Anderson III scores career-high 31 points in upset
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Avery Anderson III scored a career-high 31 points and No. 17 Oklahoma State beat No. 6 West Virginia 85-80 on Saturday in their Big 12 regular-season finale.
The Cowboys (18-7, 11-7 Big 12) made up for the loss of two starters by finding holes in the defense for easy layups and shooting 58% from the floor.
Oklahoma State was without star freshman Cade Cunningham, who injured his left ankle late in a loss to No. 3 Baylor on Thursday. Isaac Likekele also sat out for the sixth time in seven games with a hand injury.
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe added 18 points for Oklahoma State.
Taz Sherman led West Virginia (18-8, 11-6 Big 12) with 20 points.
NO. 21 VIRGINIA 68,
LOUISVILLE 58
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sam Hauser scored 24 points, Trey Murphy III added 17 and Virginia won the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship.
Assured of least a No. 2 seed entering the regular-season finale, the Cavaliers (17-6, 134) received a huge opening for bigger things when first-place Florida State lost at Notre
Dame.
Virginia then methodically took care of the Cardinals (13-6, 8-5) to leapfrog the Seminoles. David Johnson had 14 points for Louisville.
NOTRE DAME 83, NO. 11 FLORIDA STATE 73
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Prentiss Hubb scored 22 points and Dane Goodwin had 15 to help Notre Dame beat Florida State, costing the the Seminles the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title
The Fighting Irish (10-14, 7-11) beat a ranked team for the first since since November 2017.
Scottie Barnes led Florida State (15-5, 114) with 17 points.
NO. 4 ILLINOIS 73, NO. 7 OHIO STATE 68
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu returned after missing three games with a concussion and facial injuries to score 19 points, and Illinois rallied to beat Ohio State.
Andre Curbelo also had 19 points to help Illinois (20-6, 16-4 Big Ten) win for the 11th time in 12 games.
E.J. Liddell led Ohio State (18-8, 12-8 Big) with 19 points.
NO. 8 ALABAMA 89, GEORGIA 79 ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Herbert Jones had two baskets in a 9-0 run to open the second half and Alabama beat Georgia for its school-record 17th Southeastern Conference victory.
Jahvon Quinerly added 18 points for Alabama (21-6, 16-2).
Sahvir Wheeler led Georgia (14-11, 7-11) with 18 points
NO. 12 ARKANSAS 87, TEXAS A&M 80
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Moses Moody scored 28 points, Jalen Tate added 22 and Arkansas beat Texas A&M to match the program’s longest Southeastern Conference winning streak at 11 games.
The Razorbacks 21-5, 13-4) also won 11 straight SEC games in 1993-94 en route to a national championship..
NO. 14 CREIGHTON 93, BUTLER 73
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Marcus Zegarowski matched his career high with 32 points and Creighton closed a difficult week off the court with a victory over Butler.
The Bluejays (18-7, 14-6 Big East) won for the first time in three games, doing it without head coach Greg McDermott. He is suspended indefinitely for making racially insensitive remarks to his team following a Feb. 27 loss. Assistant coach Alan Huss served as interim head coach against the Bulldogs.
Chuck Harris had a career-high 29 points for Butler (9-14, 8-12).
NO. 23 PURDUE 67, INDIANA 58
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Zach Edey scored 20 points, and Jaden Ivey added 17 and Purdue beat Indiana for the ninth straight game.
Purdue (18-8, 13-6 Big Ten) heads into next week’s Big Ten Tournament with five consecutive wins. Edey also had nine rebounds.
NORTH CAROLINA 91, DUKE 73
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Armando Bacot, Kerwin Walton and Caleb Love scored 18 points apiece and North Carolina never trailed it its 91-73 win over Duke on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Walton hit 4 of 7 from 3-point range and Love had seven assists. Garrison Brooks added 14 points on 6-of-9 shooting for North Carolina (16-9, 10-6 ACC).