No. 14 Kansas slips past TCU in OT; Baylor edges OU

FORT WORTH — Devon Dotson scored 25 points, including six free throws in the final 40 seconds of overtime, and No. 14 Kansas beat TCU 82-77 on Monday night for its second win in a row while starting four freshmen.

After blowing a 12-point lead in the second half, the Jayhawks (19-6, 8-4 Big 12) never trailed in overtime. They broke the final tie on K.J. Lawson’s jumper with 1:09 left before Dotson sealed it at the free-throw line.

Dotson also had 10 rebounds for one of the three doubledoubles for Kansas. Ochai Agbaji had 20 points and 11 rebounds.

TCU (17-7, 5-6), trying to win consecutive games against Top 25 teams for the first time in school history, had a 13-0 run late in regulation and took a 69-65 lead on JD Miller’s two free throws with 2:07 left. The Frogs didn’t score again until overtime.

BAYLOR 59, OKLAHOMA 53

Devonte Bandoo scored 19 points, and the Bears ended a two-game skid with a win over the Sooners in Oklahona.

Bandoo was 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range for the Bears (16-8, 7-4 Big 12), who made 10 as a team from beyond the arc, and led a Baylor bench that outscored Oklahoma’s reserves 24-7 to sweep the season series.

VIRGINIA 69, NORTH CAROLINA 61

Kyle Guy scored 20 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers in the final two minutes, to help the No. 4 Cavaliers beat the eighth-ranked Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, N.C.

De’Andre Hunter also had 20 points for Virginia (21-2, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).

W. VIRGINIA DISMISSES PAIR

West Virginia starters Esa Ahmad and Wes Harris have been dismissed from the team for undisclosed violations of athletic department policies.

Ahmad, a senior, was the team’s third-leading scorer this season at 12 points per game and the third-leading rebounder at 5.8. Harris, a junior, averaged 7.9 points and 4.5 rebounds.

Women CONNECTICUT 97 SOUTH CAROLINA 79

Napheesa Collier had 31 points, 16 rebounds and six assists to help the No. 4 Huskies beat the 11th-ranked Gamecocks in Hartford, Conn.

KENTUCKY 68, ALABAMA 53

Rhyne Howard scored 23 points with four 3-pointers, Maci Morris added 17 points, and the 17th-ranked Wildcats beat the host Crimson Tide.

MICHIGAN 77 ST. 77, INDIANA 61

Shay Colley scored a careerhigh 32 points on 12-of-18 shooting to help the 23rd-ranked Spartans beat the Hoosiers in East Lansing, Mich., and avenge an earlier loss to Indiana.