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No. 2 Uconn survives scare vs. Georgetown STORRS, CONN. >> Joey Calcaterra scored all of his 14 points in the second half to help secondrank­ed Uconn rally from its first second-half deficit of the season for an 84-73 victory over Georgetown on Tuesday night.

Tristan Newton had 17 points and seven assists, while Adama Sanogo added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Huskies (13- 0, 2- 0 Big East). Jordan Hawkins scored 15 points and Andre Jackson finished with seven points, eight assists and six rebounds.

No. 5 Arizona 85, Montana St. 64

TUCSON, ARIZ.>> Kerr Kriisa scored 18 points, Cedric Henderson Jr. added 16 and Arizona (111) pulled away to beat Montana State (7- 6).

No. 22 Miami 66, No. 6 Virginia 64

CORAL GABLES, FLA.>> Isaiah Wong scored 24 points and Miami held on in a frantic finish. Jordan Miller finished with 11 points while Norchad Omier had 10 for Miami (12-1, 3-0 ACC), which snapped a six-game losing streak against Virginia (8-2, 1-1).

No. 9 Alabama 84, Jackson State 64

TUSCALOOSA, ALA. >> Noah Gurley scored a seasonhigh 16 points and Mark Sears had 15 to push Alabama (10-2) past Jackson State (1-11).

No. 11 Gonzaga 85, Montana 75

SPOKANE, WASH. >> Drew Timme scored a season-high 37 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Gonzaga claimed its 72nd straight home victory.

No. 12 Baylor 58, Northweste­rn St. 48

WACO, TEXAS >> Jalen Bridges scored 12 of his 13 points in the second half, and Baylor (9-2) pulled away for the win.

Wake Forest 81, No. 14 Duke 70

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.>> Tyree Appleby had 18 points and eight assists as Wake Forest ended Duke’s eight-game road win streak.

Cameron Hildreth added 16 points and nine rebounds for Wake (9- 4, 1-1 ACC), which led Duke (10-3, 1-1) nearly all game.

Drake 58, No. 15 Mississipp­i St. 52

LINCOLN, NEB. >> Roman Penn scored 19 points, Sardaar Calhoun made four of his five 3-pointers in the second half, and Drake (9-3) dealt Mississipp­i State (11-1) its first loss.

No. 18 Indiana 96, Elon 72

BLOOMINGTO­N, IND. >>

Race Thompson had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and short-handed Indiana beat Elon. Freshman Jalen Hood-schifino had 17 points and seven assists for the Hoosiers (9-3).

Air Force 67, N. Colorado 65

GREELEY>> Rytis Petraitis hit a pair of free throws with six seconds left, then survived a missed Caleb Shaw 3-pointer on the other end to escape with a nonconfere­nce win.

Daylen Koutz scored a game-high 22 points for UNC (5-7), but Air Force (9- 4) got double-figure scoring from four players in the win: Petraitis (12), Jake Heidbreder (17), Corbin Green (13) and Ethan Taylor (10).

WOMEN’S ROUNDUP No. 16 Oregon 85, No. 17 Arkansas 75

SAN DIEGO >> Grace Vanslooten scored 26 points, Oregon made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, and the Ducks rallied past Arkansas at the San Diego Invitation­al. The win was Ducks coach Kelly Graves’ 200th at Oregon.

No. 3 Ohio State 88, S. Florida 86, OT

SAN DIEGO >> Taylor Thierry made a driving layup with 5 seconds left in overtime, and No. 3 Ohio State closed with an 8- 0 run in the final minute of the extra period to rally past South Florida in the San Diego Invitation­al.

No. 12 Utah 88, Weber State 52

OGDEN, UTAH >> Alissa

Pili scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Utah rolled to a win over Weber State.

— Staff and wire reports

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