Men’s basketball
Taylor, No. 24 Texas A& M top No. 2 Bama
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS>> Wade Taylor scored 28 points and No. 24 Texas A& M beat No. 2 Alabama 67- 61 Saturday, making its late free throws after Crimson Tide star Brandon Miller fouled out.
The loss snapped a fourgame winning streak for the Crimson Tide ( 26- 5,
16- 2 Southeastern Conference). Alabama played the last two minutes minus Miller, who fouled out after scoring a team- leading 19 points.
The Aggies ( 23- 8, 153) led by two with two minutes left when Miller fouled out chasing down a loose ball. Dexter Dennis made both free throws to make it 61- 57. A basket by Jahvon Quinerly cut the lead to two again with a minute to go, but Taylor made two free throws to make it 63- 59 with 30 seconds remaining.
No. 9 Texas 75, No. 3 Kansas 59
AUSTIN, TEXAS>> Sir’jabari Rice scored 23 points and a smothering defensive effort carried Texas to a win over Kansas that earned the Longhorns a second- place finish in the Big 12.
Kansas, which had already secured the league championship, had its seven- game winning streak snapped.
No. 6 Marquette 96, St. John’s 94
MILWAUKEE>> Kam Jones scored 23 points, and Marquette earned its sixth consecutive victory.
St. John’s erased nearly all of a 10- point deficit in the final 21 seconds of regulation and had a chance to tie the game before O’mar Stanley missed the second of two free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining. Jones got the rebound and hit one of two free throws to complete the scoring in the regularseason finale for each school.
Iowa State 73, No. 7 Baylor 58
WACO, TEXAS>> Ja r e n Holmes had 16 points and Iowa State ended a fourgame losing streak.
The Cyclones ( 18- 12, 9- 9 Big 12) played their first game since the dismissal of veteran guard Caleb Grill from the team.
West Virginia 89, No. 11 Kansas St. 81
MORGANTOWN, W. VA.>> Erik Stevenson scored 27 points, Kedrian Johnson added 23 and West Virginia gave its NCAA Tournament hopes a big boost. Emmitt Matthews added 20 points. Auburn 79,
No. 12 Tennessee 70 AUBURN, ALA.>> Wendell Green Jr. scored 24 points, and Auburn strengthened its bid for a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
No. 13 Virginia 75, Louisville 60
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.>> Jayden Gardner and Armaan Franklin scored 16 points apiece, and Virginia clinched a share of the regularseason title in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
No. 16 Miami 78, No. 25 Pittsburgh 76
CORAL GABLES, FLA.>> Wooga Poplar made a career- best six 3- pointers for 18 points, and Miami captured the No. 1 seed for the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament.
It’s Miami’s first No. 1 seed for the ACC tournament since 2013.
No. 19 Xavier 78, Butler 66
CINCINNATI>> Colby Jones scored 20 points, Adam Kunkel had 18 and Xavier avenged an earlier loss to
Butler.
Seton Hall 82, No. 20 Providence 58
PROVIDENCE, R. I. >> Dre Davis scored 24 points to lead Seton Hall to the road win.
Oklahoma 74, No. 22 TCU 60
NORMAN, OKLA.>> Tanner Groves scored a seasonhigh 23 points, and Oklahoma rode a hot start all the way to the victory in the regular- season finale for both teams.
No. 23 Kentucky 88, Arkansas 79
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. >> Antonio Reeves scored a careerhigh 37 points, and Kentucky handed Arkansas its third straight loss.
San Jose St. 63, Air Force 61
COLORADO SPRINGS>> Omari Moore recorded 33 points as San Jose State beat Air Force.
Carter Murphy led the way for the Falcons ( 1417, 5- 13) with 17 points. Camden Vander Zwaag added 13 points, six rebounds and two steals for Air Force. Jake Heidbreder also had 13 points.