No. 8 Virginia needs overtime to get past Duke
Armaan Franklin scored 23 points, including a 3-pointer with 39 seconds left, to lift No. 8 Virginia over Duke 69-62 in overtime Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
Kihie Clark added 16 points and Ben Vander Plas 13 for the Cavaliers (19-4, 11-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won despite a 9-for-22 performance from the freethrow line.
Duke (17-8, 8-6) seemed poised to win when Ryan Young drove on the final play of regulation and two defenders contested his shot. The officials initially whistled a foul, but waved it off after a lengthy review. Jeremy Roach led the Blue Devils with 16 points.
Trailing 58-53, Duke got a driving basket from Roach with 1:31 left and a 3-pointer by Jacob Grandison from in front of the Duke bench to tie it with 50 seconds left. Neither team scored again in regulation.
Vander Plas drew a huge ovation when he made a pair of free throws to open the overtime scoring. At that point, Virginia had missed nine of 12 from the line.
Clark’s driving basket and another free throw gave the Cavaliers a 6358 lead. Two baskets by Tyrese Proctor was all the Blue Devils managed in the extra period. Proctor scored 14 while freshman Kyle Filipowski, who averages 15.5 points, was scoreless.
No. 3 Alabama 77, Auburn 69: Rylan Griffen scored 16 points,
AMark Sears added 15 and visiting Alabama held off a big challenge from its in-state rival. The Crimson Tide remained the only Power-5 team without a league loss. Alabama is 12-0 in the Southeastern Conference and 22-3 overall. Auburn
(17-8, 7-5) missed nine straight shots in the final minutes.
No. 5 Texas 94, West Virginia 60: Sir’Jabri Rice scored 24 points in just 17 minutes for the host Longhorns. Texas (20-5) remained in first place in the Big 12 at 9-3, while West Virginia fell to 15-10, 4-8.
No. 9 Kansas 78, Oklahoma 55: Jalen Wilson scored 18 points, and Kansas rolled in Norman, Okla. Wilson, who entered the day leading the Big 12 with nearly 21 points per game, bounced back from a two-point outing against Texas on Monday. Dajuan Harris scored 16 points and Kevin McCullar added 13 for the Jayhawks (20-5, 8-4 Big 12). Oklahoma fell to 12-13, 2-10.
No. 10 Marquette 89, Georgetown 75:
Kam Jones, Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek each scored 14 points for visiting Marquette (20-6, 12-3 Big East), which moved into first place in the conference.
The Golden Eagles are a half-game ahead of No. 13 Xavier, which lost at Butler on Friday. Marquette hosts Xavier on Wednesday. Georgetown fell to 6-20, 1-14.
St. John’s 73, No. 20 Providence 68: David Jones scored 16 points, AJ Storr added 15 and host St. John’s handed the
AAAAFriars a costly defeat in their pursuit of a second consecutive regular-season conference title.
Joel Soriano had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Red Storm (15-11, 5-10 Big East), who had lost three straight and five of six. It was his 20th double-double this season — he entered the game second in the nation in that category. Bryce Hopkins equaled a career best with 29 points for the Friars (18-7, 10-4).
No. 23 Creighton 56, No. 21 UConn 53: UConn had what would have been a tying three-pointer erased on video review in the final seconds in Omaha, Neb.
Creighton (17-8, 11-3) is a half-game behind Big East-leading Marquette with its eighth straight win. The Huskies (19-7, 8-7) lost for the first time in four games.
Creighton’s Trey Alexander, who went to the bench after committing his fourth foul with 7:08 to play, returned four minutes later with his team ahead 52-49. He scored inside to make it a fivepoint game, but Jordan Hawkins’ second-chance basket pulled the Huskies within three with a minute left.
Alexander missed the front end of a one-andone, giving UConn another
Achance with 21 seconds left. Adama Sanogo missed a three, Hawkins got the rebound and made a shot from the top of the key with 2.7 seconds left.
The basket originally was ruled a three, which would have tied the game at 54, but officials changed it to a two-pointer when the video review showed Hawkins’ right foot was on the line.
No. 22 N.C. State 92, Boston College 62: Jarkel Joiner scored 26 points and D.J. Burns Jr. added 18 with 10 rebounds to lead the Wolfpack (20-6, 10-5 ACC) in Boston. Quinten Post scored 20 points for Boston College (12-14, 6-9).
Illinois 69, No. 24 Rutgers 60: Coleman Hawkins scored 18 points and host Illinois held No. 24 Rutgers scoreless for more than 10 minutes in the second half.
Illinois (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten) trailed 47-41 with 14 1⁄2 minutes left before Hawkins’ three-pointer started a 19-0 run. Rutgers (16-9, 8-6) missed 15 straight shots during its drought.
No. 25 San Diego St. 82, UNLV 71: Adam Seiko scored 18 points on 3-pointers for host San Diego, the Mountain West Conference front-runner (20-5, 11-2). UNLV fell to 16-9, 5-8.
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and Wang had birdies on six of the last seven holes to grab a share of the lead.
VIC OPEN
Former No. 1 Jiyai Shin shot a 6-under 66 to trail third-round leader Cassie Porter by two strokes going into the final round of the Vic Open in Barwon Heads, Australia.
Porter concluded an otherwise mediocre round with an eagle on the 18th to finish with an even-par 72 and a three-round total of 15-under 202. Pavarisa Yoktuan of Thailand is level with Shin and also two back after a 69.
The women’s and men’s Vic Opens are being played concurrently on the 36-hole layout at 13th Beach Golf Links. New Zealander Michael Hendry shot 69 and will take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the men’s tournament.