No. 24 Oklahoma beats No. 5 Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Reaves scored 23 points and made two free throws with 18.3 seconds left that proved to be the difference as No. 24 Oklahoma (10-4, 6-3 Big 12) beat short-handed No. 5 Texas 80-79 on Tuesday night.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Reaves scored Oklahoma’s final six points. Elijah Harkless scored 13 and Umoja Gibson had 12 for the Sooners.

Texas (11-3, 5-2) played without coach Shaka Smart, who announced Monday he has COVID-19 and is in isolation from the team and his family, and players Courtney Ramey, Jericho Sims and Brock Cunningham. Ramey and Sims are starters. The school did not immediately give a reason why the players were unavailable, and assistant coach K.T. Turner was the acting head coach for the Longhorns.

Even with those reduced numbers and the foul trouble, the Longhorns rallied behind Andrew Jones, who scored

13. Kai Jones finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

■ No. 9 Alabama 70, Kentucky 59: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jaden Shackelford scored 21 points for the Crimson Tide (14-3, 9-0 Southeastern Conference), which extended their winning streak to 10 games.

The Wildcats (5-10, 4-4) were led in scoring by Davion Mintz, Dontaie Allen and Olivier Sarr, all with 12 points.

■ Auburn 88, No. 12 Missouri 82: At Auburn, Ala., Sharife Cooper had 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead Auburn (10-7, 4-5 Southeastern Conference). Missouri (10-3, 4-3) was led by seniors Jeremiah Tilmon and Dru Smith, who scored 42 of the team’s 82 points.

■ No. 18 Tennessee 56, Mississippi State 53: At Knoxville, Tenn., Yves Pons scored 13 points for the Volunteers (11-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference). The Bulldogs (9-8, 4-5) were led by Iverson Molinar with 16 points and D.J. Stewart with 11.

■ Dayton 76, No. 22 Saint Louis 71: At St. Louis, Jalen Crutcher scored 27 points and Ibi Watson added 18 to lead the Flyers (9-4, 5-3 Atlantic-10). Javonte Perkins led the Billikens (7-2, 0-1) with 20 points.

WOMEN

■ No. 1 Louisville 79, Miami 76: At Louisville, Ky., Dana Evans scored 20 points, including the team’s final 12 capped by two free throws with 6.5 seconds remaining, helping the top-ranked Cardinals (15-0, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) survive. Marshall scored 19 points and Naomi Mbandu 17 for the Hurricanes (7-6, 4-6).

■ No. 9 Baylor 82, Texas Christian 49: At Waco, Texas, Nalyssa Smith had 18 points with a career-high 16 rebounds, Moon Ursin scored 21 points for the Lady Bears (11-2, 6-1 Big 12). Lauren Heard had 14 points to lead the Horned Frogs (7-7, 2-7), who shot 29.2 percent (19 of 65).