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Tennessee 84, No. 20 Kentucky 77

What started out as a potential blowout loss developed into one of the most monumental comebacks in Tennessee history.

Kevin Punter Jr. scored 27 points and Armani Moore added 18 points and 13 rebounds Tuesday night as Tennessee erased a 21-point deficit in an 84-77 upset of No. 20 Kentucky.

Tennessee's rally represented a stunning turn of events for a team that had lost its last two games despite leading by at least 14 points in the second half of each. The Volunteers (11-11, 4-5 Southeastern Conference) trailed 34-13 with less than 6 minutes left in the first half.

"We kind of joked around about it, we actually said we liked it better being down instead of being up at the half," Moore said. "It kind of makes us a whole lot hungrier."

Tennessee's media guide doesn't include a list of its biggest comebacks ever, but athletic department spokesman Tom Satkowiak said he believes the 21-point deficit was the largest margin the Vols have erased in a victory since at least December 2006. This matched the seventh-biggest comeback by any Division I team this season, according to STATS LLC.

This marked the second straight defeat for Kentucky (16-6, 6-3), which got 21 points from Jamal Murray and 20 from Tyler Ulis. The Wildcats fell 90-84 in overtime Saturday at No. 7 Kansas, which was ranked fourth at the time.

"We had them down by 21 — and they came back and beat our brains in," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "They ended up beating us by 30 in about 25 minutes — and it could have been 50. We've got a ways to go."

The score was tied 70-all until Robert Hubbs III made a free throw with 5:04 left to start a 7-0 run that put Tennessee ahead for good. Kentucky couldn't cut the margin below three points the rest of the way.

Kentucky seemed on the verge of putting this game out of reach early. But after trailing by 21, Tennessee used a 10-0 run to get within striking distance and cut Kentucky's lead to 42-36 by halftime.

"I kept glancing over at the scoreboard and I kept looking up there and we were cutting into it, cutting into it," Punter said. "We hit a few shots and got going, and we were down like six."

The Vols pulled ahead on Detrick Mostella's 3-pointer with 14:09 left. Kentucky regained the lead when Ulis and Derek Willis hit 3-pointers on the next two possessions, but Tennessee kept clawing back and regained the lead at 65-63 on Hubbs' basket with 9:41 remaining.

Although Kentucky tied the score at 70-all, the Wildcats wouldn't lead again.

"I just thought our guys really deserve all the credit in the world, the way they hung in," Tennessee coach Rick Barnes said. "Obviously we weren't playing very well early, but they stayed with it. They really did. There wasn't one person who played that game who didn't help us some way, somehow."

Mostella had 13 points and Admiral Schofield added 11 points and eight rebounds for Tennessee. Alex Poythress had 12 of his 14 points in the first half for Kentucky.

No. 1 Oklahoma 95, TCU 72

Buddy Hield scored 17 points to help No. 1 Oklahoma defeat TCU.

Hield, the nation’s No. 2 scorer, was held well below his 26.0 average, but he shot an efficient 7 for 13 from the field and made 3 of 8 3-point attempts as the 2014 NBA MVP and four-time scoring champion watched. Hield was coming off consecutive games with at least 30 points.

Jordan Woodard scored 14 points, Isaiah Cousins had 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Ryan Spangler had 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Sooners (19-2, 7-2 Big 12), who won their fourth straight.

The Sooners shot 51 percent from the field and held TCU to 41 percent shooting.

Vladimir Brodziansky scored 17 points, Chris Washburn had 15 and Malique Trent added 12 for TCU (10-12, 1-8), which lost its sixth straight conference game.

No. 14 West Virginia 81, No. 13 Iowa State 76

Jaysean Paige scored 23 points, including a crucial 3 with 1:05 left, and West Virginia beat Iowa State for its league-leading fourth Big 12 road win.

Devin Williams added 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Mountaineers (18-4, 7-2), who rallied from 15 points down for its third win in four games.

Paige shot 10 of 17 from the field, none bigger than the 3 that gave West Virginia a 75-74 lead. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Cyclones 43-26, and Tarik Phillips grabbed his own missed free throw to seal it with 19 seconds left.

Georges Niang scored 20 points and Abdel Nader had 19 for Iowa State (16-6, 5-4), which lost consecutive games for the second time this season.

No. 22 Indiana 80, Michigan 67

Yogi Ferrell had 17 points and nine assists, and Indiana finished the first half with 25 straight points en route to a victory over Michigan.

The Big Ten-leading Hoosiers (19-4, 9-1) struggled early on, missing eight straight shots and falling behind 10-2, but they were nearly flawless in the final minutes of the half. Indiana led 45-24 at halftime and went on to its most lopsided victory over the Wolverines (17-6, 7-3) in Ann Arbor since 2008.

Robert Johnson scored 16 points for the Hoosiers and O.G. Anunoby added 11.

Zak Irvin led Michigan with 16 points. The Wolverines were without Caris LeVert for a ninth straight game because of a lower left leg injury.

Georgia 69, No. 25 South Carolina 56

Yante Maten scored 18 points, Kenny Gaines had 17, and Georgia beat South Carolina, giving the Gamecocks their third loss.

Georgia led by 10 points at halftime and never trailed in the second half.

J.J. Frazier scored 13 points — all in the second half — and hit two 3-pointers in the closing minutes for Georgia (12-8, 5-4 Southeastern Conference). The Bulldogs snapped a two-game losing streak.

South Carolina (19-3, 6-3) was denied its attempt to reach 20 wins for the first time since 2008-09, when the Gamecocks finished 21-10.

Sindarius Thornwell led South Carolina with 18 points.

Women

No. 5 Maryland 87, Purdue 67

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored a career-high 41 points to lead Maryland to a victory over Purdue.

Kristen Confroy and Brionna Jones each scored 13 points, and Malina Howard added 12 to hlep Maryland (20-2, 9-1 Big Ten) win its eighth straight.

Ashley Morrissette scored 19 points to lead Purdue (16-6, 7-4).

Walker-Kimbrough, a junior forward, finished with the highest scoring total ever by a Boilermakers opponent, and topped her previous career-best of 26 on Nov. 18, 2015 against High Point. She broke her career high with a field goal with 4:51 remaining in the third quarter, which gave Maryland a 55-42 advantage.

Purdue closed to 70-63 early in the fourth quarter, but Jones’ three-point play and Confroy’s 3-pointer gave Maryland a 76-63 advantage with 4:48 remaining.

No. 15 Stanford 53, California 46

Erica McCall had her 12th double-double of the season, and Karlie Samuelson hit three 3-pointers and finished with 15 points to help Stanford beat Cal for its ninth-straight home victory.

McCall had 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Lili Thompson added 11 points and Kaylee Johnson grabbed 15 rebounds for Stanford (18-5, 8-3 Pac-12).

A pair of free throws by Kristine Anigwe pulled Cal (11-11, 2-9) within one, 37-36, with 8:23 to play, but Thompson made back-to-back layups during a 15-4 run that gave Stanford a 12-point lead — the largest by either team — with 36 seconds left.

The Golden Bears opened up a 15-7 lead with 49 seconds left in the first quarter, but made just 10 of 41 (24.4 percent) field-goal attempts thereon.

Anigwe scored 17 and Courtney Range added 15 points for Cal.