Rebels top Bulldogs, run winning streak to 10 games

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Ole Miss freshman Blake Hinson scored a season-high 26 points and Breein Tyree added 19 as the unranked Rebels rallied to win 81-77 at No. 14 Mississippi State on Saturday.

Ole Miss (13-2, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) earned its 10th straight win, continuing its surprising run of great basketball under Kermit Davis. The former Mississippi State player is in his first season as coach of the Rebels after 16 seasons leading Middle Tennessee State.

Mississippi State (12-3, 0-2) had a twopoint lead at halftime and stretched that advantage to 48-39 in the opening minutes of the second half. But the Rebels wouldn’t go away — Hinson made three straight 3-pointers at one point — and Ole Miss pulled ahead 70-62 with seven minutes left.

The Bulldogs rallied, with Nick Weatherspoon hitting a 3-pointer with 1:22 left to tie it at 77, but the Rebels finally went ahead for good when Tyree made a driving layup with about 50 seconds left.

Terence Davis added 12 points for Ole Miss.

Mississippi State was led by Quinndary Weatherspoon’s 18 points, and Lamar Peters added 16.

› No. 1 Duke 80,

No. 13 Florida State 78

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Cam Reddish hit a 3-pointer with 0.8 second left as the Blue Devils won a close one on the road.

Reddish caught the ball on the wing off the inbounds pass and made a wideopen 3-pointer to ensure Duke (14-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) ran its winning streak to nine games. He finished with 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting.

Duke played the second half without star freshman Zion Williamson, who left after getting poked in the eye late in the first half and didn’t return. He had 11 points and eight rebounds in 17 minutes.

P.J. Savoy made a pair of free throws with 15.8 seconds left, moments after forcing a turnover, to put Florida State ahead 78-76. Duke’s R.J. Barrett, who finished with 32 points on 10-of-19 shooting, then hit the first of two free throws with five seconds left. He missed the second, but the Blue Devils retained possession after a review overruled a call that the ball had gone out of bounds off a Duke player. That set up Reddish’s winner.

Mfiondu Kabengele came off the bench to lead Florida State (13-3, 1-2) with 24 points and 10 rebounds, while Phil Cofer made five 3-pointers and scored 21 points.

› No. 4 Virginia 63, Clemson 43

CLEMSON, S.C. — Kyle Guy scored 13 points, De’Andre Hunter 12 and Jay Huff 11 as the Cavaliers remained undefeated 15 games into the season. They’re the ACC’s only unbeaten team at 3-0.

Clemson (10-6, 0-3) cut Virginia’s double-digit lead to 29-27 on Marcquise Reed’s basket early in the second half, but the Cavaliers followed with an 18-5 run in which they made five 3-pointers to restore their lead.

Reed finished with 14 points and teammate Elijah Thomas grabbed 12 rebounds.

› No. 7 Kansas 73, Baylor 68

WACO, Texas — Lagerald Vick scored 18 points with six 3-pointers on his 22nd birthday as the Jayhawks held on to win.

Vick hit two of his 3s in an 11-3 run for Kansas (14-2, 3-1 Big Ten) in the final 1:44 of the first half as the Jayhawks went up by 10.

Jared Butler’s 14 points led the Bears (9-6, 1-2), who scored eight consecutive points in the final minute but couldn’t complete the rally even as the Jayhawks missed three free throws down the stretch.

› No. 8 Texas Tech 68, Texas 62

AUSTIN, Texas — Matt Mooney scored 22 points as Texas Tech remained the only Big 12 team still unbeaten in league play this season.

Jordan Culver scored 14 points and had seven assists for the Red Raiders (15-1, 4-0).

Kerwin Roach II scored 17 for Texas (10-6, 2-2), but he had just four points after halftime and missed key baskets late.

› No. 11 Auburn 93, Georgia 78

AUBURN, Ala. — Jared Harper had 22 points and seven assists, and he and the Tigers (12-3, 1-1 SEC) looked sharper at home than in an 82-67 loss at Ole Miss three days earlier, but they still struggled to put away a team that was blown away by No. 3 Tennessee to open league play the weekend before.

The Bulldogs (9-6, 1-2) threatened to make it close through much of the second half to avoid a repeat of that 46-point road loss to the Volunteers, but Auburn got a pair of 15-point performances from Bryce Brown and Anfernee McLemore, and Samir Doughty and Malik Dunbar scored 11 apiece. McLemore had nine rebounds for the Tigers, who led 48-38 at halftime.

Georgia’s leading scorers were William Jackson II (16 points), Nicolas Claxton (15), Tyree Crump (14) and Teshaun Hightower (12).

› Louisville 83,

No. 12 North Carolina 62

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Coach Roy Williams suffered his worst home loss in 16 seasons with North Carolina as Louisville stunned the Tar Heels.

Steven Enoch had season highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwayne Sutton added 17 and 10 as the Cardinals (11-5, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) bounced back from a frustrating loss to long-struggling Pittsburgh.

They jumped on the Tar Heels quickly and led nearly the entire game, including 43-34 at halftime. Louisville shot 52 percent, made 11 3-pointers and finished with a 40-31 edge on the glass against one of the nation’s best rebounding teams.

Kenny Williams scored 12 points for the Tar Heels (12-4, 2-1), who shot 35 percent — including 3-of-22 on 3-pointers — and committed 11 turnovers in the second half.

› No. 15 N.C. State 86, Pittsburgh 80

RALEIGH, N.C. — Devon Daniels led with 19 points and D.J. Funderburk scored 12 of his 18 and Eric Lockett 12 of his 17 in the second half as the Wolfpack (14-2, 2-1) rallied late.

Freshman Xavier Johnson had 20 of his season-high 25 points in the second half, Au’Diese Toney scored 17 and Terrell Brown added 10 for the Panthers (11-5, 1-2), who led by four points with less than 6 1/2 minutes remaining.

› Iowa 72, No. 18 Ohio State 62

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Luka Garza scored 16 points and Tyler Cook had 15 with eight rebounds as the Hawkeyes handed the Buckeyes their third straight loss.

Ryan Kriener scored 11 points for Iowa (14-3, 3-3 Big Ten), which has won three straight games. Andre Wesson had 13 points for Ohio State (12-4, 2-3).

› No. 19 Buffalo 88,

Miami (Ohio) 64

AMHERST, N.Y. — Jeremy Harris scored 17 points as Buffalo (15-1, 3-0 Mid-American Conference) shook off a cold-shooting start to extend its schoolbest home winning streak to 19 games.

Nike Sibande scored 18 points and Darrian Ringo had 10 with seven rebounds and six assists for the RedHawks (8-8, 0-3).

› Kansas State 58,

No. 20 Iowa State 57

AMES, Iowa — Barry Brown hit a layup with four seconds left as Kansas State won a stunner.

Brown had 23 points to lead the Wildcats (12-4, 2-2 Big 12), who closed the game on a 10-2 run for their first road win of the season. He also hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to cut Iowa State’s lead to 57-56.

Nick Weiler-Babb had 11 points to lead the Cyclones (12-4), who didn’t score over the final 2:42.

› No. 21 Marquette 70, Seton Hall 66

MILWAUKEE — Markus Howard scored 26 points and Sacar Anim had 14 as Marquette staved off a second-half rally to beat Seton Hall.

Quincy McKnight pulled Seton Hall within 68-66 by hitting the first of two free throws with three seconds left, but Sam Hauser was fouled on the rebound and converted both free throws at the other end for Marquette (14-3, 3-1 Big East).

Powell had 21 points to pace the Pirates (12-5, 3-2).

› No. 23 Oklahoma 76,

No. 25 TCU 74

NORMAN, Okla. — Kristian Doolittle hit a runner with less than three seconds left for the win, and he led the Sooners (13-3, 2-2 Big 12) with 24 points and 10 rebounds.

Doolittle’s play overshadowed the 3-point shooting of Kouat Noi, who scored 30 points on 8-for-12 shooting from 3-point range for the Horned Frogs (12-3, 1-2).

› Texas A&M 81, Alabama 80

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — T.J. Starks hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift Texas A&M, taking an inbounds pass, racing down the left side and heaving in a running shot for the win.

Josh Nebo finished with a team-high 21 points and seven rebounds for the Aggies (7-7, 1-2 SEC), who also got double-digit points from Wendell Mitchell (18), Savion Flagg (16) and Starks (12).

Texas A&M came back from an 11-point halftime deficit to hand Alabama (10-5, 1-2) its second straight loss since upsetting Kentucky last weekend in Tuscaloosa.

John Petty scored 22 points off the bench and Donta Hall chipped in 14 with 16 rebounds and four blocks for the Crimson Tide. Kira Lewis Jr. added 14 points and Tevin Mack had 10.

› LSU 94, Arkansas 88, OT

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Naz Reid scored 27 points, going 4-for-4 from 3-point range, and grabbed seven rebounds as the Tigers (12-3, 2-0 SEC) held off a furious second-half Arkansas rally and won in overtime.

Marlon Taylor added 21 points and Tremont Waters 17 for LSU, which held a double-digit lead for most of the second half until Reid, who opened the game with a dunk, was forced to the bench after picking up his fourth foul.

With Reid on the sideline, Arkansas (10-5, 1-2) rallied behind sophomore Daniel Gafford, who scored 32 points on 14-of-19 shooting to go along with seven rebounds and two blocked shots.