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No. 1 Kentucky 74, Mississippi State 56

Top-ranked Kentucky fought off a slow start to cruise to a victory over Mississippi State on Wednesday night to keep its undefeated season on track.

Trey Lyles scored a career-high 18 points and Aaron Harrison added 16 for Kentucky (28-0, 15-0 Southeastern Conference), which is the last remaining undefeated team in the country.

Its 28 straight wins are the most in a single season in program history.

The Wildcats had to work a little for this one, leading just 41-37 with 15:10 remaining. But they responded with an avalanche of points down the stretch - punctuated by a thunderous dunk by Karl-Anthony Towns - to turn the contest into another convincing blowout.

Mississippi State (12-16, 5-10) has lost eight in a row to the Wildcats. Fred Thomas led the Bulldogs with 14 points.

No. 2 Virginia 70, Wake Forest 34

Anthony Gill scored 11 points and Virginia routed Wake Forest for its seventh straight win.

Darion Atkins added 10 points to help the short-handed Cavaliers (26-1, 14-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) score their most points since they beat Miami 89-80 in double overtime on Jan. 3.

The ACC leaders shot 50 percent, led by 38 and held Wake Forest to 15 points in the first half and a season-worst 22 percent shooting.

Dinos Mitoglou had 10 points for the Demon Deacons (12-16, 4-11).

No. 4 Duke 91, Virginia 86

Jahlil Okafor scored a career-best 30 points, including four in overtime, and Duke beat Virginia Tech for the Blue Devils’ eighth straight victory.

Okafor also grabbed nine rebounds and showed no ill effects of the sprained left ankle that caused him to miss the Blue Devils’ last game. Quinn Cook added 26 points and Justise Winslow had 15 for Duke (25-3, 12-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Jalen Hudson scored a career-high 23 points for Virginia Tech (10-18, 2-13), but missed a layup in the final seconds of regulation that could have given the Hokies their first victory against a ranked team in more than two years.

Adam Smith added 15 points for the Hokies and Devin Wilson had 10 points and 11 assists.

Both teams shot well all night, with Duke at 59.3 percent (35 for 59) and the Hokies at 53.4 percent (31 for 58).

No. 10 Northern Iowa 78, Evansville 57

Deon Mitchell scored 17 points and Northern Iowa beat Evansville, setting up a showdown with Wichita State for the Missouri Valley title.

Paul Jesperson added 11 points for the Panthers (27-2, 16-1 MVC), who are tied with the Shockers atop the conference. The two teams will meet Saturday in Wichita for the regular season championship and the top spot in the league tournament.

After Evansville went on a 13-1 run early in the second half to cut the Panthers lead to 45-40 with 12:02 left, the Panthers scored eight straight over the next 2:54 to put the game away.

D.J. Balentine had 16 Points to lead Evansville (19-10, 9-8).

Egidijius Mockevicius had his 17th double-double of the season for the Purple Aces with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

No. 11 Wichita State 63, Indiana State 53

Darius Carter had 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead Wichita State to a win over Indiana State.

Fred VanVleet added 15 points while Tekele Cotton scored 12 in a win that saw Wichita State score 30 points in the paint.

The Shockers (26-3, 16-1 Missouri Valley) won their seventh straight game inside the Hulman Center, making it the second longest streak in school history against an opponent at its own arena. It was the 25th victory in the last 29 meetings against the Sycamores.

Indiana State (14-15, 10-7) led for nearly 12 minutes of the first half but a 19-9 run by the Shockers put them up 28-24 at halftime.

The Sycamores were led by Khristian Smith with 20 points.

No. 19 Baylor 79, No. 12 Iowa State 70

Taurean Prince scored 20 points and Baylor upset Iowa State on the road for its third straight win.

The Bears (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) shot 14 of 26 from 3-point range, becoming the first team other than Kansas to win in Ames since 2012.

Baylor hit five straight 3s late in the second half, the last two by Prince, to take a 72-66 lead with 4:41 left. The Bears held Iowa State to just four points in the final 6:26.

Jameel McKay had a career-high 21 points for the Cyclones (20-7, 10-5), who are now a game behind the first-place Jayhawks in the Big 12 with just three games to play.

Richmond 67, No. 22 VCU 63 (2 OT)

Terry Allen had a key block and two free throws in the closing seconds of the second overtime to help Richmond beat Virginia Commonwealth.

ShawnDre' Jones scored 22 points and Allen had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Spiders (16-12, 9-6 Atlantic 10). Kendall Anthony added 13 points and T.J. Cline had 11, including a tying layup with 2 seconds left in the first overtime.

Treveon Graham had 25 points and 10 rebounds to lead VCU (21-7, 11-4), and JeQuan Lewis added 15 points.

Graham made a long 3-pointer from in front of the Rams' bench to tie the score at 52 at the end of regulation. With VCU trailing 65-63, Graham had a chance to send it to a third overtime but had his layup blocked from behind by Allen.

No. 23 Butler 73, Marquette 52

Kellen Dunham scored 22 points and Kameron Woods added 14 to lead Butler to a win over Marquette.

The Bulldogs (20-8, 10-5 Big East) rebounded from their worst loss of the season by winning their 20th game of the season for the 20th time in school history. Butler also avoided losing back-to-back games for the first time since mid-December.

Marquette (11-16, 4-12) was led by Luke Fisher with 17 points. It has lost four straight.

The short-handed Golden Eagles still managed to make things tough on Butler for nearly 30 minutes.

But after taking a 37-30 halftime lead, the Bulldogs finally seized control on Dunham's back-to-back 3s. That gave Butler a 44-35 advantage with 15:53 to play. The Bulldogs then used a 7-0 run to push the lead to 59-42 with 8:43 left, and the Golden Eagles never challenged again.

Women

Oklahoma 68, No. 3 Baylor 64

Kaylon Williams and Sharane Campbell-Olds each scored 15 points, and Oklahoma defeated Baylor to end the Lady Bears' win streak at 25 games.

Peyton Little added 13 points and Gioya Carter had 12 for the Sooners (18-9, 12-4 Big 12), who clinched the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament. The Sooners outscored the Lady Bears 18-10 from the free-throw line and improved to 8-0 at home in league play.

Nina Davis had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Alexis Prince added 12 points for Baylor (26-2, 15-1).

Niya Johnson, the nation's leader in assists, had just five. She had 17 in the first meeting, an 89-66 win for Baylor on Feb. 11 in Waco, Texas.

The Lady Bears had already clinched the conference regular-season title.

No. 21 Florida Gulf Coast 56, North Florida 24

Kaneisha Atwater scored 13 points and Whitney Knight had 11 but it was the defense that was outstanding for Florida Gulf Coast women in racing to its 21st-straight win with a victory over North Florida.

Despite an off night offensively - the Eagles (26-2, 13-0 Atlantic Sun) were 18 points below their season average - defensively they held the Ospreys (11-17, 2-10) to the lowest total allowed since FGCU moved up to Division I in 2007-08.

North Florida shot 19 percent (8 of 42) while missing all eight of its 3-point attempts and tying the school record for fewest points scored in a game. The Ospreys were 5 of 24 in the first half with just one attempted 3, and 3 of 18 in the second half.

North Florida took a 9-7 lead midway through the first half when the Eagles scored 12 straight, which they turned into an 18-1 run, before the Ospreys got their next field goal to trail 25-12 at the half.