San Jose State .…Liv Roberts scored 21 points to lead past UNLV 69-56. … defeated 57-49.
Wyoming New Mexico Air Force
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