Dickinson, Kansas outlast Houston by 13
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Hunter Dickinson scored 20 points to lead four Kansas players in double figures as the No. 8 Jayhawks beat No. 4 Houston 78-65 on Saturday.
Kansas (18-4, 6-3 Big 12) got 17 points each from Kevin McCullar and Johnny Furphy, and KJ Adams Jr. added 10 points as the Jayhawks became the first team this season to score more than 72 points against the Cougars.
Houston (19-3, 6-3) was led by L.J. Cryer with 24 points. J’Wan Roberts and Emanuel Sharp each scored 11 points.
Houston came into the game with the nation’s best scoring defense at 52.9 points per game allowed. The Jayhawks hit 53 points with 14:17 left in the second half on a layup by Dickinson.
Kansas extended its 15point halftime lead to 20 in the second half. Houston closed within 10 at at 68-58, but could not get closer. No. 1 UConn 77, St. John’s 64: At New York, Cam Spencer scored 23 points, freshman Stephon Castle had a season-best 21 and UConn pulled away from St. John’s at Madison Square Garden.
Tristen Newton added 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the defending national champion Huskies (20-2, 10-1 Big East), playing without injured forward Alex Karaban, won their 10th straight game.
The winning streak began Dec. 23 with a 69-65 victory over St. John’s at
home.
No. 3 North Carolina 93,
No. 7 Duke 84: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Armando Bacot and Harrison Ingram each posted double-doubles to help North Carolina beat Duke in the latest renewal of the fierce rivalry.
The 6-foot-11 Bacot finished with 25 points and 10 rebounds, while the 6-7 Ingram was a force all over the court with 21 points, 13 rebounds and four steals. It was an example of how much more productive and deeper the rotation is after an offseason overhaul, which has helped UNC (18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) push to the top of the league standings. No. 9 Marquette 91, Georgetown 57: At Washington, Kam Jones scored a career-high 31 points, Tyler Kolek had 17 points and eight assists and Marquette won its sixth straight game. Cincinnati 75, No. 15 Texas Tech 72: At Lubbock, Texas, Simas Lukosius scored 16 points, including the goahead jumper with 21 seconds left, and Cincinnati handed the Red Raiders their first home loss this season.
No. 16 Auburn 91, Mississippi 77: At Oxford, Miss., Jaylin Williams scored 16 points and Auburn erased a 13-point deficit in the first half with a dominating second half to defeat Mississippi.
San Diego State 81, No. 17 Utah State 67: At San Diego, Jaedon LeDee had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead San Diego State past Great Osobor and Utah State, pulling the defending Mountain West champion Aztecs within one game of the Aggies.
No. 20 FAU 102, Tulsa 70:
At Boca Raton, Fla., Johnell Davis scored 24 points, Alijah Martin and Vladislav Goldin each scored 18 and Florida Atlantic won its seventh straight.
No. 22 BYU 86, West Virginia 73: At Morgantown, W. Va., Fousseyni Traore had a season-high 24 points and nine rebounds to lead BYU to a victory over West Virginia.
UCF 74, No. 23 Oklahoma 63: At Orlando, Fla., Jaylin Sellers shot 13 for 14 from the line and scored 20 points, Antwann Jones hit three early 3-pointers and finished with 15 points and UCF coach Johnny Dawkins earned his 300th coaching victory.
Texas 77, No. 25 TCU 66:
At Fort Worth, Texas, Max Abmas scored 19 of his 21 points after halftime, including the last 13 for Texas in a win over TCU.
Women
No. 19 Gonzaga 104, Pacific 39: At Spokane, Wash., Yvonne Ejim scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Gonzaga drilled a schoolrecord 19 3-pointers.
No. 23 West Virginia 76, BYU 69: At Provo, Utah, Lauren Fields scored 22 points, Ja’Naiya Quinerly added 19 and West Virginia defeated BYU.
No. 25 Princeton 76, Brown 63: At Princeton, N.J., Chet Nweke and Madison St. Rose each scored 18 points and Princeton never trailed in defeating Brown.