No. 2 Duke slams No. 3 Virginia early
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — RJ Barrett scored 26 points, Zion Williamson had 18 and No. 2 Duke used an early barrage of 3-pointers to stun No. 3 Virginia and then held off the Cavaliers, 81-71, on Saturday night.
Barrett hit his first five tries from 3-point range for the Blue Devils (21-2, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). His fifth one gave them a 29-15 lead after less than 12 minutes of play. Cam Reddish took over after that, hitting 5 of his first 6, the last three early in the second half as the Blue Devils rebuilt their lead to 52-41. He finished with 17 points.
NO. 1 TENNESSEE 73, FLORIDA 61
In Knoxville, Tenn., Grant Williams scored 16 points as Tennessee beat Florida 73-6 to complete a season sweep of the Gators and extend its schoolrecord winning streak to 18 games.
Tennessee (22-1, 10-0 SEC) owns the longest active winning streak of any Division I team. This also marks the biggest winning streak of Rick Barnes’ 32-year head coaching career.
Florida (12-11, 4-6) has lost three straight and four of its last five.
NO. 5 KENTUCKY 71, MISSISSIPPI STATE 67
In Starkville, Miss., PJ Washington scored 23 points, Keldon Johnson added 13 and Kentucky held on to beat Mississippi State.
Kentucky (20-3, 9-1 Southeastern Conference) has won 10 straight games since losing to Alabama in its conference opener on Jan. 5. The Wildcats had to work for this one after an 18-point lead dwindled to one possession with 1:18 left, but the Bulldogs weren’t able to score again.
NO. 7 MICHIGAN 61, NO. 19 WISCONSIN 52
In Ann Arbor, Mich., Jon Teske had 17 points and 12 rebounds, holding his own inside against Ethan Happ, and Charles Matthews scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half to lift Michigan past Wisconsin.
NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 88, MIAMI 85, OT
In Chapel Hill, N.C., Kenny Williams hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:08 left in overtime to help North Carolina hold off Miami.
Freshman Coby White matched his season high with 33 points for the Tar Heels (19-4, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who survived a wild finish filled with big shots by both teams.
NO. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 79, MINNESOTA 55
In East Lansing, Mich., Nick Ward had 22 points and Matt McQuaid scored a season-high 18, leading Michigan State past Minnesota.
The Spartans (19-5, 10-3 Big Ten) ended a three-game losing streak, their longest skid in two years.
NO. 10 MARQUETTE 66, NO. 14 VILLANOVA 65
In Milwaukee, Markus Howard scored 38 points and Marquette hung on at the buzzer, edging Villanova and handing the Wildcats their first Big East Conference loss.
CLEMSON 59, NO. 11 VIRGINIA TECH 51
In Clemson, S.C., Shelton Mitchell scored 22 points with a career-best five 3-pointers and Clemson outlasted Virginia Tech for the Tigers’ fourth straight victory.
The Hokies (18-5, 7-4 ACC) made just one field goal in the final 8:33 in losing consecutive games for the first time this season.
NO. 13 KANSAS 84, OKLAHOMA STATE 72
In Lawrence, Kan., Dedric Lawson scored 25 points, Ochai Agbaji hit five 3s and had 23 points, and Kansas shrugged off a slow start to beat Oklahoma State.
NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE 80, NO. 16 LOUISVILLE 75, OT
In Tallahassee, Fla., Mfiondu Kabengele scored 22 points and Florida State erased a 10-point second-half deficit to force overtime, then knocked off Louisville.
TCU 92, NO. 17 IOWA STATE 83
In Ames, Iowa, Kendric Davis scored a season-high 22 points, and TCU stunned Iowa State for its first road win over a Top 25 team in 21 years.
NO. 18 TEXAS TECH 66, OKLAHOMA 54
In Norman, Okla., Davide Moretti scored 14 points to help Texas Tech roll past Oklahoma.
NO. 21 LSU 83, AUBURN 78
In Baton Rouge, La., Tremont Waters had 19 points and 10 assists and LSU overcame a sluggish start to beat Auburn.
Skylar Mays had 20 points for LSU (19-4, 9-1 SEC), which bounced back from its lone conference loss.
NO. 23 BUFFALO 90, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 76
In Amherst, N.Y., Jeremy Harris had 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and Buffalo rallied to beat Central Michigan.