Sooners hang on to beat short-handed Longhorns

No. 9 Alabama completes series sweep of Kentucky

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Reaves scored 23 points and made two free throws with 18.3 seconds left that proved to be the difference as No. 24 Oklahoma beat short-handed No. 5 Texas 80-79 on Tuesday night.

Reaves’ free throws gave the Sooners a three-point lead before Andrew Jones made two free throws seconds later to get Texas within one. The Longhorns nearly forced a turnover on the inbounds pass before fouling Oklahoma’s Jalen Hill with 2.3 seconds to play.

Hill missed his first free throw, then intentionally missed his second but failed to hit the rim, giving Texas the ball. The Sooners (10-4, 6-3) then intercepted a long pass to end the game, sending Texas (11-3, 5-2) to its second Big 12 home loss. The Sooners have won four in a row.

Texas played without coach Shaka Smart, who announced Monday he has COVID-19 and is in isolation from the team and his family, and players Courtney Ramey, Jericho Sims and Brock Cunningham. Ramey and Sims are starters. The school did not immediately give a reason why the players were unavailable, and assistant coach K.T. Turner was the acting head coach for the Longhorns.

No. 9 ALABAMA 70, KENTUCKY 59: In Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jaden Shackelford scored 21 points to help Alabama beat Kentucky and complete its first regular-season twogame sweep over the Wildcats since 1989.

The Crimson Tide (14-3, 9-0 Southeastern Conference) extended its winning streak to 10 games. Kentucky is 5-10, 4-4 SEC.

AUBURN 88, No. 12 MISSOURI 82: In Auburn, Ala., Sharife Cooper had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead Auburn (10-7, 4-5 SEC) past Missouri (10-3, 4-3).

No. 18 TENNESSEE 56, MISSISSIPPI STATE 53: In Knoxville, Tenn., Yves Pons scored 13 points and Tennessee (11-3, 5-3 SEC) beat Mississippi State (9-8, 4-5).

DAYTON 76, No. 22 SAINT LOUIS 71: In St. Louis, Jalen Crutcher scored 27 points and Ibi Watson added 18 to lead Dayton to a win over Saint Louis (7-2, 0-1 Atlantic-10).

Women

No. 1 LOUISVILLE 79, MIAMI 76: In Louisville, Ky., Dana Evans scored 20 points, to spur the Cards (15-0, 8-0 ACC) past Miami.

No. 9 BAYLOR 82, TCU 49: In Waco, Texas, NaLyssa Smith had 18 points with a careerhigh 16 rebounds as Baylor (11-2, 6-1 Big 12) beat TCU.

VASHA HUNT/ASSOCIATED PRESS Alabama guard Herbert Jones (1) narrowly missed getting a triple-double during a victory against Kentucky on Tuesday night. Defending is UK’s Devin Askew (2).