College Basketball Wrapup REAVES LIFTS OU PAST TEXAS
AUST I N , T E X A S » Austin Reaves scored 23 points and made two free throws with 18.3 seconds left that proved to be the difference as No. 24 Oklahoma beat short-handed No. 5 Texas 80-79 on Tuesday night.
Reaves’ free throws gave the Sooners a three-point lead before Andrew Jones made two free throws seconds later to get Texas within one. The Longhorns nearly forced a turnover on the inbounds pass before fouling Oklahoma’s Jalen Hill with 2.3 seconds to play.
Hill missed his first free throw, then intentionally missed his second but failed to hit the rim, giving Texas the ball. The Sooners (10-4, 6-3) then intercepted a long pass to end the game, sending Texas (11-3, 5-2) to its second Big 12 home loss.
The Sooners have won four in a row.
NO. 9 ALABAMA 70, KENtUCKY 59.
TUS CA L OOSA, A L A.» Jaden Shackelford scored 21 points to help
No. 9 Alabama beat Kentucky 70-59 on Tuesday night and complete its first regular season two-game sweep over the Wildcats since 1989.
After a back-and-forth second half, Davion Mintz’s 3-pointer put Kentucky up 54-52 with 4:52 remaining in the game.
The Alabama defense then made stops on five straight possessions which led to a 10-0 Crimson Tide run that essentially put the game away.
AUBURN 88, NO. 12 MISSOURI 82.
AU B URN ,A L A.» Sharife Cooper had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead Auburn
to an 88-82 win over No. 12 Missouri.
Cooper, a freshman point guard who was not eligible to play in Auburn’s first 11 contests this season, had his fourth 20point outing in six career games.
NO. 18 tENNESSEE 56, MISS. St. 53.
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T E NN . » Yves Pons scored 13 points and No. 18 Tennessee overcame a miserable shooting night to beat Mississippi State 56-53.
DAYtON 76, NO. 22 SAINt LOUIS 71.
ST. L OU I S » Jalen Crutcher scored 27 points and Ibi Watson added 18 to lead the Dayton Flyers to a 76-71 win over No. 22 Saint Louis . Saint Louis was playing its first game since Dec. 23 as the program suspended team activities due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Poae, NO. 1 LOUISVILLE, 79, MIAMI (FLORIDA) 76.
L OU I SVILLE , K Y. » Louisville hasn’t had it easy as No. 1, but what’s important is that the Cardinals have answered the challenges. Having the ball in Dana Evans’ hands has certainly helped.
Evans scored 20 points, including Louisville’s final 12 capped by two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining, helping the top-ranked Cardinals survive Miami (Florida) 79-76.
NO. 9 BAYLOR 82, tCU 49.
WACO, T E X A S » NaLyssa Smith had 18 points with a career-high 16 rebounds, Moon Ursin scored 21 points and No. 9 Baylor beat TCU 82-49 on Tuesday night, completing another regular-season series sweep against the instate rival Horned Frogs.