COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MEN’S TOP 25 ROUNDUP Houston needs OT to get past Baylor
No. 2 Houston 82, Baylor 76 (OT): L.J. Cryer scored 15 points against his former team, including six free throws in overtime, as Big 12-leading Houston (24-3, 11-3) past host Baylor (19-8, 8-6) on Saturday.
The Cougars blew a 16-point halftime lead, and thought they had won the game on a long 3-pointer by Jamal Shead to end regulation before replay showed the ball was still in his hands when the clock ran out.
Cryer’s two free throws with 3:06 left in OT put Houston back in the lead, and he added four more after that.
Emanuel Sharp had 18 points to lead the Cougars in their fifth consecutive win and 10th in 11 games. J’Wan Roberts had 17 points and eight rebounds, while Shead had 12 points and 10 assists.
Ja’Kobe Walter scored a game-high 23 points for Baylor, while RayJ Dennis had 21. Jalen Bridges had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Jayden Nunn scored 11 points.
The Bears trailed throughout and didn’t tie the game until Yves Missi, their 7-foot freshman, made a layup while being fouled with 4.4 seconds left in regulation to make it 69-all. Roberts grabbed the rebound of Missi’s missed free throw, and Shead was just a tick late in ending the game without overtime.
No. 4 Arizona 91, Washington 75: Caleb Love scored 28 points to eclipse 2,000 for his career and host Arizona (21-6, 12-4 Pac-12) bounced back from its first home loss of the season with a win over Washington (15-13, 7-10).
The Wildcats lost at McKale Center for the first time this year Thursday night, falling 77-74 to No. 21 Washington State.
Arizona shook it off quickly with a short turnaround, blistering the Huskies with a near-perfect start to build a 17point lead in the opening 7 1/2 minutes in the teams’ final meeting at McKale Center as Pac-12 members.
Arizona’s Oumar Ballo controlled the paint after a quiet first half, finishing with 14 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots as the Wildcats turned back every Washington challenge. Arizona is 17-0 under coach Tommy Lloyd following a loss and has gone 99 straight games without losing two straight, the third-longest streak in Pac-12 history.
The Huskies had a wild night to start their two-game desert swing, beating Arizona State 84-82 in overtime on Thursday night after blowing a 25-point lead.
Washington spent most of the afternoon against Arizona unsuccessfully trying to dig out of the big early hole, getting no closer than nine after falling behind by 23.
No. 6 Iowa State 71, West Virginia 64: Tamin Lipsey had 14 points and six assists to lead host Iowa State (21-6, 10-4
Big 12) to a win over West Virginia (9-18, 4-10).
Curtis Jones added 12 points for the Cyclones, who remained unbeaten in 16 home games this season.
Kobe Johnson and Kerr Kriisa each scored 12 points for West Virginia. The Mountaineers committed 23 turnovers, which Iowa State converted into 29 points.
The Cyclones played through a few shooting slumps in the game. After building a 12-point lead in the first half, Iowa State went through a 1-for-8 shooting slump in the second half and fell behind by a point, 51-50.
The Cyclones regrouped and went on a 14-0, punctuated by Tre King’s putback, for a 64-51 advantage with 3:27 remaining.
Wake Forest 83, No. 8 Duke 79: Hunter Sallis scored 29 points while Andrew Carr had a huge second-half performance to help host Wake Forest (18-9, 10-6 ACC) edge Duke (21-6, 12-4), earning a massive boost to its NCAA Tournament chances.
As Demon Deacons fans stormed the court to celebrate, Duke star Kyle Filipowski appeared to be shaken up after a collision with a fan running by him as he walked toward the locker room tunnel. He was hobbled and had to be helped off the court amid the chaos.
Sallis capped this one by hitting two free throws with 1.8 seconds left to start the celebration for the Demon Deacons. And Carr finished with 16 of his 18 points after halftime, including dominant stretches coming out of the break that had the Demon Deacons feeding him to facilitate out of the post or score over Mark Mitchell inside.
Filipowski had 17 points to lead the Blue Devils.
No. 24 Florida 77, Vanderbilt 64: Will Richard scored 21 points and host Florida (19-8, 9-5 SEC) secured its eighth win in its past 10 games with a rout of Vanderbilt (7-20, 2-12).
Walter Clayton Jr. had 19 points for the Gators, who shot 46.7% from the field and 37.5% from 3-point range. Tyrese Samuel had 15 points.
Zyon Pullin had two points, snapping his streak of 23 games in a row with double-digit scoring. That was the thirdlongest streak in Florida history.
Kansas State 84, No. 25 BYU 74: Arthur Kaluma had a career-high 28 points and 10 rebounds as host Kansas State (15-11, 5-8 Big 12) beat BYU (19-7, 7-6).
Kaluma was one of five players to score in double-figure for Kansas State, which had lost seven of its last eight games. Tylor Perry scored 16 points, David N’Guessan and Cam Carter each had 12, and Will McNair 11.
Jaxson Robinson scored 15 points to lead BYU, which has gone 3-3 in its last six games. Noah Waterman and Spencer Johnson each scored 12 points, and Foussey Traore added 10.