KANSAS GETS PAYBACK ON TCU
Gradey Dick scored 19 points, Kevin McCullar Jr. had 15 and third-ranked Kansas extended its winning streak to five games with a 63-58 win over No. 24 TCU on Monday night in Fort Worth, Texas.
No. 3 Kansas 63, No. 24 TCU 58
Jalen Wilson had 12 rebounds for the Jayhawks (23-5, 11-4 Big 12), which began the night tied with idle eighth-ranked Texas for the conference lead. They have won seven of eight games since a three-game losing streak that included a 23-point home loss to the Horned Frogs.
Damion Baugh missed a potential tying 3-pointer with five seconds left for TCU (18-10, 7-8). Shahada Wells then missed a follow-up layup before McCullar was fouled and made two free throws.
Not even an appearance from Heisman Trophy runnerup Max Duggan could get the Horned Frogs over the hump. The Frogs were within 56-53 with 6:07 left when the fouryear starting quarterback, still in his tuxedo after receiving the Davey O’Brien Award in a ceremony about four miles from campus, waved the crowd into a frenzy while going to a courtside seat.
The Horned Frogs tied the game at 48 with 10:13 left when Jakobe Coles made a short leaner while being fouled, but missed the free throw that would have put them in the lead.
Mike Miles Jr. had 13 points for TCU, which has lost five of its last six games — the first four of those losses when Miles was out injured. Coles added 12 points and Baugh had 11.
Women’s Top 25
No. 3 Stanford 71, No. 17
UCLA 66: Cameron Brink scored 25 points and made all 15 of her free throws, the last of which put Stanford ahead for good, and the Cardinal beat UCLA in their final regularseason home game.
Brink swatted two more shots to give her 102 blocks for the season, and her 15 free throws were the most without a miss by a Stanford player since at least 1999. Haley Jones added 18 points and converted a layup with 1:22 remaining to put the Cardinal ahead by three.
Stanford (26-3, 14-2 Pac-12) has won four straight and is closing in on a third straight Pac-12 regular-season title with games remaining this week at No. 21 Colorado and No. 8 Utah.
Jones hit a go-ahead jumper with 2:45 to play before Lina Sontag answered with a 3 moments later to put UCLA (21-7, 10-6) ahead 65-64. Brink’s final two free throws made it 66-65 with 1:53 left. No. 16 Ohio State 74, No. 12
Michigan 61: Rikki Harris scored a career-high 23 points with five assists and seven steals, Taylor Thierry added 15 points and visiting Ohio State (23-5, 12-5 Big Ten) beat Michigan to complete a season sweep of the Wolverines.
Leigha Brown scored a career-high 36 points with nine rebounds for Michigan (20-7, 10-6).
AP polls
Houston returned to No. 1 in the AP men’s college basketball poll for the third time this season, while Northwestern and Texas A&M barged into the rankings after each had a pair of impressive wins last week.
The Cougars, riding a sevengame winning streak, jumped over Alabama and back into the top spot, where they spent two weeks in November and December and had another two-week stint last month.
In AP’s women’s poll, South Carolina remained No. 1 after topping Mississippi in overtime on Sunday.
The Gamecocks have been No. 1 for 35 straight weeks, the third-longest streak of all time. They received 27 of the 28 firstplace votes from the national media panel, marking the first time all season they weren’t a unanimous choice. No. 2 Indiana got the other first-place vote.