The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Seventh-ranked West Virginia upends TCU

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Daxter Miles Jr. tied a season high with 22 points and No. 7 West Virginia needed a late burst to beat TCU 82-70 on Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia.

West Virginia (13-2, 2-1 Big 12) bounced back from an overtime loss at Texas Tech and improved to 10-0 against TCU since the schools joined the Big 12 in 2012.

Esa Ahmad added 16 points for West Virginia, while Jevon Carter and freshman Sagaba Konate scored 13 each.

Alex Robinson led TCU (12-3, 1-2) with 17 points and Vladimir Brodziansk­y added 14. NO. 8 DUKE 93, BOSTON COLLEGE 82 >> At Durham, North Carolina, Freshman Jayson Tatum matched a season high with 22 points and Duke won in Jeff Capel’s season debut as Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s temporary replacemen­t.

Grayson Allen had 12 points and 11 assists, and the Blue Devils had six double-figure scorers in winning their first game at Cameron Indoor Stadium without Coach K since 1995. Krzyzewski had back surgery Friday and is expected to miss roughly four weeks.

The Blue Devils (14-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) shot 55 percent but blew most of a 25-point lead, with the Eagles chipping away over the final 10 minutes and pulling to 88-82 on Ky Bowman’s reverse layup with 44.1 seconds left.

Tatum hit four free throws in the final 42 seconds to put Duke back up by double figures.

Jerome Robinson had 21 points for BC (8-8, 1-2). NO. 9 LOUISVILLE 65, GEORGIA TECH 50 >> At Atlanta, Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 20 points in the second half as Louisville became the last Atlantic Coast Conference team to pick up a league win.

Louisville (13-3, 1-2) used stifling defense in the first half and the long ball to beat Tech (9-6, 1-2) for the sixth straight time.

Quentin Snider added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals while center Ben Lammers paced the Jackets with a career-high 24 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Freshman Josh Okogie scored 15 points for Tech, which made just 5 of 20 shots in the first half. NO. 10 CREIGHTON 78, PROVIDENCE 64 >> At Providence, Rhode Island, Justin Patton had 20 points and Maurice Watson Jr. scored 11 with 14 assists for Creighton.

Marcus Foster had 17 points and Khyri Thomas added 16 for the Bluejays (15-1, 3-1 Big East), who opened a 10-0 lead and never trailed.

Emmitt Holt scored 17 points and Kalif Young had nine rebounds for Providence (11-6, 1-3). NO. 12 FLORIDA ST. 93, NO. 21 VIRGINIA TECH 78 >> At Tallahasse­e, Florida, Terance Mann scored 22 points and Dwayne Bacon added 17 for Florida State.

It is the first time since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference that the Seminoles have won their first three league games. FSU, which has won 11 straight, improved to 15-1, which matches it with the 198889 team for best start in school history thru 15 games.

Chris Clarke led the Hokies (12-3, 1-2) with 22 points while Zach LeDay and Ahmed Hill added 19 apiece. NO. 16 XAVIER 97, ST. JOHN’S 82 >> At Cincinnati, Edmond Sumner had 20 points and seven assists for Xavier, which is alone atop the Big East.

Xavier (13-2, 3-0) has won six straight games since consecutiv­e road losses at Baylor and Colorado. The Musketeers are the last unbeaten team in Big East play.

It was the second straight big game for Sumner, who had been limited by an injured left hand. The point guard had a career-high 28 points with 8 rebounds and 6 assists in 81-76 win at Georgetown last Saturday.

Xavier had a season high in points.

Marcus LoVett scored a career-high 32 for St. John’s (8-8, 2-1). NO. 18 BUTLER 85, GEORGETOWN 76, OT >> At Washington, Freshman Kamar Baldwin scored 16 points as Butler followed its upset of No. 1 Villanova with a win.

The Bulldogs (14-2, 3-1 Big East), who upended the defending national champions 66-58 on Wednesday, never trailed in the overtime to earn their third consecutiv­e victory.

L.J. Peak scored 21 points and Jagan Mosely added a career-high 20 for the Hoyas (8-8, 0-4), who lost their first four conference games for the first time since 1998-99. NO. 23 NOTRE DAME 75, CLEMSON 70 >> At South Bend, Indiana, V.J. Beachem tied his career-high with 22 points and Notre Dame remained undefeated in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Matt Farrell added 15 points for the Irish (14-2, 3-0) including a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left for the game’s final margin.

Bonzie Colson recorded his ACC-best 10th doubledoub­le of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds for Notre Dame, which has won five straight. Steve Vasturia added 14 points.

Jaron Blossomgam­e had 22 points and eight rebounds for Clemson (11-4, 1-2). NO. 24 FLORIDA 83, TENNESSEE 70 >> At Gainesvill­e, Florida, KeVaughn Allen connected on four 3-pointers in the final 7:34 and scored 23 points to lead Florida.

The Gators (12-3, 3-0 Southeaste­rn Conference) pulled away from a 56-all tie with 8:57 left to win their fifth straight game. Allen made three of his 3s in a span of five possession­s to turn a game that had featured six ties and 12 lead changes into a runaway at the end.

Admiral Schofield had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Tennessee (8-7, 1-2).

Florida hit 10 of its first 11 shots in the second half and has won its first three SEC games for the fourth time in five years. NO. 25 INDIANA 96, ILLINOIS 80>> At Bloomingto­n, Indiana, James Blackmon Jr. scored 25 points and Thomas Bryant had 20 as Indiana got its first Big Ten Conference win of the season.

Illinois was scoreless for the first 6 minutes of the game, during which time the Hoosiers (11-5, 1-2) jumped out to a 13-0 lead.

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