No. 1 Baylor tops W. Virginia, ties Big 12 mark with 22nd win in a row

WACO, TEXAS » Jared Butler scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half, and top-ranked Baylor never trailed while tying the longest winning streak in Big 12 history at 22 games with a 70-59 victory over No. 14 West Virginia on Saturday.

The Bears (23-1, 12-0 Big 12) cruised without second-leading scorer MaCio Teague, a junior whose streak of 90 consecutive games ended because of a right wrist injury.

Baylor led by 19 in the first half and answered a scoreless stretch of nearly four minutes before halftime by starting the second half on a 20-3 run for its biggest lead at 53-25.

Taz Sherman scored a season-high 20 points for the Mountaineers (18-7, 6-6), who had 11 of their season high-tying 22 turnovers in the first 12 minutes and shot 35% in a third consecutive loss.

Butler was 5 of 7 from 3-point range as Baylor extended the longest winning streak in school history while breaking the school mark with a 12th consecutive conference win, topping the 1945-46 team in the old Southwest Conference.

CLEMSON 77, (5) LOUISVILLE 62 » Johnny Newman III had a career-high 23 points and Clemson (13-12, 7-8 ACC) used a strong defensive first half to send Louisville (21-5, 123) to its second straight defeat.

(7) DUKE 94, NOTRE DAME 60 » Vernon Carey Jr. scored 21 points, Tre Jones added 19 and Duke (22-3, 12-2 ACC) used its high-intensity man-to-man defense to beat Notre Dame (1510, 6-8).

(12) KENTUCKY 67, MISSISSIPPI 62 » Nick Richards had 16 points, including two go-ahead free throws with 1:11 remaining, and Immanuel Quickley and Keion Brooks each made two more in the closing seconds to help Kentucky (20-5, 10-2 SEC) escape Mississippi (13-12, 4-8). GEORGETOWN 73, (19) BUTLER 66 » Terrell Allen tied a career high with 22 points, including key baskets on back-to-back possessions late, and short-handed Georgetown (15-10, 5-7 Big East) endured on the road without its top two scorers to knock off Butler (19-7, 7-6).

OKLAHOMA STATE 73, (24) TEXAS TECH 70 » Jonathan Laurent and Kalib Boone each scored 16 points as Oklahoma State (13-12, 3-9 Big 12) registered its first win over a ranked opponent this season, beating Texas Tech (16-9, 7-5).

ALABAMA 88, (25) LSU 82 » Kira Lewis Jr. scored 27 points, Jaden Shackelford had 26 and Alabama (13-12, 6-6 SEC) held off a big comeback attempt by LSU (18-7, 9-3).