Iowa regains footing by defeating Rutgers
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Joe Wieskamp scored 26 points and Luka Garza overcame a slow start to score 22 as No. 15 Iowa beat No. 25 Rutgers 79-66 on Wednesday night.
The Hawkeyes (14-6, 8-5 Big Ten), who fell out of the top 10 of the Associated Press poll this week for the first time this season, were coming off a stretch of four losses in the last five games.
Wieskamp, who had 16 points in the first half, added 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.
Garza, the nation’s leading scorer at 25.5 points per game, missed his first five shots and didn’t score until the 8minute mark of the first half. He had just eight points in the first half on 2 of 10 shooting, but was 6 of 10 from the field in the second half.
Geo Baker led Rutgers (11-7, 7-7) with 11 points.
NO. 5 VILLANOVA 96 MARQUETTE 64
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl scored a season-high 27 points to lead the Wildcats past the visiting Golden Eagles.
Collin Gillespie added 16 points and 11 assists, and Jermaine Samuels scored 14 for Villanova, which has won 10 of 11. Robinson-Earl made 10 of 11 shots, including all five 3-point tries.
NO. 9 VIRGINIA 57 GEORGIA TECH 49
Trey Murphy III scored 18 points, Kihei Clark added 14 and the Cavaliers pulled away down the stretch to win at Atlanta.
MISSISSIPPI 80 NO. 10 MISSOURI 59
Jarkel Joiner scored 21 points to help the Rebels beat the visiting Tigers for a three-game winning streak that also includes a win over No. 16 Tennessee.
NO 16 TENNESSEE 89 GEORGIA 81
Jaden Springer scored a career-high 30 points to lead the Volunteers past the Bulldogs at Knoxville, Tenn.
NO. 21 WISCONSIN 61 NEBRASKA 48
Jonathan Davis scored 10 points and made a couple big baskets to help the Badgers begin pulling away after halftime as they overcame 32.3 percent shooting in a road victory.
SAM HOUSTON STATE 79 SE LOUISIANA 61
Bryce Monroe had a season-high 26 points as the Bearkats stretched
their home winning streak to 10 games.
Sam Houston is 15-6 overall and tied for the Southland Conference lead at 9-1.
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 80 A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 68
Gavin Kensmil tied his career high with 23 points and had 10 rebounds as the Lumberjacks extended their home winning streak to 10 games by defeating the Islanders.
Kensmil hit 10 of 12 shots for the Southland Conference tri-leaders (12-3, 9-1).
ABILENE CHRISTIAN 88 HOUSTON BAPTIST 59
At Abilene, the Huskies struggled in their return from a two-week hiatus and were no match for a Wildcats team that shares the Southland lead.
Darius Lee led HBU (3-13, 2-6) with 14 points.
NICHOLLS STATE 76 LAMAR 71
Kevin Johnson had 18 points to lead the Colonels to a victory over the Cardinals at Beaumont.
Women
NO. 2 CONNECTICUT 70 SETON HALL 49
Freshman Paige Bueckers scored 23 points and the Huskies overcame an early 11-point deficit to beat the Pirates at Storrs, Conn.
NO. 7 BAYLOR 82 TEXAS TECH 50
NaLyssa Smith had 28 points and 13 rebounds as the Bears won at Lubbock
to extend their decadelong winning streak over the Red Raiders to 24 games in a row.
There was a scary moment midway through the third quarter when Baylor guard DiDi Richards, who during preseason practice was left temporarily paralyzed after a freak spinal injury, fell hard to the floor. Richards eventually walked to the locker room with assistance before returning to the bench in the fourth quarter.
Coach Kim Mulkey said afterward that Richards had concussion symptoms.
TEXAS 64 OKLAHOMA STATE 53
Charli Collier finished with 28 points and 19 rebounds to post her 14th double-double of the season to lead the Longhorns to victory at Austin.
Collier, a junior from Mont Belvieu, also became the 47th player in Texas history to pass the 1,000point mark in her career.
HOUSTON 89, TEMPLE 52
Britney Onyeje scored 19 points and Laila Blair added a career-high 18 as the visiting Cougars rolled to their highest scoring total in an American Athletic Conference game.
ABILENE CHRISTIAN 62 HOUSTON BAPTIST 56
Julija Vujakovic scored 21 points in the Huskies’ Southland Conference loss at Sharp Gym.