Green, Smith power No. 12 Auburn to win
No. 12 Auburn 71, Murray State 58: Wendell Green Jr. and Jabari Smith both had double-doubles and host Auburn beat Murray State on Wednesday night for its eighth straight win.
Auburn (11-1) held Murray State (10-2) to 28 points below its season average and out-rebounded the Racers 48-33.
Green had 13 points and a career-best 10 rebounds off the bench for the Tigers. Smith had 12 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season.
Walker Kessler led the way for Auburn’s defense with a season-high seven blocks, giving him three straight games with at least four rejections. Kessler added 13 points and seven rebounds.
Tevin Brown keyed Murray State with 22 points in a return to his home state.
No. 13 Houston 80, Texas State 47: Josh Carlton scored a season-high 20 points, Kyler Edwards added 14 and No. 13 Houston defeated Texas State 80-47 on Wednesday night.
Marcus Sasser had 13 points and Jamal Shead finished with 12 points and 10 assists for Houston (11-2). The Cougars shot 55%, including 13 of 28 on 3-pointers, in winning for the seventh time in eight games.
Shelby Adams scored 10 points, Nighael Ceaser added nine and Isiah Small had eight for Texas State (9-3).
No. 16 Texas 68, Alabama State 48: Dylan Disu scored 14 points and made three blocks and host Texas (9-2) pulled away in the second half to defeat Alabama State (2-10).
Marcus Carr scored 13 for Texas, Andrew Jones had 12 and Timmy Allen produced 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Gerald Liddell, a former Longhorn who transferred to Alabama State this season, led the Hornets with 16 points.
No. 17 LSU 95, Lipscomb 60: Darius Days scored 21 points and host LSU stayed unbeaten with a win over Lipscomb.
Xavier Pinson scored a season-high 17 points for the Tigers (12-0), who never trailed. Eric Gaines had a career-high 13 points, Brandon Murray and Efton Reid also had 13, and Mwani Wilkinson scored a season-high
No. 20 Kentucky 95, Western Kentucky 60: Kellan Grady made six 3pointers and scored a season-high 23 points, Oscar Tshiebwe grabbed a Rupp Arena-record 28 rebounds and host Kentucky used an 18-2 second-half run to blow out Western Kentucky.
TyTy Washington Jr. added 20 points and Jacob Toppin scored 12 as the Wildcats (9-2) routed their second consecutive substitute opponent. The in-state Hilltoppers (8-5) were added Monday after the postponement of Kentucky’s scheduled matchup against archrival Louisville because of positive COVID-19 tests within the Cardinals’ program.
Josh Anderson scored 18 points and Camron Justice had 13 for WKU.
No. 25 Texas Tech 78, Eastern Washington 46: Kevin Obanor had 11 points, seven rebounds and four assists without a turnover, helping host Texas Tech (9-2) beat Eastern Washington (6-6).
Adonis Arms and Bryson Williams each had 12 points for the Red Raiders, who used several big runs to rebound from their loss Saturday to fourthranked Gonzaga.
Kevin McCullar added 10 points and five assists.