Vanderbilt snaps 9-game skid, knocks off Florida 88-80

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Liam Robbins scored a career-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Vanderbilt ended a nine-game losing streak against Florida, beating the Gators 88-80 on Saturday.

Trey Thomas scored 16 and was perfect shooting, making all five shot attempts — four from 3-point range — and both foul shots. Ezra Manjon scored 11 and reserve Jordan Wright scored 10 points with 10 rebounds for the Commodores. Robbins finished 10-for-18 shooting.

Robbins made a pair of foul shots at the 9:33 mark, followed with a 3-pointer 30 seconds later for a 65-61 lead and Vanderbilt (13-12, 6-6) led for the remainder. The Commodores reached safe distance on a 10-2 run between the 6:19 mark to 2:47 remaining. Vanderbilt led 42-41 at halftime in a contest that had 15 lead changes.

The Commodores shot 12 of 23 from distance compared to a 2 of 20 performance from Florida.

Colin Castleton scored 25 points for Florida and had 11 rebounds, Riley Kugel scored 18, reserve Kawacie Reeves scored 14 and Kyle Lofton 12 for the Gators (13-12, 6-6).

The Commodores travel to South Carolina on Tuesday. Florida will attempt to end its threegame skid on Wednesday when it hosts Ole Miss.

NO. 5 TEXAS 94, WEST VIRGINIA 60

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sir'Jabri Rice scored 24 points in just 17 minutes in Texas' win over West Virginia.

Texas (20-5) remained in first place in the Big 12 at 9-3, while West Virginia (15-10, 4-8) lost for the sixth time in its last seven games against the Longhorns.

Rice, a guard who transferred this season from New Mexico State, was nearly perfect. He converted 5 of 6 field-goal attempts, including 4 of 5 3-pointers and all 10 free throws. The Longhorns only missed one free throw in 25 attempts.

Marcus Carr added 16 for Texas, making 7 of 11 shots and contributing four assists and three steals. Timmy Allen had 14 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Emmitt Matthews led West Virginia with 13 points.

NO. 9 KANSAS 78, OKLAHOMA 55

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jalen Wilson scored 18 points, and Kansas rolled past Oklahoma.

Wilson, who entered the day leading the Big 12 with nearly 21 points per game, bounced back from a two-point outing against Texas on Monday.

Dajuan Harris scored 16 points and Kevin McCullar added 13 for the Jayhawks (20-5, 8-4 Big 12).

Jalen Hill scored 14 points and Otega Oweh added 11 for the Oklahoma (12-13, 2-10). Grant Sherfield, who leads the Sooners with nearly 17 points per game, was held to 10 on 4-for-14 shooting.

NO. 10 MARQUETTE 89, GEORGETOWN 75

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kam Jones, Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek each scored 14 points to lead a balanced scoring attack for Marquette in its win over Georgetown.

Olivier-Maxence Prosper had 11 points and Chase Ross added 10 for Marquette (20-6, 12-3 Big East), which moved into first place in the conference.

Jay Heath scored 18 points to lead last-place Georgetown (6-20, 1-14), which has lost five straight after ending their league record 29-game conference losing streak on Jan. 24.

ST. JOHN’S 73, NO. 20 PROVIDENCE 68

NEW YORK (AP) — David Jones scored 16 points and AJ Storr added 15 for St. John's, which beat Providence.

Joel Soriano had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Red Storm (15-11, 5-10 Big East); it was his 20th double-double this season — he entered the game second in the nation in that category.

Bryce Hopkins equaled a career best with 29 points for the Friars (18-7, 10-4), who had won four of five.

NO. 22 NC STATE 92, BOSTON COLLEGE 62

BOSTON (AP) — Jarkel Joiner scored 26 points and D.J. Burns Jr. added 18 with 10 rebounds to lead North Carolina State over Boston College.

Terquavion Smith scored 17 points for the Wolfpack (20-6, 10-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), giving him 1,000 points for his career.

N.C. State led for the last 37 minutes of the game to bounce back from a loss to eighth-ranked Virginia on Tuesday.

Quinten Post scored 20 points for Boston College (12-14, 6-9).

NO. 23 CREIGHTON 56, NO. 21 UCONN 53

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Trey Alexander scored 17 points to lead Creighton past UConn after the Huskies had what would have been a tying 3-pointer erased on video review in the final seconds.

Creighton (17-8, 11-3) is a half-game behind Big East-leading Marquette with its eighth straight win. The Huskies (19-7, 8-7) lost for the first time in four games.

With the Bluejays up 52-49 with about 3 minutes to go, Alexander scored inside to make it a fivepoint game, but Jordan Hawkins' second-chance basket pulled the Huskies within three with a minute left.

Alexander missed the front end of a one-andone, giving UConn another chance with 21 seconds left. Sanogo missed a 3, Hawkins got the rebound and made a shot from the top of the key with 2.7 seconds left.

The basket originally was ruled a 3, which would have tied the game at 54, but officials changed it to a two-pointer when the video review showed Hawkins' right foot was on the line.

Kalkbrenner was fouled after catching the long inbounds pass and made the free throws for the final margin.

ILLINOIS 69, NO. 24 RUTGERS 60

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Coleman Hawkins scored 18 points and Illinois held Rutgers scoreless for more than 10 minutes in the second half to rally for the win.

Illinois (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten) trailed 47-41 with 14 1/2 minutes left before Hawkins' 3-pointer started a 19-0 run. Hawkins hit four consecutive shots — including a 3 — and gave the Illini the lead for good at 48-47.

Rutgers (16-9, 8-6) missed 15 straight shots during its drought.