Freshman leads Duke past Louisville
DURHAM, N.C. — Freshman Brandon Ingram had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Duke beat No. 13 Louisville 72-65 on Monday night.
Grayson Allen scored 19 points and Luke Kennard had 11 for the Blue Devils (18-6, 7-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). They shot 50 percent in the second half and hit 10 of 12 free throws in the final 3:14 while beating a ranked opponent for the first time this season.
Donovan Mitchell scored 17 points and Quentin Snider, who fouled out with 2:01 left, added 12 for the Cardinals (195, 8-3), who shot 56 percent in the second half and erased a 15-point deficit but missed a chance to take sole possession of first place in the league.
The key stretch came when Louisville had the ball down 66-62 with about 2½ minutes left. Ray Spalding left a layup short off the iron, Duke’s Marshall Plumlee grabbed the rebound and it was at least a two-possession game the rest of the way.
Ingram and Matt Jones both made two free throws on the next two possessions before freshman Derryck Thornton hit a jumper in the lane with the shot clock wind- ing down to make it 70-62 with 33 seconds left.
Trey Lewis swished a 3-pointer with 24.5 seconds left to pull the Cardinals within five and Thornton missed two free throws with 22.5 seconds left, but Damion Lee missed a 3-pointer with about 10 seconds to play and Kennard iced it with two more free throws with 6.4 seconds left.
This was Louisville’s first road game since announcing it would self-impose a postseason ban this year amid an ongoing investigation into a sex scandal involving escorts, and it coincided with coach Rick Pitino’s first visit to Cameron Indoor Stadium.
No. 3 OKLAHOMA 63, No. 24
TEXAS 60: In Norman, Okla., Buddy Hield’s 3-pointer from the corner with 1.3 seconds remaining lifted Oklahoma to a victory over Texas.
Hield struggled early, but scored 12 points in the final 3:11. He scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half.
Isaiah Cousins added 17 points for the Sooners (20-3, 8-3 Big 12), who trailed for most of the game.
Isaiah Taylor scored 19 points and Kendal Yancy added a season-high 13 points for Texas (16-8, 7-4), which had won four straight and seven of eight. The Longhorns entered the Top 25 for the first time this season earlier Monday.
AP POLL: Villanova joined an exclusive club Monday. The Wildcats are now among the 57 schools to have been ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press poll.
The Wildcats had been ranked No. 2 seven times — last time the final poll of last season — but had never made that one step up.
Women
No. 7 OHIO STATE 94, No. 5
MARYLAND 86: In Columbus, Ohio, Kelsey Mitchell scored 33 points as Ohio State beat Maryland.
Ohio State never trailed en route to sweeping the regular season series against the Terrapins (21-3, 10-2).
The Buckeyes (19-4, 11-1) took sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.
WESTERN NEW MEXICO 81, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO 77: In Silver City, Desiree Smith, Deandra Williams and Jade Botelho combined to score 59 points for WNMU (8-15) in a win over Northern New Mexico College.
Cheyenne Cordova scored a game-high 26 points for NNMC (11-19).