Sims powers No. 15 Longhorns past No. 16 Sooners
Jericho Sims matched season highs with 16 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 15 Texas beat No. 16 Oklahoma 69-65 on Thursday night in Norman, Okla.
Andrew Jones added 16 points for the Longhorns (16-7, 10-6 Big 12), who have won three of four.
Austin Reaves scored 16 points and Alondes Williams and Brady Manek each added 13 for the Sooners. Oklahoma (14-9, 9-8) has lost four straight games by a combined 17 points.
Oklahoma won the first meeting 80-79 in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 26, but the Longhorns were shorthanded. Coach Shaka Smart announced he was out with COVID-19, and starters Sims and Courtney Ramey were unavailable that day.
NO. 2 MICHIGAN 69, MICHIGAN STATE 50 » Franz Wagner scored 19 points, Hunter Dickinson added 14 and Michigan wrapped up the Big Ten title with a victory over rival Michigan State in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Wolverines (192, 14-2) had a chance to clinch the championship based on winning percentage with a victory in any of their final three games. They were blown out by No. 4 Illinois — the team chasing them — on Tuesday, but they rebounded with a gritty effort two nights later.
Michigan State (14-11, 8-11) will finish with a losing conference record for the first time since 1993. NO. 3 BAYLOR 81, NO. 17 OKLAHOMA STATE 70 » Jared Butler scored 22 points and Baylor, fresh off clinching its first Big 12 title on the road two days earlier, beat Oklahoma State in Waco, Texas, to end the
Cowboys’ five-game winning streak.
The Bears (20-1, 12-1 Big 12) seem to have their legs back under them after a three-week stretch without any games because of COVID-19 issues in the program. Their fourth game in 10 days came after winning in overtime at No. 6 West Virginia on Tuesday night for the school’s first league title since 1950 in the Southwest Conference.
Big 12 leading scorer Cade Cunningham had 24 points for Oklahoma State (17-7, 10-7).
NO. 5 IOWA 102, NEBRASKA 64 » Jordan Bohannon tied a career high with eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points, and the Hawkeyes (197, 13-6 Big Ten) beat visiting Nebraska (7-18, 3-15).
NO. 6 WEST VIRGINIA 76, TCU 67 » Redshirt freshman Jalen Bridges set seasons highs with 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Mountaineers (18-7, 11-5 Big 12) past TCU (12-12, 5-10) in Morgantown, W.Va. NO. 13 KANSAS 67, UTEP 62 » Marcus Garrett scored on a driving layup with 22.4 seconds to go and Dajuan Harris added a pair of clinching free throws as the Jayhawks (19-8) overcame a 15-point second-half deficit and beat UTEP (12-11) in Lawrence, Kan.
NO. 18 TEXAS TECH 81, IOWA STATE 54» Mac McClung scored 20 points and Texas Tech (17-8, 9-7 Big 12) beat Iowa State (2-20, 0-17) in Lubbock, Texas, for its third consecutive victory following a three-game losing streak.
NO. 24 COLORADO 75, ARIZONA STATE 61 » Point guard McKinley Wright IV scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half, and Colorado (20-7, 14-6 Pac-12) shook off a sluggish start to beat the Sun
Devils (10-12, 7-9) in Boulder, Colo. Wright turned in his seventh 20-point game of the season in what was his final game at CU Events Center.
VILLANOVA LOSES GILLESPIE TO SEASON-ENDING KNEE INJURY » Villanova guard Collin Gillespie has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee and is expected to miss the rest of the season. Gillespie had an MRI that confirmed the tear Thursday after injuring the knee during the first half of Wednesday’s game against Creighton. In 20 games this season, he has averaged 14 points, 4.6 assists and 3.3 rebounds. CREIGHTON SUSPENDS COACH » Creighton University suspended coach Greg McDermott for using racially insensitive language while addressing the team after a game last weekend.