BYU halts 19-game home win streak for No. 7 Kansas
LAWRENCE, KAN. >> Dallin Hall and Jaxson Robinson scored 18 points apiece as BYU rallied from a 12-point deficit to beat seventh-ranked Kansas 76-68 on Tuesday night, ending the Jayhawks’ 19-game home winning streak.
The Cougars (20-8, 8-7 Big 12) took a 66-63 lead when Noah Waterman drained a 3-pointer with 2:43 left. Hunter Dickinson answered with a 3 for Kansas, but Robinson hit two free throws and Hall drained another 3, sending BYU to a win in its first trip to storied Allen Fieldhouse since December 1971.
NO. 1 HOUSTON 67, CINCINNATI 59>> L.J. Cryer scored 22 points, J’wan Roberts added 15 and top-ranked Houston won its sixth straight game by beating Cincinnati.
One day after ascending to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time this season, the Cougars (253, 12-3 Big 12) extended their conference lead to 1 1/2 games over Iowa State. They’ve won 21 consecutive home games, the longest active streak in the nation.
NO. 16 KENTUCKY 91, MISSISSIPPI STATE 89>> Reed Sheppard made a runner from just inside the foul line with less than a second remaining and finished with a career-high 32 points, giving Kentucky a wild victory over Mississippi State.
NO. 21 DAYTON 80, DAVIDSON 66>> Koby Brea came off the bench to score 17 points, including 5-for-9 shooting from 3-point range, and Dayton bounced back from a road loss with a comfortable win over Davidson.
Enoch Cheeks led five other players in double figures with 15 points for Dayton.
Oklahoma State knocks off No. 24 West Virginia 68-61
STILLWATER, OKLA. >> Anna Gret Asi had 22 points and six assists, Quincy Noble scored 15 points and the Oklahoma State women beat No. 24 West Virginia 68-61.
Hannah Gusters added 15 points for Oklahoma State (14-14, 7-10 Big 12).
NO. 14 INDIANA 84, NORTHWESTERN 64>> Mackenzie Holmes had 28 points and nine rebounds, Sydney Parrish added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 14 Indiana beat Northwestern for its fourth straight win in the series.
Holmes, a graduate student, surpassed Steve Alford (2,348) to become the second all-time leading scorer amongst Indiana’s men’s and women’s programs. She ranks first amongst the women’s record book with 2,375 career points. Calbert Cheaney — an NBA first-round pick by Washington — scored 2,613 points from 1989-93.
NO. 21 BAYLOR 74, CINCINNATI 53>> Jana Van Gytenbeek scored 19 points, Bella Fontleroy added 13 points and Baylor beat Cincinnati for its fourth straight victory.
Yaya Felder made her only 3-pointer of the game with four seconds left in the first quarter to give Baylor a 21-11 lead. The Bears led by double figures the rest of the way.
NO. 23 CREIGHTON 99, XAVIER 57>> Emma Ronsiek scored 15 of her 25 points in the first half and Creighton routed Xavier.
Five players scored in double figures for Creighton, which has won consecutive games since rebounding from a 20-point loss to then-no. 15 Uconn on Feb. 19 that ended an 11-game winning streak.