San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
COUGARS END ’CATS’ HOME STREAK
The roars from Washington State’s locker room echoed through a hallway underneath the stands at Mckale Center.
An understandable celebration after the Cougars had just sent Arizona’s fans to the exits early with their first road win over a top-5 opponent in 122 years of basketball.
Playing confidently in one of college basketball’s toughest road arenas, Washington State ended No. 5 Arizona’s 28-game home winning streak with a 74-61 victory on Saturday.
“You’re no different than the players — you’ve got to dream it to come true,” said Washington State coach Kyle Smith said after his first win in three tries at Mckale Center.
The Cougars (7-10, 2-4 Pac-12) shut down Arizona’s once-potent offense, creating a rare subdued atmosphere inside Mckale Center.
Mouhamed Gueye led Washington State’s inside game with 24 points and 14 rebounds. Jabe Mullins (13 points), Justin Powell (12) and DJ Rodman (11) keyed a 12-for-28 day from the 3-point arc.
Washington State built an 18-point lead midway through the second half, withstood a late run by Arizona (14-2, 3-2) and played physical defense all afternoon to end what had been the nation’s third-longest active winning streak.
No. 3 Kansas 76, West Virginia 62: Freshman Gradey Dick scored 16 points, Jalen Wilson had 14 points and 14 rebounds, and the Jayhawks rode a hot start to a victory over the host Mountaineers (10-5, 0-3).
Kansas (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) has won eight straight.
No. 4 Uconn 69, Creighton 60: Big East preseason player of the year Adama Sanogo scored 26 points and the host Huskies bounced back from their first two losses of the season with a win over the Blue Jays (9-7, 3-2 Big East).
Uconn’s big man hit 10 of 20 shots, including two 3pointers, and pulled down nine rebounds. Jordan Hawkins added 17 points for the Huskies (15-2, 4-2).
No. 7 Alabama 78, Kentucky 52: Star freshman Brandon Miller had 19 points and seven rebounds for the Crimson Tide, who dominated Kentucky.
With football coach Nick Saban in attendance, Alabama (13-2, 3-0 SEC) put on a defensive performance that would make him proud, holding Kentucky (10-5, 1-2) to just 29 percent shooting.
No. 8 Tennessee 85, South Carolina 42: Olivier Nkamhoua scored a seasonhigh 21 points on 10-of-10 shooting and the Volunteers (13-2) started 3-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time in four seasons.
Meechie Johnson had 19 points for host South Carolina (7-8, 0-2).
No. 11 Virginia 73, Syracuse 66: Armaan Franklin scored 16 points and Virginia (11-3, 3-2 ACC) held on after squandering most of a 23point, second-half lead, giving coach Tony Bennett the most victories in Cavaliers history.
Bennett, in his 14th season, improved to 327-120 as Virginia’s coach, breaking a tie with Terry Holland.
No. 22 Auburn 72, No. 13 Arkansas 59: Wendell Green Jr. scored 19 points and Allen Flanigan matched his season high with 18 to lead the host Tigers (12-3, 2-1 SEC) past the Razorbacks (12-3, 1-2) in Auburn’s first game against a ranked opponent.
Illinois 79, No. 14 Wisconsin 69: Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 24 points and Coleman Hawkins made six 3s and scored 20 points to lead the Illini (10-5, 1-3 Big Ten) over the visiting Badgers (11-3, 3-1).
No. 16 Duke 65, Boston College 64: Dariq Whitehead scored 18 points, Kyle Filipowski hit two clutch free throws and and the Blue Devils (12-4, 3-2 ACC) rebounded from a miserable loss by holding off the Eagles.
Quinten Post led BC (8-8, 2-3) with 16 points and six boards.
Kansas State 97, No. 19 Baylor 95 (OT): Ismael Massoud hit a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left in overtime and Kansas State extended its winning streak to eight games with a victory at Baylor (10-5, 0-3 Big 12), where new Wildcats head coach Jerome Tang was on staff the past 19 seasons.
Markquis Nowell had 32 points for the Wildcats (14-1, 3-0), and his 14th assist of the game was on the go-ahead 3 by Massoud.
No. 18 Xavier 88, Villanova 80: Zach Freemantle scored 29 points, including eight in a row during a crucial stretch late in the second half, to lead the Musketeers (13-3, 5-0 Big East) to their ninth straight victory.
Cam Whitmore scored 26 points, Caleb Daniels had 23 and Eric Dixon added 19 for the host Wildcats (8-8, 2-3).
No. 25 Iowa State 69, No. 17 TCU 67: Gabe Kalscheur scored 15 points, including a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining, to give the visiting Cyclones (12-2, 3-0 Big 12) a narrow win over the Horned Frogs.
Mike Miles led TCU (13-2, 2-1) with 18 points.
No. 20 Missouri 85, Vanderbilt 82: Kobe Brown scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Deandre Gholston also scored 18 points in the host Tigers (13-2, 2-1 SEC) win over the Commodores (8-7, 1-1).
UNLV 84, No. 21 New Mexico 77: EJ Harkless scored 25 points, including 21 in the second half to spark visiting UNLV.
The Rebels (12-3, 1-2 Mountain West) had four other players in double figures, with Keyshon Gilbert adding 14.
Morris Udeze scored 22 to lead the Lobos (14-2, 2-2) and Jamal Mashburn Jr. had 19, but star guard Jaelen House was held scoreless in the second half, finishing with 12.
No. 23 Charleston 75, Delaware 64: Ben Burnham came off the bench to score 13 points to lead four players in double figures as the host Cougars (16-1, 4-0 Colonial Athletic Association) won their 15th straight, over the Blue Hens (9-7, 1-2).