No. 10 Tech tops UT on Evans’ shot at buzzer in OT
LUBBOCK — Keenan Evans scored a career-high 38 points, including the winning jumper to beat the buzzer in overtime, and No. 10 Texas Tech beat Texas 73-71 on Wednesday night.
After missing a potential winning free throw with 3.4 seconds left in regulation, Evans scored six points in overtime. His winning 18-foot jumper from atop the key came after the Longhorns tied the game on a banked 3-pointer by Kerwin Roach.
Evans put the Red Raiders (18-4, 6-3 Big 12) ahead with a layup less than minute into overtime. Then on the ensuing possession, after grabbing a defensive rebound, Evans was fouled and made two free throws.
Texas (14-8, 4-5) overcame a 13-point deficit in the final 13 minutes of regulation and led 64-59 on a free throw by Roach with 1:25 left. But the Longhorns didn’t score again in regulation, and Roach then had all seven of their overtime points.
Evans missed a free throw, off the front of the rim, with 3.4 seconds left at the end of regulation after making his first to tie it at 64. That was only his second miss in 18 free-throw attempts during regulation.
That came 45 seconds after Evans was fouled on a 3-pointer and made all three free throws.
Roach led Texas with 20 points.
PURDUE 75, MARYLAND 67
Isaac Haas had 20 points and nine rebounds, Carsen Edwards scored 17 points, and the No. 3 Boilermakers pulled away from the Terrapins in West Lafayette, Ind., to extend the nation’s longest active winning streak to 18.
Purdue (22-2, 11-0 Big Ten) also continued its best conference start in school history, broke another school record with its 13th consecutive win over a league foe and still won its 21st straight home game. Only Cincinnati (38) has a longer home-court streak.
VIRGINIA 74, LOUISVILLE 64
Kyle Guy scored 22 points, and the second-ranked Cavaliers held off the hot-shooting Cardinals in Charlottesville, Va., to win their 13th straight.
Ty Jerome added 16 points for the Cavaliers (21-1, 10-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). Virginia’s start is its best in ACC play since the 1980-81 team won its first 12 games.
IOWA ST. 93, WEST VIRGINIA 77
Donovan Jackson scored 25 points, Lindell Wigginton added 22, and the Cyclones upset the 15th-ranked Mountaineers in Ames Iowa, sending short-handed West Virginia to its fifth loss in six games.
Iowa State (12-9, 3-6 Big 12) took advantage of the absence of West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. (illness) by handing the Mountaineers (16-6, 5-4) their biggest defeat since a 23-point blowout at the hands of Texas A&M in the opener.
MICHIGAN ST. 76, PENN ST. 68
Miles Bridges had 23 points and nine rebounds, helping the fifth-ranked Spartans come back from a double-digit deficit to beat the Nittany Lions in East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan State (21-3, 9-2 Big Ten) rallied to win after trailing by 12 with 15:23 left.
TENNESSEE 84, LSU 61
James Daniel III scored 17 points off the bench to continue his recent surge as the No. 18 Volunteers trounced the Tigers in Knoxville, Tenn., for their fourth consecutive victory.
Tennessee (16-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) already has matched its 2016-17 win total.
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Ty Charles poured in a career-high 31 points, going 7-of-11 from behind the 3-point arc, and the Lumberjacks raced past the Huskies in Nacogdoches, breaking the century mark for the third time this season.
Stephen F. Austin (18-4, 7-2 Southland Conference) has won 20 of 21 games with Houston Baptist.
Ian DuBose scored a careerhigh 23 points for HBU (5-18, 1-9).
Women BAYLOR 77, OKLAHOMA ST. 64
Lauren Cox scored 23 points, Kalani Brown added 19 with 18 rebounds, and the No. 3 Lady Bears beat the 23rd-ranked Cowgirls in Waco.
Baylor (20-1, 10-0 Big 12) never trailed while winning its 17th straight game.
TEXAS 55, KANSAS 41
Ariel Atkins scored 16 points, Brooke McCarty added 13, and the No. 8 Longhorns pulled away late in a victory over the Jayhawks at Lawrence, Kan.
Texas (17-4, 8-2 Big 12) entered as heavy favorites, but the Jayhawks (11-11, 2-9) were able to keep things interesting until the fourth quarter, tightening down defensively after a slow start.
HOUSTON 72, TULANE 48
Jasmyne Harris scored 20 points, Angela Harris had 17, and the Cougars routed the Green Wave at H&PE Arena.
Octavia Barnes added 12 points for Houston (17-6, 6-3 American Athletic Conference), which swept Tulane in the regular season for the first time since 2010-11.
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Stevi Parker had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and the Ladyjacks routed the Huskies at Sharp Gym, improving to 17-3 and 9-0 in the Southland Conference.
Amanda Johnson scored 20 points on 9-of-17 shooting to lead Houston Baptist (6-14, 2-8).