Auburn gets by Georgia with late layup

Wendell Green Jr. made a tiebreaking layup with four seconds remaining and No. 1 Auburn got past Georgia 7472 Saturday in Athens, Ga., extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 19 games.

Auburn (22-1, 10-0 Southeastern Conference) continued its dominant run through the league. But the Tigers, who won their first nine SEC games by about 12 points per game, were tested in the second half by lastplace Georgia (6-17, 1-9).

Following Green’s goahead layup, Georgia’s Aaron Cook missed a long jumper.

A drive by Cook had given Georgia a 72-70 lead before K.D. Johnson tied the score with a layup.

Johnson, who led Auburn with 20 points, transferred to Auburn following his

freshman season at Georgia and was loudly booed during pregame introductions. Green had 19 for the Tigers.

Kario Oquendo led Georgia with 25 points.

at No. 4 Purdue 82, Michigan 76:

Jaden Ivey scored 23 points and Trevion Williams added 19 as the Boilermakers (20-3, 9-3 Big Ten) ended a five-game losing streak to the Wolverines (11-9, 5-5) and became the first team to reach 1,000 Big Ten wins.

It was Boilermakers coach Matt Painter’s 400th victory as a coach, 375 at Purdue and 25 at Southern Illinois.

No. 9 Duke 87, at North Carolina 67:

Freshman A.J. Griffin scored a season-high 27 points to help the Blue Devils roll past the rival Tar Heels in retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final visit to Chapel Hill.

The win allowed Duke (19-3, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) to send Krzyzewski off with a 17th and final victory in the Smith Center, where he coached against North Carolina (16-7, 8-4) in its opening game in January 1986.

at No. 10 Kansas 83, No. 8 Baylor 59:

Christian Braun and Ochai Agbaji each scored 18 points as the Jayhawks

(19-3, 8-1) led by as many as 34 points and held on to the top spot in the Big 12 Conference race.

Baylor (19-4, 7-3) had won nine straight games against top 10 opponents, but the Bears never got close to extending that streak.

After scoring the first basket, they quickly fell behind 12-2 and their deficit kept increasing.

DePaul 69, at No. 21 Xavier 65:

Courvoisier McCauley scored 21 points and Jalen Terry had 13 as the shorthanded Blue Demons snapped a four-game losing streak.

Javan Johnson scored 12 points and David Jones had 10 for DePaul (11-10, 2-9 Big East).

Paul Scruggs led the Musketeers (16-6, 6-5) with 21 points.

It was Xavier’s first loss this season against an unranked opponent.