Georgia Tech knocks off No. 6 FSU
Trojans whip the 8th-ranked Bruins
ATLANTA — Josh Okogie scored 35 points, Ben Lammers added 18 and Georgia Tech pulled its second home upset of a Top 10 opponent with a 78-56 victory over No. 6 Florida State on Wednesday night.
Georgia Tech (12-8, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 41-15 at halftime and 70-47 with 6:52 remaining on Lammers’ dunk. Florida State never got closer than 18 points in the second half.
Few signs pointed to a meltdown for the Seminoles (18-3, 6-2). They were tied for first place in the ACC and had gone 5-1 in their last six games, all against ranked opponents.
Florida State never trailed in a five-point win over Louisville last Saturday, but they fell behind so quickly that coach Leonard Hamilton cleared his bench early the first half, using all 13 players. The starting lineup of Dwayne Bacon, Jonathan Isaac, Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Terance Mann and Michael Ojo averaged just 8.6 minutes before intermission. (5) BAYLOR 65, TEXAS TECH
61: In Waco, Texas, Johnathan Motley scored 25 points and Baylor took its 13th straight home victory. A week after getting a career-high 32 points against Texas, Motley was 15 of 16 on free throws as the Bears (19-1, 7-1 Big 12) pulled even with second-ranked Kansas atop the Big 12 standings with a 26-9 advantage at the free throw line. Baylor attempted 28 free throws to 10 for the Red Raiders. SOUTHERN CAL 84, (8) UCLA
76: In Los Angeles, Shaqquan Aaron scored a career-high 23 points, and Southern California matched its season best with 14 3-pointers.
Elijah Stewart added 15 points for the Trojans (18-4, 5-4 Pac-12), who were at home. They beat their crosstown rival for the fourth straight time, having swept all three meetings last season including in the conference tournament.
The Bruins (19-3, 6-3) have lost two in a row. (11) BUTLER 61, SETON HALL
54: In Newark, N.J., Kethan Savage had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Butler regrouped
after blowing a 13-point lead in the second half.
Andrew Chrabascz added 16 points for the Bulldogs (18-3, 7-2 Big East) after being shut out in his last game, ending a streak of 105 games in which he had scored. GEORGETOWN 71, (16)
CREIGHTON 51: In Washington, Creighton entered its first meeting of the season against Georgetown seeking a winning formula without injured point guard Maurice Watson Jr.
The struggling Hoyas showed the 16th-ranked Bluejays no mercy.
L.J. Peak scored 20 points and Georgetown held Creighton to its lowest scoring game of the season. The Hoyas (11-10, 2-6 Big East) limited the Bluejays to 1 for 18 from 3-point range and 34.5 percent shooting overall. Creighton (18-3, 5-3) entered the game second in the country at 52.8 percent. (25) FLORIDA 106, LSU 71: In Baton Rouge, La., Devin Robinson scored a career-high 24 points and Florida made a school-record 19 3-pointers.
The Gators (15-5, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) had little problem in handing the Tigers (9-10, 1-7) their worst home defeat in 54 seasons. Florida took the lead for good at 11-8 on a 3-pointer by KeVaughn Allen less than 5 minutes into the game. The Gators had a double-digit lead before 9 minutes elapsed.
Robinson, who was 9 of 15 from the field, made a careerhigh five 3-pointers. Reserve freshman Eric Hester scored a season-high 16 points for the Gators.
Justin Leon added 15 points, Kevarrius Hayes had 12 and both Allen and John Egbunu had 11.
Duop Reath led LSU with 15 points.
In Laramie, Wyo., Louis Adams and Hayden Dalton scored 15 points apiece and Wyoming held on after nearly blowing a 41-23 halftime lead.
Wyoming (14-7, 4-4) still led 55-45 with 10:22 left. But UNLV (10-11, 3-5) tied it at 59 with 4:33 to go.
A Tyler Green free throw and Christian Jones’ layup gave the Rebels a three-point lead before a Justin James 3-pointer made it 64-all. James drilled what turned out to be the clincher with 1:01 remaining.
COLORADO STATE 81, SJSU
72: In Fort Collins, Colo., Gian Clavell and Emmanuel Omogbo each had a double-double, Prentiss Nixon scored 17 points with five assists and Colorado State beat San Jose State.
Clavell scored 24 and grabbed 12 rebounds and Omogbo added 12 and 11. J.D. Paige and Nico Carvacho had 10 points apiece and Carvacho added eight boards.
Clavell hit a 3 that sparked a 9-0 run that made it 33-27 with 25 seconds left in the half and Colorado State (13-8, 5-3) led the rest of the way.
San Jose State is 9-10, 2-6.
(2) BAYLOR 91, (25) KANSAS
STATE 49: In Manhattan, Kan., Alexis Prince scored a career high 25 points to help Baylor (20-1, 9-0 Big 12) rout Kansas State (15-6, 5-4). Prince had 17 of her points in the first half, outscoring the Wildcats by three in the opening 20 minutes. UNLV 51, WYOMING 46: In Las Vegas, Nev., twins Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez combined for 36 points and the Rebels (146, 5-3) used a 12-1 fourth-quarter run to hand the Cowgirls (15-4, 7-1) their first conference loss. AIR FORCE 62, SAN DIEGO STATE 59: In San Diego, Mariah Forde and Kassady Huffman scored 17 points apiece and the Falcons (3-15, 1-7) stunned the Aztecs (8-10, 3-4).
Air Force snapped a 14-game MWC losing streak dating back to last season. NEVADA 69, BOISE STATE 62: In Reno, Nev., Riana Everidge had 16 points and 10 rebounds to help the Wolf Pack (8-11, 2-6) upset the Broncos (14-5, 4-4). Los Lunas High alum Teige Zeller had six points and eight boards for Nevada. COLORADO STATE 68, SAN JOSE STATE 56: In San Jose, Calif., Elin Gustavsson racked up 26 points and 10 rebounds as the Rams (15-5, 7-1) rolled past the Spartans (6-14, 3-5) to move into a first-place tie with Wyoming.
New Mexico State (13-6, 5-0, WAC) plays at home tonight at 7 against Seattle (7-12, 4-0) for first place in the Western Athletic Conference. The game is at the Pan Am Center.