Carr helps No. 7 Texas topple Stanford 72-62
No. 7 Texas 72, Stanford 62: Marcus Carr had 17 points and five assists as Texas (9-1), playing again without suspended coach Chris Beard, beat Stanford (4-7) on Sunday in Dallas.
Carr sparked an eight-point frenzy in a 48-second span early in the second half that put the Longhorns ahead to stay, and he later ended their long shooting drought at the home of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Timmy Allen and Si’Jabari Rice each had 15 points for the Longhorns.
Michael Jones had 17 points for Stanford.
It was the second game the Longhorns played without Beard, who was arrested and spent nearly 11 hours in jail Monday on a felony domestic violence charge. The woman who called police to his home said he choked, bit and hit her during an argument. Beard’s attorney has said the coach is innocent.
Texas officials suspended Beard indefinitely without pay, elevated assistant Rodney Terry to acting head coach and have declined to comment on Beard’s case since.
USC 74, No. 19 Auburn 71: Boogie Ellis scored a career-high 28 points and Southern California held off 19th-ranked Auburn for the Trojans’ fifth straight win. Neither team led by more than six points in the second half of the teams’ first meeting since 1977.
The Trojans (9-3) were up 71-65 with 13 seconds remaining when Auburn made a run. Chris Moore and K.D. Johnson combined to make four straight free throws that cut the Tigers’ deficit to two points.
Ellis got fouled after catching an inbounds pass. He sank the first free throw but missed the second, leaving USC clinging to a 72-69 lead.
Johnson got fouled and made both to leave the Tigers trailing 72-71.
Ellis got fouled again with two seconds left, and this time he made both. Johnson missed a potential tying 3pointer at the buzzer. Johni Broome led the Tigers (9-2) with 16 points and fouled out with seven seconds left.
Ellis extended USC’s lead to 69-63 with four straight points. Auburn’s Tre Donaldson made two of three free throws before Tre White came up with a big block of Donaldson.