Kentucky rolls to 1,000th SEC win

Im manuel Quick l ey’s recent string of impressive shooting performances prove how well he’s used the semester break to hone his perim- eter shot in the gym. Those workouts prepared him for clutch moments that got No. 14 Kentucky past Alabama.

Quickley scored the game’s final five points and finished with 19, Ashton Hagans had 15 with a big 3-pointer late and the Wildcats beat Alabama 76-67 Saturday for their 1,000th Southeastern Conference victory. The Wildcats are 1,000-281 in SEC play.

Kentucky (12-3, 3-0 SEC) led by 15 early in the second half before a cold stretch allowed the Crimson Tide to climb within 63-60 with just over five minutes remain- ing. Quickley nailed a 3 from the right corner with 4:33 left before Hagans followed from near the top of the arc at 2:20 for a 69-62 edge that helped offset John Petty Jr.’s 3-pointer that cut the defi- cit to four points.

Quickley, who hit 5 of 6 from long range and 6 of 10 overall, came out of a time- out to make a 3 from the right corner with a minute left for a 74-67 lead. He added two free throws 24 seconds later as Kentucky beat the Crimson Tide for the 12th time in 13 meetings despite shooting just 32% after intermission.

Herbert Jones had 18 points for Alabama (8-7, 1-2).

No. 1 Gonzaga 87, (at) Loyola Marymount 62: Filip Petrusev scored 16 points, Corey Kispert added 15, and the Bulldogs’ (18-1, 4-0) 31st straight regular-season win in West Coast Conference play tied them with the San Francisco squads led by Bill Russell and K.C. Jones for sec- ond-longest in conference history. Pepperdine has the record at 32. Eli Scott paced Loyola Marymount (7-10, 1-2) with 20 points.

No. 4 Baylor 67, (at) No. 3 Kansas 55: Jared Butler scored 22 points, MaCio Teague added 16, and the Bears notched their first win in 18 tries at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. The Bears (13-1, 3-0 Big 12) snapped a slew of streaks: They beat a top-five team on the road for the first time in 22 attempts, won a fifth consecutive game against a ranked team for the first time in school history and beat Kansas (12-3, 2-1) at Allen for the first time since the building opened in1966.

The Jayhawks lost lead- ing scorer Devon Dotson to an injury for a long stretch midway through the game and couldn’t solve the Bears’ league-best defense. Kansas was 4 of 15 from beyond the arc and committed 14 turnovers, which Baylor turned into a 21-2 edge in points off turnovers.

(At) Indiana 66, No. 11 Ohio State 54: Devonte Green scored 19 points and Rob Phinisee added 13 in his first start of the season as the Buckeyes suffered their fourth straight loss. The Hoosiers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten) won their second straight. Andre Wesson scored 15 points to lead Ohio State (11-5, 1-4).

No. 13 Louisville 67, (at) Notre Dame 64: Jordan Nwora led three Louisville players in double figures with 20 points as the Cardinals withstood a comeback in the second half for an ACC victory. Reserve guard Ryan McMahon scored 17 points and Dwayne Sutton had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Cardinals (13-3, 4-1 ACC). John Mooney had 15 points and 19 rebounds for the Fighting Irish (10-6, 1-4).

(At) No. 15 Dayton 88, UMass 60: O bi Toppin scored 16 points before leaving with an ankle injury early in the second half as the Flyers (14-2, 3-0 Atlantic 10) got a scare while pulling away vs. the Minutemen (7-9, 1-2). Toppin got tangled with Samba Diallo and went down at 15:13 of the second half. Both players lay on the court for several minutes before walking off, Toppin with a slight limp as he headed for the locker room. Diallo returned a few minutes later. Late in the game, Toppin returned to the bench with a protective boot on his left foot.

(At) No. 16 Villanova 80, Georgetown 66: Saddiq Bey’s eight 3-pointers and career-high 33 points ledthe Wildcats (12-3, 3-1 Big East) over the Hoyas (11-6, 1-3).

Syracuse 63, (at) No. 18 Virginia 55 (OT): Buddy Boeheim scored nine of his 14 points in overtime, and the Orange (9-7, 2-3 ACC) scored 20 points in the extra period after netting just 19 in the second half. Jay Huff had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Virginia (11-4, 3-2), which lost back-to-back for the first time since the 2016-17 season.

Wisconsin 58, (at) No. 20 Penn State 49: Micah Potter scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Brad Davison had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Badgers (10-6, 3-2 Big Ten). Lamar Stevens had 19 points and 13 rebounds for the Nittany Lions (12-4, 2-3).