Lowry watches his old team beat St. John’s

Saddiq Bey scored 23 points and Justin Moore added 21 to lead No. 12 Villanova past St. John’s 71-60 at home Wednesday night.

The Wildcats (22-6, 11-4 Big East) had trouble shaking St. John’s (1414, 3-12) until late on a night the program honored former star Kyle Lowry. Lowry, a five-time All-Star guard for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors, played two seasons for the Wildcats and was one of the early pieces that helped build coach Jay Wright’s program into a national power.

Lowry was flanked by former teammates and called the jersey recognition honor a “once in a lifetime” experience. Lowry played from 200406 when the Wildcats made their first two NCAA Tournament trips of Wright’s young tenure.

Wright has said how Lowry skipped classes and was disruptive at practice, so much so that it got to the point where the feisty guard might not have made it to a second season. Lowry, now extremely close with Wright, laughed when he recalled his rocky relationship with his coach.

STANFORD 70, UTAH 62 >>

Freshman

Tyrell Terry scored 27 points, and Oscar da Silva added 20 points and seven rebounds to lead the host Cardinal over the Utes at Maples Pavilion. Stanford (19-9, 8-7 Pac-12) snapped a four-game losing streak to the Utes (15-13, 6-10).

NO. 9 MARYLAND 74, MINNESOTA 73 >> Darryl Morsell drained the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left for the ninth-ranked Terrapins, capping a comeback from a 16-point halftime deficit on the road. Maryland (235, 13-4 Big Ten) maintained a twogame lead for first place with three games to go.

Th Gophers (13-14, 7-10) missed three foul shots in the final 39 seconds.

NO. 16 PENN STATE 65, RUTGERS 64 >> Myles Dread hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 28 seconds left to lift Penn State over Rutgers after the Nittany Lions blew a 21-point lead.

Trailing 40-19 late in the first half, the Scarlet Knights tied the game at 62 with 1:32 left in the game on Geo Baker’s layup. His jumper gave Rutgers a two-point lead with 42 seconds remaining.

VIRGINIA 56, VIRGINIA TECH 53 >> Kihei Clark made a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left, and the Cavaliers recovered after blowing a big lead on the road.

Virginia Tech tied the game with 11 seconds left after setting a program record since joining the ACC in 2004 with just 11 first-half points.

The Cavaliers (20-7, 12-5 ACC) have won five straight games and eight of their past nine, while the Hokies (1513, 6-11) have lost eight of their past nine.

FORMER PENN COACH SLAPPED WITH 15-YEAR SHOW-CAUSE PENALTY >> Former Penn coach Jerome Allen was hit a 15-year show-cause penalty after he accepted $300,000 in bribes to get a wealthy Florida businessman’s son into the University of Pennsylvania. The school’s athletic department was also placed on probation for two years and fined $5,000. Allen played for the Quakers between 1992–95 and coached the team from 2009–15. He was hired by the Boston Celtics in 2015 and remains on the coaching staff.

Women

NO. 6 UCONN 105, CINCINNATI 98 >> Megan Walker scored 25 points, freshman Anna Makurat added 20, and UConn dominated a match-up of the American Athletic Conference’s top two teams. The Huskies (24-3, 14-0) had already clinched their seventh AAC regular season title.