The Denver Post

Men’s college basketball

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Jackson- Davis scores 25 as No. 21 Indiana beats No. 1 Purdue BLOOMINGTO­N, IND.>>

Trayce Jackson- Davis scored 25 points and Jalen Hood- Schifino delivered the clinching basket on a dunk with 2 seconds left as No. 21 Indiana beat No. 1 Purdue 79- 74 on Saturday.

Zach Edey finished with 33 points and 18 rebounds for Purdue ( 22- 2, 11- 2 Big Ten).

The Hoosiers ( 16- 7, 7- 5) have won both of their home games against their archrival under secondyear coach Mike Woodson.

A roaring, raucous crowd that stayed on its feet most of the game wasted no time storming the court after the final buzzer sounded. HoodSchifi­no had 16 points for the Hoosiers, who have won six of seven.

No. 2 Tennessee 46, No. 25 Auburn 43

KNOXVILLE, TENN.>> JosiahJord­an James scored 15 points to lead Tennessee past Auburn in a game in which every point was difficult and nothing flowed.

The Volunteers ( 19- 4,

8- 2 Southeaste­rn Conference) shot just 27% from the field and 9.5% from the 3- point line. They were recovering from a Wednesday loss to Florida in which they shot 28%.

The Tigers ( 17- 6, 7- 3) were led by Johni Broome with 11 points.

No. 4 Alabama 79, LSU 69

BATON ROUGE, LA.>> Noah Clowney and Rylan Griffen led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points each to carry Alabama over LSU, which lost its 10th straight.

Nimari Burnett and Mark Sears each had 13 points and Brandon Miller had 11 for the Crimson Tide ( 20- 3, 10- 0 Southeaste­rn Conference).

Derek Fountain led

LSU ( 12- 11, 1- 9) with a careerhigh 26 points. Cam Hayes came off the bench and scored 15 points. Tigers leading scorer KJ Williams was held to eight points, nine below his season average.

Virginia Tech 74, No. 6 Virginia 68

BLACKSBURG, VA.>> Sean Pedulla scored 22 points and Virginia Tech snapped the Cavaliers’ seven- game winning streak.

Pedulla hit 6 of 13 from the floor as the Hokies ( 1410, 4- 8 Atlantic Coast Conference) posted their biggest win of the season. He added 8 of 9 from the freethrow line and Virginia Tech never trailed. Justin Mutts added 17 points for the Hokies, who shot 50% from the floor for the fourth straight game.

No. 10 Texas 69, No. 7 Kansas State 66

MANHATTAN, KAN.>> Christian Bishop scored all 14 of his points in the second half, including the go- ahead lay- in with 37 seconds to go, and Texas rallied from a 14- point first- half deficit.

Sir’jabari Rice also had 14 points for the Longhorns, and his two free throws with nine seconds left forced the Wildcats into needing a 3- pointer to send the game to overtime.

No. 13 Iowa State 68, No. 8 Kansas 53

AMES, IOWA>> Jaren Holmes led Iowa State with 15 points in the Cyclones’ win over Kansas.

No. 9 UCLA 76, Washington State 52

LOS ANGELES>> Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 24 points and a career- high 15 rebounds, and UCLA won its 21st consecutiv­e home game.

The Bruins ( 19- 4, 10- 2 Pac- 12) own the nation’s longest active home winning streak, including a

13- 0 mark at Pauley Pavilion this season.

No. 11 Baylor 89, Texas Tech 62

WACO, TEXAS>> Jalen Bridges had 18 points with eight rebounds, big man Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua played for the first time since suffering a gruesome knee injury last season and Baylor beat Texas Tech.

Bridges scored 16 of his points in the second half. Freshman Keyonte George scored 17 points for the Bears ( 17- 6, 6- 4 Big 12). Adam Flagler had 13 points and eight assists.

No. 14 Marquette 60, Butler 52

MILWAUKEE>> Tyler Kolek had 13 points and eight assists in Marquette’s win over Butler for its fifth consecutiv­e victory.

Marquette ( 19- 5, 11- 2

Big East) began the day tied for first place in the conference standings with No. 16 Xavier.

Oklahoma State 79, No. 15 TCU 73

STILLWATER, OKLA.>> Kalib Boone scored 25 points and Oklahoma State blew a 19- point second- half lead before recovering to beat a depleted TCU squad.

No. 16 Xavier 96, St. John’s 71

CINCINNATI>> Jack Nunge scored 21 points, Colby Jones added 19 and Xavier made a season- high 15 3- pointers to defeat St. John’s.

No. 19 FAU 67, Charlotte 52

CHARLOTTE, N. C. >> Vladislav Goldin had 15 points and Florida Atlantic rebounded with a win just two days after the Owls had their 20game win streak snapped.

No. 23 Miami 78, No. 20 Clemson 74

CLEMSON, S. C.>> Nijel Pack scored 20 points and Isaiah Wong added 15 as Miami used a second- half burst to hold off Clemson

No. 24 Uconn 68, Georgetown 62

WASHINGTON>> Adama Sanogo and Tristen Newton each scored 15 and Alex Karaban knocked down two late 3- pointers to give Uconn a win over last- place Georgetown.

St. Thomas 68, DU 57

DENVER>> Pa rke r Bjorklund’s 19 points helped St. Thomas defeat Denver 68- 57 on Saturday night.

The Pioneers were led in scoring by Tommy Bruner, who finished with 23 points.

Montana State 75, UNC 62

BOZEMAN, MONT.>> Jubrile Belo’s 19 points helped Montana State defeat Northern Colorado.

Matt Johnson II led the way for the Bears, with 15 points. Daylen Kountz added 15 points. .

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