College basketball
Big 2nd half pushes No. 14 Kansas State past No. 9 Baylor
MANHATTAN, KAN.>> Keyontae Johnson scored 25 points, Markquis Nowell added 14 points and 10 assists, and No. 14 Kansas State followed a long first-half slump with a big second-half run to beat ninth-ranked Baylor 7565 on Tuesday night.
Cam Carter added 10 points for the Wildcats (21-7, 9- 6 Big 12), who trailed 34-31 at the break before their 18- 4 charge gave them control. They coasted from there to a school record-tying seventh win over a ranked team this season. Keyonte George hit six 3-pointers and scored 23 points for Baylor (20-8, 9- 6).
No. 8 Texas 72, No. 23 Iowa State 54
AUSTIN, TEXAS>> Sir’jabari Rice and Tyrese Hunter each scored 15 points and No. 8 Texas raced away from Iowa State with a big first half to earn a win that kept the Longhorns (22- 6, 11- 4) at the top of the Big 12.
No. 10 Marquette 73, No. 19 Creighton 71
OMAHA, NEB.>> Tyler Kolek’s short jump shot gave Marquette the lead with 29 seconds left, and the Golden Eagles took a huge step toward the Big East regular-season title with a win.
The Golden Eagles (226, 14-3) saw a 10-point lead with eight minutes left evaporate before Kolek came up big during a wild finish before a sellout crowd in Omaha.
Kam Jones led Marquette with 19 points and Kolek and Oso Ighodaro added 18 apiece.
Baylor Scheierman had 18 points to lead the Bluejays (18-10, 12-5).
No. 25 Tex. A&M 68, No. 11 Tennessee 63 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS>>
Wade Taylor IV scored 25 points, including four free throws down the stretch, and Texas A&M (21-7, 13-2 SEC) extended its winning streak to six games.
No. 13 Miami 76, Virginia Tech 70
BLACKSBURG, VA.>> Norchad Omier had 17 points and 14 rebounds as Miami (23-5, 14- 4 ACC) won its seventh straight.
Villanova 64, No. 16 Xavier 63
CINCINNATI>> Justin
Moore scored 25 points to give Villanova (14-14, 8-9 Big East) its biggest victory under first-year head coach Kyle Neptune.
Michigan State 80, No. 17 Indiana 65
EAST LANSING, MICH.>> Tyson Walker shook off a slow start to score 23 points and lifted Michigan State (17-10, 9-7 Big Ten) in its first home game since last week’s shootings on campus that killed three students and hospitalized five students.
Trayce Jackson-davis had 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Indiana (19-9, 10-7).
WOMEN St. John’s 69, No. 4 Uconn 64
HARTFORD, CONN.>> Danielle Patterson and Kadaja Bailey each scored 20 points and St. John’s beat Uconn in Hartford.
Jayla Everett added 17 points for St. John’s (207, 11-7 Big East), which added a huge win to its resume, beating Uconn (24-5, 16-2) for the first time in 11 years.
No. 7 Maryland 96, No. 6 Iowa 68
COLLEGE PARK, MD.>> Brinae Alexander scored a season-high 24 points and matched a career best with six 3-pointers, and Maryland (23-5, 14-3 Big Ten) handed Caitlin Clark and Iowa (22-6, 14-3) their worst loss of the season.
No. 15 Villanova 67, Depaul 64
VILLANOVA, PA.>> Maddy Siegrist scored 20 of her 28 points in the first half, Christina Dalce broke Villanova’s single-season record for blocks with 66 and the Wildcats (24-5, 15-3 Big East) won.