No. 2 Baylor holds off No. 6 Texas
No. 2 Baylor 83, No. 6 Texas 69: Texas played Baylor tougher than most teams have this season. The Bears still shrugged off the Longhorns to stay unbeaten.
Davion Mitchell scored 27 points and No. 2 Baylor used a big run to pull away for an 83-69 victory over sixth-ranked Texas on Tuesday night.
Baylor (17-0, 9-0 Big 12) has won every game this season by at least eight points and looked to be in a fight with its closest pursuer in the conference. Texas (11-4, 5-3) was within six points late before Baylor pulled away behind open 3pointers from Adam Flagler and Mitchell.
Andrew Jones scored a career-high 25 points for the Longhorns, who were back to full strength after going without two starters and coach Shaka Smart in a loss to Oklahoma last week because of COVID-19. Texas also had two games postponed and another canceled.
No. 8 Iowa 84, Michigan State 78: Luka Garza scored 27 points to reach another milestone and No. 8 Iowa beat Michigan State.
Garza, who came into the game as the nation’s leading scorer at 26.4 points per game, became the second 2,000-point scorer in program history. Garza, who has 2,009 points, is 107 points behind all-time leading scorer Roy Marble.
The Hawkeyes (13-4, 7-3 Big Ten) led 79-70 before the Spartans (8-7, 2-7) went on an 8-1 run. Michigan State had a chance to tie the game after forcing a shot-clock violation, but Joshua Langford missed a jumper with 24 seconds left.
Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon closed the game with four consecutive free throws.
Aaron Henry led Michigan State with 24 points.
Mississippi 52, No. 11 Tennessee 50: Devontae Shuler scored 15 points and fueled a second-half rally as Mississippi beat No. 11 Tennessee, the Rebels’ first win over a ranked team in more than two years.
Ole Miss (9-8, 4-6 Southeastern Conference) rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit and then withstood a late challenge by the Volunteers (12-4, 8-4) to stop a two-game skid.
Yves Pons led the Vols with 13 points
and Josiah-Jordan Johnson had 11.
No. 17 West Virginia 76, Iowa State 72: Taz Sherman hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining and finished with 18 points as No. 17 West Virginia held on to beat Iowa State.
Sherman was 5 of 7 from the floor and made 7 of 8 shots from the line to lead the Mountaineers (12-5, 5-3 Big 12).
Solomon Young returned after missing two games due to COVID-related issues and scored 15 points.
Tyler Harris also scored 15 points for Iowa State (2-10, 0-7).
No. 19 Wisconsin 72, Penn State 56: Freshman Jonathan Davis scored a career-high 17 points and No. 19 Wisconsin resumed its usual dominance of Penn State with a victory.
Brad Davidson added 13 points for the Badgers (14-5, 8-4 Big Ten), whose 13game
winning streak over the Nittany Lions ended with an 81-17 loss at Penn State on Saturday. Wisconsin hasn’t lost at home to Penn State since 1995 and has won 27 of the last 30 meetings.
Micah Potter had 12 points and eight rebounds for the Badgers. Myreon Jones scored 14 points and John Harrar added 10 for Penn State (6-8, 3-7).
No. 23 Kansas 74, Kansas State 51: Christian Braun hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points, half of them in an 18-3 charge midway through the second half, and Kansas rolled past Kansas State.
David McCormack also had 18 points and Ochai Agbaji added 15 for the Jayhawks (12-6, 6-4 Big 12), who finally showed some moxie after dropping four of their previous five games, including a blowout loss at No. 11 Tennessee.
Kansas improved to 200-94 against
the Wildcats (5-14, 1-9), the most wins by any Division I school over another in men’s college hoops.
Maryland 61, No. 24 Purdue 60: Eric Ayala made two free throws with three seconds left, and Maryland scored the final six points to rally past No. 24 Purdue, ruining the Boilermakers’ season debut in the Top 25.
Purdue led 60-55 with 1:43 left before Darryl Morsell hit a 3-pointer and Ayala finished up with three free throws.
Ayala made 1 of 2 at the line with 48 seconds to go and hit the final two after missing a layup, getting his rebound and getting fouled by Jaden Ivey.
Purdue then committed a turnover before attempting a final shot.
Aaron Wiggins had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Maryland (10-8, 4-7) and Ayala scored 16.