The Denver Post

PIONEERS BEAT ORAL ROBERTS BY ONE IN MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Joe Rosga scored 13 points with 10 rebounds, Jake Krafka made three free throws at the end and Denver beat Oral Roberts 66-65 on Sunday.

Krafka made a pair of free throws with 49 seconds left for a 65-62 lead, then came up with a steal on Oral Roberts’ next possession, got fouled with 11 seconds to go and made 1-of-2 foul shots. Javan White buried a 3pointer with three seconds left and Krafka missed a pair with a second to go. Emmanuel Nzekwesi’s half-court shot at the buzzer was just off line and deflected off the backboard.

Denver led 34-30 at halftime and never trailed after intermissi­on.

Daniel Amigo, Christian Mackey and Jake Holtzman each scored 10 for Denver (13-14, 7-6 Summit), and Jake Pemberton grabbed 10 rebounds.

• Landry Shamut scored 19 points, and No. 19 Wichita State ended the nation’s longest home-court winning streak at 39 games, beating No. 5 Cincinnati 76-72 to leave the American Athletic Conference race wide open.

• Carsen Edwards scored 27 points to help No. 6 Purdue beat Penn State 76-73 and end a three-game losing streak.

• Jordan Poole scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half to help No. 22 Michigan take the lead, and it never trailed in the second half of a 74-62 win over No. 8 Ohio State.

• Gary Trent Jr. hit three foul shots with 1:31 left to put No. 12 Duke ahead for good and the Blue Devils, again playing without injured star Marvin Bagley III — Duke’s leading scorer and rebounder who’s sidelined because of a strained right knee — beat No. 11 Clemson 66-57.

• Mississipp­i coach Andy Kennedy said his resignatio­n is now effective immediatel­y, six days after saying he would depart at season’s end.

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