Indiana topples No. 1 Purdue
Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 25 points and Jalen Hood-Schifino delivered the clinching basket on a dunk with 2 seconds left as No. 21 Indiana beat No. 1 Purdue 79-74 on Saturday.
Zach Edey finished with 33 points and 18 rebounds for Purdue (22-2, 11-2 Big Ten).
The Hoosiers (16-7, 7-5) have won both of their home games against their archrival under second-year coach Mike Woodson.
A roaring, raucous crowd that stayed on its feet most of the game wasted no time storming the court after the final buzzer sounded. Hood-Schifino had 16 points for the Hoosiers, who have won six of seven.
NO. 2 TENNESSEE 46, NO. 25 AUBURN 43
Josiah-Jordan James scored 15 points to lead host Tennessee past Auburn in a game in which every point was difficult and nothing flowed.
The Volunteers (19-4, 8-2 SEC) shot just 27% from the field and 9.5% from the 3-point line. They were recovering from a Wednesday loss to Florida in which they shot 28%.
The Tigers (17-6, 7-3) were led by Johni Broome with 11 points and K.D. Johnson off the bench with 10 points. Auburn managed only 24% from the field and 11% from the 3-point line.
NO. 4 ALABAMA 79, LSU 69
Noah Clowney and Rylan Griffen led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points each to carry Alabama at LSU, which lost its 10th straight.
Nimari Burnett and Mark Sears each had 13 points and Brandon Miller had 11 for the Crimson Tide (20-3, 10-0 SEC).
Derek Fountain led LSU (12-11, 1-9) with a career-high 26 points. Cam Hayes came off the bench and scored 15 points. Tigers leading scorer KJ Williams was held to eight points, nine below his season average.
VIRGINIA TECH 74, NO. 6 VIRGINIA 68
Sean Pedulla scored 22 points and Virginia Tech snapped the visiting Cavaliers’ seven-game winning streak.
Pedulla hit 6 of 13 from the floor as the Hokies (14-10, 4-8 ACC) posted their biggest win of the season. He added 8 of 9 from the free-throw line and Virginia Tech never trailed.
Jayden Gardner’s 20 points led Virginia (17-4, 9-3), which saw its usually stingy defense struggle.
NO. 10 TEXAS 69, NO. 7 KANSAS ST. 66
Christian Bishop scored all 14 of his points in the second half, including the go-ahead lay-in with 37 seconds to go, and Texas rallied from a 14-point first-half deficit at Kansas State.
Sir’Jabari Rice also had 14 points for the Longhorns, and his two free throws with nine seconds left forced the Wildcats into needing a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime.
Tyrese Hunter and Marcus Carr added 10 points apiece for Texas (194, 8-2 Big 12), which took over sole possession of first place in the roughand-tumble Big 12 by avenging an overtime loss to the Wildcats (18-5, 6-4) early last month.
NO. 13 IOWA STATE 68, NO. 8 KANSAS 53
Jaren Holmes led Iowa State with 15 points in the Cyclones’ win over visiting Kansas.
Osun Osunniyi added 13 for the Cyclones (16-6, 7-3 Big 12), who stayed within at least a game of front-running Texas in the conference standings.
Jalen Wilson led the Jayhawks (18-5, 6-4) with 26 points for his sixth straight with at least 20.
NO. 14 MARQUETTE 60, BUTLER 52
Tyler Kolek had 13 points and eight assists in Marquette’s win over visiting Butler (11-13, 3-10 Big East) for its fifth consecutive victory.
Marquette (19-5, 11-2) began the day tied for first place in the conference standings with No. 16 Xavier.
NO. 24 UCONN 68, GTOWN 62
Adama Sanogo and Tristen Newton each scored 15 and Alex Karaban knocked down two late 3-pointers to give UConn a win at last-place Georgetown.
Despite leading for most of the game, the heavily favored Huskies (18-6, 7-6 Big East) needed a late 8-1 run to earn the season sweep over the Hoyas (6-18,, 1-12). UConn has won two straight and three of four.
DUKE 63, NO. CAROLINA 57
Jeremy Roach scored 20 points, Dereck Lively II had career highs of eight blocks and 14 rebounds and Duke defeated visiting North Carolina.
Kyle Filipowski added 14 points and Tyrese Proctor 11 for the Blue Devils (17-6, 8-4 ACC), who won their third straight and beat the Tar Heels (15-8, 7-5) for the first time in three meetings, including in last year’s Final Four in the NCAA Tournament.