Paschall leads Nova past Creighton
Banged-up Wildcats too much for Creighton
Eric Paschall scored a seasonhigh 19 points and Josh Hart added 16 to help No. 2 Villanova clinch its fourth straight Big East regular-season title with a 79-63 victory over No. 23 Creighton on Saturday.
VILLANOVA >> Eric Paschall scored a season-high 19 points and Josh Hart added 16 to help No. 2 Villanova clinch its fourth straight Big East regular-season title with a 79-63 victory over No. 23 Creighton on Saturday.
Kris Jenkins scored 15 points and Mikal Bridges had 11 for the defending national champions.
Marcus Foster scored 25 points and Khyri Thomas had 17 for Creighton, which has lost six of 10 after an 18-1 start. NO. 5 OREGON 75, STANFORD 73>> Jordan Bell scored on a putback with 14 seconds left to give Oregon a rare Bay Area sweep.
Bell’s game-winner followed Dillon Brooks’ last-second, tiebreaking 3-pointer three nights earlier at California to give Oregon (26-4, 15-2 Pac-12) its second sweep of its conference Bay Area rivals since 1976.
Tyler Dorsey scored 15 points to lead Oregon, while Brooks added 14.
Reid Travis had 27 points and 14 rebounds to lead the way for the Cardinal (14-14, 6-10). NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 85, PITTSBURGH 67 >> Justin Jackson scored 23 points, Joel Berry added 19 and North Carolina continued its march to the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title.
The Tar Heels (25-5, 13-3) have won four straight following a loss to arch rival Duke two weeks ago. North Carolina can clinch its second straight ACC regular season crown and 31st overall with a win at No. 18 Virginia on Monday.
Michael Young and fellow senior Jamel Artis finished with 17 points each for the Panthers (15-14, 4-12). IOWA ST. 72, NO. 9 BAYLOR 69 >> Deonte Burton scored 22 points, including a crucial 3 with 1:17 left, and Iowa State won its fifth straight.
Monte Morris had 17 points with seven assists for the Cyclones (19-9, 11-5 Big 12), who have their longest winning streak in league play since a seven-game stretch in 2005.
Johnathan Motley had 27 points and 11 rebounds for Baylor (23-6, 10-6). MIAMI 55, NO. 10 DUKE 50 >> Bruce Brown scored 25 points, and Miami held Duke a staggering 32 points below its season average.
Brown shot 11 for 18 and had four assists, while his teammates shot just 11 for 40 with four assists combined. Yet it was enough for the Hurricanes (20-8, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), who dominated inside and outscored Duke 40-20 in the paint.
Frank Jackson and Luke Kennard each scored 16 points for Duke (22-7, 106), which lost its second straight to an unranked opponent.
Malik Monk scored 30 of his 33 points in the second half and Bam Adebayo added 18 points with 15 rebounds as Kentucky took over the Southeastern Conference lead.
While another week remains in SEC play for both teams, the Wildcats (245, 14-2) took an important step by twice rallying from eight points down to win the pivotal matchup. And they can thank Monk for making it happen as he scored 14 points during an 18-10 run that tied the game at 55 with 9:54 remaining.
KeVaughn Allen had 24 points and Justin Leon added 13 for Florida (23-6, 13-3), which had won nine straight. NO. 12 WEST VIRGINIA 61, TCU 60 >> Daxter Miles Jr. made a free throw with 4.8 seconds left for West Virginia.
Miles went to the free throw line after a questionable foul against Jaylen Fisher, who never left the ground and appeared to make only slight incidental contact with the Miles.
TCU (17-12, 6-10 Big 12), which had tied the game on Alex Robinson’s free throw with 9.1 seconds left, had one more chance but Desmond Bane’s 3-pointer at the buzzer was well short.
Jevon Carter had 15 points for West Virginia (23-6, 11-5), while Nathan Adrian added 13.
Fisher had 18 points to lead TCU, which lost its fifth straight. MICHIGAN 82, NO. 14 PURDUE 70 >> Moe Wagner scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half for Michigan.
Derrick Walton added 17 points and 11 rebounds and the Wolverines (19-10, 9-7 Big Ten), who have won five of six.
Caleb Swanigan scored 18 points for the Boilermakers (23-6, 12-4), who had their six-game winning streak snapped.