No. 15 Baylor hands No. 7 Kansas second straight loss
Rayj Dennis had 19 points and 10 assists, Jayden Nunn scored 18 points with consecutive fastbreak layups in a key run for No. 15 Baylor and the Bears beat seventh-ranked Kansas 8274 on Saturday, handing the Jayhawks consecutive losses for the first time this season.
Yves Missi added 17 points and fellow freshman Ja’kobe Walter had 11 for the Bears (21-8, 10-6 Big 12).
Nunn first drove the length of the court with 13:49 left after grabbing a defensive rebound. Then after 7-foot freshman Missi blocked a Kansas shot, Dennis passed ahead to a breaking Nunn for another layup. Those baskets 25 seconds apart ignited a 13-2 run that pushed Baylor’s lead from one to 12 with 10 minutes left..
NO. 12 CREIGHTON 89, NO. 5 MARQUETTE 75
Baylor Scheierman scored 26 points and made three straight 3-pointers late in the game to lead Creighton to a victory over Marquette.
NO. 6 ARIZONA 103, OREGON 83
Caleb Love scored 22 points, Oumar Ballo had his ninth straight doubledouble and Arizona closed out the Pac-12 era at Mckale Center with a beatdown of Oregon.
NO. 8 IOWA STATE 60, UCF 52
Tre King had 16 points and Iowa State had a late 11-0 run to beat UCF for its third straight victory and seventh in eight games.
Milan Momcilovic added 11 points for Iowa State (23-6, 12-4 Big 12). He hit a basket with 2:20 left to give the Cyclones a threepoint lead.
NO. 9 NORTH CAROLINA 79, NC STATE 70
Harrison Ingram scored a season-high 22 points as North Carolina rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half and beat North Carolina State.
Elliot Cadeau scored 15 points and RJ Davis, who put up a Smith Center-record 42 points Monday night against Miami, finished with 14 after being held to two in the first half. Armando Bacot added 13 points for North Carolina
(23-6, 15-3 ACC), which won its fourth straight game and maintained its hold on first place in the conference, ahead of Duke.
Jayden Taylor hit five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, and DJ Horne scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half for N.C. State (17-12, 9-9), which lost for the third time in four games.
NO. 10 DUKE 73, VIRGINIA 48
Kyle Filipowski scored 21 points and Duke shot 59% before halftime to build a huge lead and beat Virginia.
Tyrese Proctor added 15 points for the Blue Devils (23-6, 14-4 ACC), who stayed near the top of the league race primarily on the strength of a dominant first half.
NO. 11 AUBURN 78, MISSISSIPPI ST 63
Johni Broome had 17 points, Denver Jones scored 15, and Auburn bounced back from a road loss at fourth-ranked Tennessee with a 78-63 win over Mississippi State. Auburn (22-7, 11-5 SEC) set the tone with its defense, as Mississippi State missed 17 of its first 19 shots.
NO. 13 ILLINOIS 91, WISCONSIN 83
Marcus Domask had 31 points, Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 23 and Illinois continued its recent mastery of Wisconsin by beating the slumping Badgers.
Illinois has won its last six matchups with Wisconsin, which represents the Illini’s longest winning streak in the series since beating the Badgers 16 straight times from 198189. Wisconsin beat Illinois 15 consecutive times before this stretch.r.
NO. 16 KENTUCKY 111, ARKANSAS 102
Rob Dillingham scored 11 of his 15 points in the final 6:33 and Kentucky rallied for a victory over Arkansas.
The Razorbacks (14-15, 5-11 SEC) led 86-77 with 8 1/2 minutes remaining before the Wildcats (21-8, 115) stormed back with a 21-6 burst to open a 98-92 lead.
NO. 18 SOUTH CAROLINA 82, NO. 24 FLORIDA 76
Meechie Johnson scored 25 points including a tiebreaking
and, likely, his 90th start, which will tie George King and Vince Kelley for 16th in team history. With 22 points during Wednesday’s win against California, da Silva became the 20th CU player to surpass 1,300 points in his career. Da Silva goes into Sunday’s game ranked 20th on CU’S all-time scoring list with 1,305 — just one point behind Jay Humphries and two behind Battey.
Da Silva’s 556 total points last season ranks 13th in team history, and he also goes into Sunday’s 3-pointer with 43.4 seconds to play as South Carolina rallied for a victory over Florida.
NO. 19 WASHINGTON STATE 77, UCLA 65
Jaylen Wells matched a career high with 27 points, including 11 in the final 7 1/2 minutes as Washington State beat UCLA.
The Cougars (23-7, 14-5) rallied for the second time in two days to stay a halfgame behind first-place Arizona in the Pac-12 race. They reached 23 wins for the first time since 2007, and their 14th victory in conference play equaled a school record.
NO. 25 SOUTH FLORIDA 76, CHARLOTTE 61
Chris Youngblood scored 17 points, Kasean Pryor had 16 points and nine rebounds, and South Florida beat Charlotte for its 14th consecutive victory.
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NO. 7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 70, ARIZONA STATE 55
Juju Watkins scored 26 points, Rayah Marshall added 15 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 7 Southern California ended its regular season with a 70-55 victory over Arizona State on Saturday..
NO. 3 TEXAS 71, BYU 46
Madison Booker had 20 points and five assists and led a third-quarter surge as Texas beat BYU.
NO. 4 STANFORD 76, OREGON 56
Cameron Brink had 18 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks and Stanford beat Oregon in the Pac-12 regular-season finale for both teams..
NO. 8 UCLA 61, ARIZONA 41
Londynn Jones scored 16 points, Lauren Betts had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and UCLA dominated on the boards to beat Arizona in the regular season finale for both teams.
NO. 10 UCONN 42
Paige Bueckers scored all 17 of her points in the first half Saturday and Uconn completed an undefeated conference season with a win at Providence.
65, PROVIDENCE match against Stanford tied with Levi Knudson and Donnie Boyce for 12th on CU’S career list for made 3-pointers with 129.
“Tristan’s had a tremendous senior year,” CU head coach Tad Boyle said. “Obviously he had the ankle problem there in the middle of it, but he’s fought through that. To me, he’s what college basketball was all about. He’s a true student-athlete. He’s a guy who’s got a degree from Leeds School of Business. He speaks a bunch of languages. He’s got a lot going for him.”