Top-ranked Houston triumphs on last-second shot
Jamal Shead scored 16 points, including the winning basket as time ran out, and top-ranked Houston escaped a second-half rally by host Memphis for a 67-65 win Sunday in the regular-season finale.
Shead’s basket from inside the foul lane — about 18 feet from the key — came as the horn sounded. Nine seconds earlier, Memphis’ Kendric Davis drove to the basket and tied the game at 65. Houston chose not to call time out, and Shead gave the Cougars (29-2, 17-1 AAC) the victory.
Houston’s Tramon Mark matched Shead’s 16 points.
Davis led Memphis (23-8, 13-5) with 26 points. NO. 5 PURDUE 76, ILLINOIS 71 >>
Brandon Newman scored 19 points, Zach Edey added 17 and the Boilermakers (265, 15-5 Big Ten) held on to beat the Fighting Illini (2011, 11-9) in the regular-season finale. DRAKE 77, BRADLEY 51 >>
Tucker DeVries scored 22 points and the secondseeded Bulldogs (27-7) raced to their sixth NCAA Tournament berth by routing the top-seeded Braves (25-9) in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship game in St. Louis. UNC ASHEVILLE 77, CAMPBELL 73 >> Drew Pember had 29 points and the No. 1-seeded Bulldogs (27-7) beat the seventh-seeded Fighting Comets (16-18) in the Big South Conference Tournament championship game in Charlotte, N.C. KENNESAW ST. 67, LIBERTY
66 >> Terrell Burden scored 19 points and made a free throw with less than a second left to rally the topseeded Bulldogs (26-8) over the No. 2-seeded Flames (26-8) for their first Atlantic Sun Conference championship and their first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
TEXAS TECH SUSPENDS
COACH >> Texas Tech suspended coach Mark Adams over “an inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment” he made to a player.
The incident occurred in a meeting between Adams and a player, who wasn’t identified, the school said in a news release.
“Adams was encouraging the student-athlete to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters,” the statement said. “Adams immediately addressed this with the team and apologized.”
Texas Tech (16-15, 5-13 Big 12) plays West Virginia on Wednesday night in the Big 12 Tournament.
Women
NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA 74,
TENNESSEE 58 >> Zia Cooke scored 24 points and Aliyah Boston added 18 as the Gamecocks pulled away in the final two quarters to beat the Volunteers in the SEC Tournament title game in Greenville, S.C.
South Carolina (32-0) won its seventh league tournament in the past nine seasons.
Third-seeded Tennessee (23-11) was sky high after rallying from 17 points down and defeating No. 4 LSU on Saturday night. NO. 8 VIRGINIA TECH 75, LOUISVILLE 67 >> Georgia Amoore scored 25 points to help the No. 3-seeded Hokies (27-4) beat the fourth-seeded Cardinals (23-11) in Greensboro, N.C. to win their first ACC Tournament title. NO. 7 IOWA 105, NO. 14 OHIO
ST. 72 >> Caitlin Clark had 30 points, 17 assists and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes, who routed the Buckeyes (25-7) in Minneapolis to win the Big Ten Tournament for the second straight year.