Hogs enjoy block party at expense of Aggies

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Davonte Davis and Ricky Council IV scored 19 points apiece and Arkansas never trailed in an 81-70 victory over Texas A&M on Tuesday night.

Davis sank 4 of 8 shots from 3-point range for the Razorbacks (15-7, 4-5 Southeastern Conference). Council added six rebounds and four assists. Jordan Walsh had 12 points and seven rebounds off the bench. Anthony Black pitched in with 11 points, seven assists and five boards. Makhel Mitchell totaled nine points, 13 rebounds and a season-high seven blocked shots as Arkansas finished with 13 blocks.

Henry Coleman III and Wade Taylor IV both scored 18 to lead the Aggies (15-7, 7-2), who have won just one game in the last 35 years on Arkansas' home floor. Coleman added 15 rebounds. Tyrece Radford contributed 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists.

A&M, which came in making an average of 18.7 free throws per game — second in the nation — hit just 14 of 24.

NO. 8 KANSAS 90 NO. 7 KANSAS STATE 78

Jalen Wilson had 20 points, Kevin McCullar Jr. added 16 points and 13 rebounds, and the Jayhawks avenged a loss to the visiting Wildcats just a couple of weeks ago.

Dajuan Harris Jr. scored 18 for Kansas (18-4, 6-3 Big 12), which built a 12-point halftime lead before coasting to its 17th straight home win over Kansas State in the 10th matchup of top-10 teams in series history.

Markquis Nowell scored 23 points and Keyontae Johnson had 22 for the Wildcats (18-4, 6-3), who were trying for their first regular-season sweep of their rival in four decades.

NO. 15 TCU 76, WEST VIRGINIA 72

Damion Baugh had 16 points and 10 assists, big man Eddie Lampkin Jr. made an unexpected return from injury and the Horned Frogs overcame the absence of top scorer Mike Miles Jr. to beat the Mountaineers at Fort Worth.

JaKobe Coles had 17 points, Shahada Wells 16 and Xavier Cork 15 for TCU (17-5, 6-3 Big 12), which wrapped up the first half of its conference schedule in a four-way tie with Kansas State, Kansas and Iowa State for second place, one game behind Texas.

Miles is out with a hyperextended right knee. Lampkin missed two games with a high ankle sprain but made a surprise appearance afte 5½ minutes and scored two points in eight minutes of action.

NO. 4 ALABAMA 101 VANDERBILT 44

Brandon Miller scored 22 points to help the host Crimson Tide rout the Commodores for the school's largest margin of victory over a SEC opponent.

Alabama shot 59 percent from the field and 46 percent on 3-pointers in the fourth largest win in school history.

BOSTON COLLEGE 62 NO. 20 CLEMSON 54

Makai Ashton-Langford had two key driving baskets in the closing two minutes and finished with 15 points to help the host Eagles beat the Tigers.

BC held Clemson to one field goal — with 18 seconds left — in the final 13:16.

MARYLAND 66, NO. 21 INDIANA 55

Jahmir Young scored 20 points, Donta Scott added 19 and the Terrapains snapped the Hoosiers’ five-game winning streak with a victory at College Park, Md.

Women NO. 20 OKLAHOMA 101, TCU 78

Madi Williams scored 11 of her 26 points in the first half to help the Sooners roll to a home win and snap a two-game skid.