Kansas St. clips No. 2 Baylor; Rice hammers North Texas
WACO — Kamau Stokes scored 15 points, and Kansas State held off a late rally to hand No. 2 Baylor its first home loss of the season, 56-54 on Saturday.
Stokes made both of the Wildcats’ field goals in the final 6:29, including a baseline jumper with 1:40 to go off an inbounds pass with one second left on the shot clock that made it 55-51.
Baylor’s Johnathan Motley missed two shots in the final seconds with a chance to tie the game, the latter of which was blocked by Kansas State’s D.J. Johnson as time ran out, and the Bears lost their second straight Big 12 game.
Motley led Baylor (20-3, 7-3), which lost 73-68 at No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday, with 17 points and 14 rebounds, but he was 6-for-17 from the field. RICE 95, NORTH TEXAS 80
Marcus Evans and Marcus Jackson combined to score 35 points as the Owls built an 11-point lead in the first half and cruised to a win over the Mean Green in Denton.
Rice won its second straight Conference USA game by limiting North Texas to 39.7 percent shooting from the field and holding a commanding edge on the glass, outrebounding the Mean Green 46-34.
Evans had 18 points, and Jackson added 17 for Rice (15-8, 5-5 C-USA).
A.J. Lawson scored 31 points off the bench for North Texas (6-16, 0-10). TCU 78, TEXAS 63
Vladimir Brodziansky scored 18 points, Alex Robinson had 17 points with eight assists, and the Horned Frogs reached five Big 12 wins for the first time since joining the league with a victory over the Longhorns in Fort Worth.
Texas was within a point with just under 15 minutes left before Brandon Parrish scored his only five points for TCU (16-7, 5-5 Big 12), making a layup and following a Longhorns miss with a 3-pointer. Robinson then added a layup.
Jarrett Allen had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead Texas (9-13, 3-7), which led for only 23 seconds in the game. ABILENE CHRISTIAN 71 SAM HOUSTON ST. 64
Jaylen Franklin had 19 points, and Jaren Lewis added 14 while grabbing 10 rebounds as the Wildcats knocked off the Southland Conferenceleading Bearkats in Abilene.
Hayden Farquhar added 13 points for Abilene Christian (10-12, 4-7).
Dakarai Henderson had 20 points for Sam Houston State (17-7, 8-3), which had previously won eight straight. TEXAS A&M 85, LSU 73
Admon Gilder had 20 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Robert Williams scored a seasonhigh 18 to lead the Aggies to a victory against the Tigers in Baton Rouge, La.
JC Hampton added 15 points for Texas A&M (12-10, 4-6 Southeastern Conference). HOUSTON BAPTIST 84 INCARNATE WORD 70
Braxton Bonds scored 22 points, and Reveal Chukwujekwu added 14 points while grabbing 12 rebounds to lead the Huskies to a win over the Cardinals at Sharp Gym.
Atif Russell added 15 points for Houston Baptist (9-12, 5-6 Southland).
Shawn Johnson had 22 points for Incarnate Word (10-12, 5-6). LAMAR 77, MCNEESE ST. 57
Colton Weisbrod had 20 points and 14 re- bounds to lead the host Cardinals (14-9, 6-4 Southland) to a dominating win over the Cowboys in the 100th meeting between the schools. TEXAS TECH 77 OKLAHOMA 69
Aaron Ross made six of six free throws in the final 2:30 and finished with 18 points to help the Red Raiders (16-7, 4-6 Big 12) beat the Sooners in Lubbock. SMU 76, TULSA 53
Sterling Brown scored 24 of his 27 points in the second half, and the Mustangs (20-4, 10-1 American) rolled past the Golden Hurricane in Tulsa, Okla. ST. THOMAS 83 SOUTHWEST (N.M.) 75
The Celts defeated the Mustangs in Hobbs, N.M., to snap a five-game road losing streak. St. Thomas (9-15, 5-8 Red River) won for the second time in three games.
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