Allen’s shooting lifts Florida to overtime win at No. 13 LSU
Kevaughn Allen highlighted a 21-point performance with a pair of threepointers late in overtime, and visiting Florida knocked off No. 13 LSU 82-77 on Wednesday night at Baton Rouge, La.
Jalen Hudson and Noah Locke each scored 15 for Florida (15-11, 7-6 SEC), which has won three in a row on the heels of competitive losses to Kentucky, Tennessee and Auburn.
Naz Reid had 16 points and 15 rebounds for LSU (21-5, 11-2), which lost for only the second time in 16 games and saw its fourgame winning streak snapped.
Skylar Mays scored 18 points for the Tigers, which saw the game begin to slip away when Allen’s consecutive threes gave Florida a 76-70 lead with 1:12 to go.
Tremont Waters, who has been LSU’s leading scorer this season, struggled in critical moments. With the score tied in the final seconds of regulation, he badly missed a pull-up three.
And when a late steal gave LSU a chance to tie the game with less than 20 seconds left in overtime, Waters again missed from three-point range to finish 3-of-12 shooting, including 2 of 8 on three-pointers.
Waters finished with 10 points, as did LSU’s Kavell Bigby-Williams and Marlon Taylor.
Florida won for the first time this season against a ranked team after losing its previous six such match-ups.
The Gators arrived in Baton Rouge still holding realistic hopes of securing enough big victories to make the NCAA Tournament. A road victory against one of the hottest teams in the country should help. During regulation, Florida held LSU to nearly 19 fewer points than its average per game.
No. 10 Michigan State 71, Rutgers 60: Cassius Winston scored 28 points and Xavier Tillman had a career-high 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the host host Spartans (22-5, 13-3 Big Ten) past the Scarlet Knights (12-14, 5-11).
Michigan State missed Nick Ward and Joshua Langford on offense against defensive-minded Rutgers. Ward had hand surgery Sunday and Langford had season-ending foot surgery earlier this month, taking more than 30 points of scoring out of Tom Izzo’s lineup.
The Spartans started 0 of 6 and trailed 32-35 at halftime after making just 30 percent of their shots. The Scarlet Knights led by 11 points early in the second half before Tillman had six consecutive points and Michigan State’s best chance to score was off offensive rebounds.
Matt McQuaid made a game-tying three-pointer with 12:39 left after Michigan State’s fourth offensive rebound of the possession. Winston made a go-ahead layup the next time the Spartans had the ball and they ended up coasting to a double-digit victory.
Georgetown 85, No. 17 Villanova 73: Jessie Govan had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Mac McClung scored 21 points and the host Hoyas (16-10, 6-7 Big East) upset the Wildcats (20-7, 11-3), snapping a nine-game losing streak against them.
Georgetown beat a ranked opponent for the first time since 2017, and second-year coach Patrick Ewing earned his first win against a Top-25 foe in eight tries.
James Akinjo had 10 points and nine assists as the Hoyas ended a twogame slide and beat Villanova at home for the first time since 2015. Villanova lost consecutive conference games for the first time since realignment in 2013 — a span of 104 games.
Phil Booth had 26 points, and Eric Paschall added 16 as Villanova lost for the third time in four conference games after starting 10-0 in Big East play. Colin Gillespie scored 13 points after having a career-high 30 in the teams’ first meeting.
Syracuse 69, No. 18 Louisville 49: Elijah Hughes scored 18 points and Oshae Brissett had 16 to lead four players in double figures as the host Orange (18-8, 9-4 ACC) topped the Cardinals (18-9, 9-5).
Syracusefound the mark from behind the arc with 11 three-pointers and held the Cardinals in check throughout. Buddy Boeheim had 14 points and Tyus Battle 11 for Syracuse.
The Cardinals were coming off two tough games. They blew a 23point second-half lead and lost to top-ranked Duke just over a week ago, and on Saturday barely eked out a 56-55 win over Clemson.
WOMEN’S TOP 25
No. 1 Baylor 80, Kansas 40: Kalani Brown reached career milestones of 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, and the host Lady Bears (24-1, 14-0 Big 12) clinched at least a share of their ninth consecutive Big 12 regularseason championship.
No. 3 UConn 102, Memphis 45: Katie Lou Samuelson scored a season-high 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Huskies (24-2, 12-0 American) improved to 10-0 against the overmatched Tigers (10-16, 5-8).
No. 20 Iowa State 91, Oklahoma 70: Bridget Carleton had 28 points and 10 rebounds to help the Cyclones (20-6, 10-4 Big 12) to their first victory over the Sooners (6-19, 2-12) in Norman since the 2013-14 season
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Indiana: Athletic director Fred Glass called the profane chant directed at Purdue center Matt Haarms during Tuesday night’s game “embarrassing.” Haarms first drew the crowd’s wrath when he locked arms with Indiana center De'Ron Davis. The Hoosiers’ student section continued booing Haarms throughout the game and broke into the chant multiple times — something Haarms acknowledged motivated him. Haarms’ tie-breaking tip-in with 3.2 seconds left was the difference in Purdue’s 48-46 victory.
Kentucky: Forward Reid Travis will miss at least two weeks after spraining his right knee during the No. 4 Wildcats’ victory at Missouri. The 6-foot-8, 238-pound graduate transfer from Stanford fell on his knee trying for a rebound.