Zegarowski helps Creighton knock off No. 5 Villanova
OMAHA, Neb. — Marcus Zegarowski scored a season-high 25 points, Mitch Ballock had 17 of his 20 points in the second half and 19th-ranked Creighton’s offense was at its high-tempo best in a 86-70 rout of No. 5 Villanova on Saturday.
Creighton (16-5, 12-4 Big East) won for the sixth time in seven games and knocked off a top-five opponent for the first time since beating Villanova in February 2018.
The Wildcats (13-3, 8-2) sustained their most lopsided loss since a 25-point defeat to Ohio State in November 2019.
NO. 4 OHIO ST. 78, INDIANA 59
COLUMBUS, Ohio — E.J. Liddell scored 19 points and Justin Sueing had 16 as Ohio State pulled away to rout Indiana for its sixth consecutive victory.
ARKANSAS 86, NO. 10 MISSOURI 81 (OT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Justin Smith scored 19 points to lead Arkansas over Missouri.
Smith, who had missed the Razorbacks’ loss to Missouri last month with an injury, led a balanced attack. Moses Moody scored 15 and Jalen Tate added 14 for Arkansas (16-5, 8-4 Southeastern Conference).
NO. 11 ALABAMA 115, GEORGIA 82
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Herbert Jones scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the first half and Alabama had a blistering shooting night.
NO. 12 OKLAHOMA 91, NO. 14 WEST VIRGINIA 90 (2OT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Austin Reaves scored four of his 28 points in the final minute of the second overtime and
Oklahoma held off West Virginia.
NO. 13 TEXAS 70, TCU 55
AUSTIN, Texas — Andrew Jones scored 19 points to lead Texasover TCU as the Longhorns got their first home win in nearly a month.
NO. 15 IOWA 88, MICHIGAN STATE 58
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Joe Wieskamp scored 21 points to lead Iowa’s balanced offense in a win over Michigan State.
LSU 78, NO. 16 TENNESSEE 65
BATON ROUGE, La. — Cam Thomas scored 25 points, JaVonte Smart added 20 and LSU beat Tennessee.
NO. 17 FLORIDA STATE 92, WAKE FOREST 85 (OT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — RaiQuan Gray scored 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Florida State defeated Wake Forest in the Seminoles’ first game in two weeks.
NO. 22 LOYOLA CHICAGO 81, DRAKE 54
DES MOINES, Iowa — A second-half onslaught propelled Loyola Chicago to a rout of Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake.
NO. 23 OKLAHOMA STATE 67, KANSAS STATE 60
STILLWATER, Okla. — Cade Cunningham scored 15 points to help Oklahoma State defeat Kansas State.
NO. 25 RUTGERS 64, NORTHWESTERN 50
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ron Harper Jr. had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Myles Johnson controlled the paint with 12 points and 14 rebounds and beat Northwestern.