Jackson-davis scores 25 as No. 21 Indiana beats No. 1 Purdue
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — 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 shocked 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. Hoodschifino had 16 points for the Hoosiers, who have won six of seven.
NO. 4 ALABAMA 79, LSU 69
BATON ROUGE, La. — Noah Clowney and Rylan Griffen led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points each to carry Alabama over 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, 100 Southeastern Conference).
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
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Sean Pedulla scored 22 points and Virginia Tech snapped the Cavaliers’ seven-game winning streak.
Pedulla hit 6 of 13 from the floor as the Hokies (14-10, 4-8 Atlantic Coast Conference) posted their biggest win of the season. He added 8 of 9 from the free-throw line and Virginia Tech never trailed.
Justin Mutts added 17 points for the Hokies, who shot 50% from the floor for the fourth straight game.
Jayden Gardner’s 20 points led Virginia (17-4, 9-3), which saw its usually stingy defense struggle.
NO. 13 IOWA STATE 68, NO. 8 KANSAS 53
AMES, Iowa — Jaren Holmes led Iowa State with 15 points in the Cyclones’ win over 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.
The Cyclones led for all but 1:14 of the game, building a 34-16 scoring edge in the paint.
NO. 11 BAYLOR 89, TEXAS TECH 62
WACO, Texas — Jalen Bridges had 18 points with eight rebounds, big man Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua played for the first time since suffering a gruesome knee injury last season and Baylor beat Texas Tech.
Bridges scored 16 of his points in the second half. Freshman Keyonte George scored 17 points for the Bears (17-6, 6-4 Big 12). Adam Flagler had 13 points and eight assists.
De’vion Harmon had 20 points and Jaylon Tyson had 19 for Texas Tech (12-11, 1-9).
NO. 14 MARQUETTE 60, BUTLER 52
MILWAUKEE — Tyler Kolek had 13 points and eight assists in Marquette’s win over Butler for its fifth consecutive victory.
Marquette (19-5, 11-2 Big East) began the day tied for first place in the conference standings with No. 16 Xavier.
Jayden Taylor scored 19 points and Simas Lukosius added 15 for Butler (11-13, 3-10).
OKLAHOMA STATE 79, NO. 15 TCU 73
STILLWATER, Okla. — Kalib Boone scored 25 points and Oklahoma State blew a 19-point second-half lead before recovering to beat a depleted TCU squad.
Caleb Asberry added 19 points and John-michael Wright had 17 for Oklahoma State (14-9, 5-5 Big 12). The Cowboys have won three straight and five of six to move back into the conversation for a potential NCAA Tournament berth.
Emanuel Miller led TCU (17-6, 6-4) with 17 points and Shahada Wells had 14. The Horned Frogs have struggled since their leading scorer, Mike Miles Jr., suffered a hyperextended right knee last Saturday early during a loss to Mississippi State. TCU also was minus injured big man Eddie Lampkin Jr.
NO. 16 XAVIER 96, ST. JOHN’S 71
CINCINNATI — Jack Nunge scored 21 points, Colby Jones added 19 and Xavier made a season-high 15 3-pointers to defeat St. John’s.
Souley Boum added 17 points, Desmond Claude scored 11 and Jerome Hunter 10 for the Musketeers (19-5, 11-2 Big East), who have won four of their last five games.
The slumping Red Storm (14-10, 4-9) have lost two straight, four of five and nine of 12. A.J. Storr led St. John’s with 14 points.
NO. 19 FAU 67, CHARLOTTE 52
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Vladislav Goldin had 15 points and Florida Atlantic rebounded with a win just two days after the Owls had their 20-game win streak snapped.
Alijah Martin added 11 points and Brandon Weatherspoon had 10 for the Owls (22-2, 12-1 Conference USA), who outscored Charlotte 37-21 in the second half.
Brice Williams led Charlotte (13-10, 4-8) with 14 points.
FAU had put together a school-record 20 straight wins — dating back to a Nov. 14 win at Florida — before falling on the road to UAB on Thursday night.
NO. 23 MIAMI 78, NO. 20 CLEMSON 74
CLEMSON, S.C. — Nijel Pack scored 20 points and Isaiah Wong added 15 as Miami used a second-half burst to hold off Clemson.
Wong and Pack each hit 3-pointers right after halftime for the Hurricanes (18-5, 9-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who used a 21-9 run to open a 56-44 lead with 11:10 to play.
Wooga Poplar added 14 points for Miami while Jordan Miller had 12.
Clemson (18-6, 10-3) lost its second straight game after opening ACC play 10-1. PJ Hall had 17 of his teamhigh 19 points in the second half for the Tigers. Hunter Tyson added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
NO. 24 UCONN 68, GEORGETOWN 62
WASHINGTON — Adama Sanogo and Tristen Newton each scored 15 and Alex Karaban knocked down two late 3-pointers to give Uconn a win over 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. Uconn has won two straight and three of four.
Brandon Murray’s threepoint play with 4:42 left put the Hoyas on top at 61-60 for their first lead since 16:16 in the first half. Murray scored 14 of his game-high 21 points after halftime for the Hoyas (6-18, 1-12), who have lost six straight games to Uconn.