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    Friday, April 26, 2024

    College basketball roundup

    Kentucky's Tyler Ulis and Texas A&M's Jordan Green (5) dive for a loose ball during the first half of Saturday's game in College Station, Texas. Kentucky won, 70-64.

    Men

    Providence 60, Georgetown 57 (OT)

    LaDontae Henton scored 19 points and Kris Dunn scored eight of his 14 in overtime to lead Providence to a win over Georgetown on Saturday.

    After Paul White opened the overtime with a jumper to give Georgetown at 52-50 lead, Dunn had a three-point play and followed a two-miss possession by the Hoyas with a 3-pointer.

    Dunn, the ex-New London All-American, had a block on an attempted putback on the next possession and a Carson Desrosiers jumper put Providence ahead 58-52 with 2:01 to play.

    Joshua Smith made three free throws on Georgetown's next two possessions and then L.J. Peak made a layup to Pull Georgetown within one. Dunn made two free throws with 10 seconds left before Tyler Harris' defense foiled Georgetown's last possession.

    Dunn had nine assists and three steals for the Friars (13-4, 3-1 Big East).

    D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera had 15 points and Smith 14 with 12 rebounds for the Hoyas (10-5, 2-2).

    No. 1 Kentucky 70, Texas A&M 64

    Tyler Ulis put No. 1 Kentucky ahead with a 3-pointer deep in double overtime and the Wildcats stayed unbeaten, holding off Texas A&M.

    It was tied at 63 when Ulis hit the shot with 1:26 left for his first points. Kentucky (15-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) was coming off an overtime victory over Mississippi on Tuesday night.

    The Aggies (9-5, 0-2) rallied in the final minutes of regulation.

    Trey Lyles made two foul shots with 6 seconds left in the first overtime for Kentucky, and Texas A&M took its time before missing a long 3 at the buzzer.

    Devin Booker led Kentucky with 18 points, Aaron Harrison had 12 and Andrew Harrison nine.

    Danuel House led Texas A&M with 25 points.

    No. 18 North Carolina 72, No. 5 Louisville 71

    Marcus Paige hit a scooping layup with 8.5 seconds left to help North Carolina rally to beat Louisville.

    Paige's layup capped a frantic comeback from 13 down in the final 8 1/2 minutes for the Tar Heels (12-4, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). North Carolina survived two shots for the win — a 3-pointer from Wayne Blackshear and an off-balance stickback attempt from Rozier — on the wild final-play sequence.

    Paige, a preseason all-American mired in a slow start to the season, finished with 10 points on 4-for-12 shooting and shook off a right ankle injury that sidelined him briefly after halftime.

    Rozier scored 25 points for Louisville (14-2, 2-1).

    No. 3 Virginia 62, No. 13 Notre Dame 56

    Darion Atkins scored 14 points, Malcolm Brogdon and Justin Anderson hit key baskets in the final 4 minutes and Virginia outscored Notre Dame 9-3 down the stretch.

    The Irish tied it at 53 when Jerian Grant scored in the paint. But Notre Dame then missed four shots before Demetrius Jackson hit a 3-pointer with a second left.

    Atkins hit a 3-pointer to give the Cavaliers (15-0, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) the lead as they improved their record against the Irish (15-2, 3-1) to 8-1.

    Pat Connaughton led the Irish with 21 points. They had won 11 in a row.

    No. 6 Gonzaga 79, Santa Clara 57

    Przemek Karnowski scored 18 points and Kyle Wiltjer added 16 to help Gonzaga beat Santa Clara for its ninth straight victory.

    Kevin Pangos scored 13 points and Domantas Sabonis and Byron Wesley had 11 each for Gonzaga (16-1, 5-0 West Coast). Gonzaga has won 34 straight home games, second-longest streak in the nation after Duke's 41-game run. The Bulldogs have beaten the Broncos nine consecutive times since 2011.

    Matt Hubbard scored 15 points for cold-shooting Santa Clara (7-10, 2-4).

    No. 8 Villanova 81, DePaul 64

    Darrun Hilliard scored 21 points, Ryan Arcidiacono added 14 and Villanova halted DePaul's quick Big East start.

    The Wildcats (15-1, 3-1) shot 53.6 percent from the field and 44.8 percent from 3-point range against the Blue Demons (9-8, 3-1), who came into the contest alone in first place after three surprising wins.

    Villanova made a season-high 13 3-pointers on 29 attempts, with Hilliard and Arcidiacono leading the way with four apiece. Tommy Hamilton led the Blue Demons with 12 points.

    Oklahoma State 69, No. 10 Texas 58

    Le'Bryan Nash and Phil Forte each scored 20 points and Oklahoma State stopped Texas.

    Nash had eight points during a 2-minute spurt early in the second half. Forte made back-to-back 3-pointers later in that same 12-3 run for Oklahoma State (12-3, 2-1 Big 12).

    Myles Turner had 18 points, six rebounds and five blocked shots for Texas (12-4, 1-2). The Longhorns have lost three of their last five games.

    Oklahoma State, in the midst of playing four straight ranked Big 12 teams, limited Texas to 21-of-61 shooting (34.4 percent).

    No. 11 Maryland 69, Purdue 60

    Jake Layman scored 14 points and Maryland bounced back from a loss to beat Purdue.

    Dez Wells had 13 points and Melo Trimble and Richaud Pack each added 11 for the Terrapins (15-2, 3-1 Big Ten), coming off a 64-57 loss at Illinois on Wednesday night.

    Kendall Stephens led Purdue (10-7, 2-2) with 14 points.

    No. 12 Kansas 86, Texas Tech 54

    Perry Ellis scored 15 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. added 14 and Kansas remained perfect at home against Texas Tech.

    Cliff Alexander added 12 points and Frank Mason III had 10 as the Jayhawks (13-2, 2-0 Big 12) improved to 15-0 against the Red Raiders (10-6, 0-3) at cozy Allen Fieldhouse. The average margin of victory in those contests has been close to 30 points per game.

    Kansas has won 16 straight overall at the Phog.

    Justin Jamison had a career-high 12 points off the bench for the Red Raiders.

    No. 17 Iowa State 74, No. 14 West Virginia 72

    Abdel Nader scored 19 points to lead Iowa State past West Virginia.

    For the second time in four days, Iowa State (12-2, 2-0 Big 12) won a game that came down to the final seconds. The Cyclones beat Oklahoma State 63-61 on Tuesday night after Dustin Hogue blocked Tavarius Shine's 3-point try with under a second left.

    Leading scorer Georges Niang had his best game in nearly a month with 16 points for the Cyclones. Hogue added 11 points.

    Juwan Staten scored 23 points for West Virginia (14-2, 2-1). Devin Williams had 14 points and 15 rebounds.

    Kansas State 66, No. 16 Oklahoma 63 (OT)

    Marcus Foster forced overtime with a floater, and hit a 3-pointer with 4 seconds left in the extra period to lift Kansas State past Oklahoma.

    Stephen Hurt scored a season-high 15 points, and Foster had 14 for the Wildcats (9-7, 2-1 Big 12).

    Buddy Hield scored a career-high 31 points for Oklahoma (11-4, 2-1). He made a layup with 28 seconds remaining in overtime to tie it before Foster's shot. TaShawn Thomas had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

    No. 19 Seton Hall 68, Creighton 67

    Sterling Gibbs made a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left to lift Seton Hall past Creighton.

    James Milliken's 3-point try at the buzzer bounced off the rim, sending Creighton to a fifth straight loss for the first time since 1996-97.

    Gibbs bounced back from an eight-point night in a loss to Xavier to score 22 points, making 4 of 8 3-pointers. Khadeen Carrington had 11 points and Brandon Mobley matched his career high with 13 rebounds for the Pirates (13-3, 3-1 Big East). Milliken had 20 points in his first start for the Bluejays (9-8, 0-4).

    No. 20 VCU 89, Saint Joseph's 74

    Melvin Johnson scored 20 points and VCU beat Saint Joseph's to extend its winning streak to eight games.

    Treveon Graham added 19 points for the Rams (13-3, 3-0 Atlantic 10), who made Shaka Smart just the seventh coach in Division I history to win 150 games in his first six seasons. Smart is 150-49.

    DeAndre Bembry scored 16 points for Saint Joseph's (6-8, 0-3).

    No. 21 Baylor 66, TCU 59 (OT)

    Rico Gathers had 17 points and 18 rebounds to lead Baylor to its first Big 12 Conference win of the season.

    The Bears (12-3, 1-2) won their sixth straight over TCU — all since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 — but the previous five wins were by an average of 20.8 points.

    Taurean Prince scored 17 points, including Baylor's only two field goals in overtime, but fouled out with 1:33 to go in the extra period. When Kenny Chery hit two free throws with 46.7 seconds left to make it 61-56, it gave the Bears their largest lead to that point. Chery finished with 13 points.

    Kyan Anderson led TCU (13-3, 0-3) with 16 points.

    Indiana 69, No. 22 Ohio State 66

    Troy Williams had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Indiana held off Ohio State.

    Indiana led 61-51 with 3:32 left before the Buckeyes rallied. Ohio State went on a 13-4 run and had a chance to tie it with 32 seconds to go when Sam Thompson made a shot and was fouled, but he missed the free throw.

    Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell then made four foul shots for the Hoosiers. A 3-point try by Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell missed at the end.

    James Blackmon Jr. scored 16 of 18 points in the second half for the Hoosiers (12-4, 2-1 Big Ten). Shannon Scott scored 16 points for Ohio State (13-4, 2-2).

    No. 23 Arkansas 82, Vanderbilt 70

    Bobby Portis had a season-high 32 points and Arkansas beat Vanderbilt to improve to 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

    Off to their best start since the 2004-04 season, the Razorbacks (13-2, 2-0) have won seven in a row and 16 straight at home.

    Portis was 13 of 18 from the field and also had 11 rebounds. Michael Qualls added 20 points for Arkansas.

    Damian Jones and Matthew Fisher-Davis each had 14 points to lead Vanderbilt (11-4, 1-1).

    Western Kentucky 72, No. 25 Old Dominion 65

    George Fant had 24 points and 13 rebounds for Western Kentucky.

    Old Dominion (13-2, 2-1 Conference USA) had won 10 in a row. This was its first week as a ranked team.

    Fant had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the first half and the Hilltoppers (10-5, 3-0) snapped a nine-game losing streak to ranked opponents dating to 2009.

    Chris Harrison-Docks had 19 points and T.J. Price added 15 for Western Kentucky.

    Trey Freeman led ODU with 20 points.

    Women

    Iowa State 59, No. 3 Texas 57

    Seanna Johnson made a layup with 19 seconds left and Iowa State overcame an 18-point deficit to stun Texas, handing the Longhorns their first loss.

    Nikki Moody had 17 points to lead Iowa State (11-3, 2-1 Big 12) in its first home victory over a top-three team in 12 years.

    Texas led by as much as 37-19 late in the first half. But Iowa State answered with a 38-13 run and the Longhorns went cold in the second half, hitting just 8 of 38 shots. Brady Sanders had 16 points for Texas (13-1, 2-1), which held Iowa State to just Johnson's basket in the final 8:10.

    No. 5 Baylor 66, West Virginia 62

    Khadijiah Cave scored 20 points and Baylor withstood an off day from Big 12 scoring leader Nina Davis to beat West Virginia.

    Baylor (14-1, 3-0) let a double-digit lead slip away before Cave scored six of the Bears' final 12 points. Imani Wright added 11 points and Davis had 10, her lowest production of the season.

    Bria Holmes scored 17 points for West Virginia (10-5, 0-3).

    TCU 70, No. 16 Oklahoma State 66

    Zahna Medley scored 17 points and sparked the go-ahead run late in the second half to lift TCU past Oklahoma State.

    Chelsea Prince and Veja Hamilton added 15 points apiece for TCU (10-4, 2-1 Big 12).

    LaShawn Jones scored 20 points for Oklahoma State (11-3, 1-2).

    No. 18 Arizona State 71, Arizona 54

    Sophie Brunner scored a career-high 26 points and Arizona State beat Arizona for the second time in three days for the Sun Devils' best start in program history.

    Arizona State (15-1, 4-0 Pac-12) also is off to its best conference start since winning five straight in 2007-08. The Sun Devils won 88-41 victory on Thursday night in Tucson.

    Candice Warthen led Arizona (7-8, 0-4) with 13 points.

    No. 22 Princeton 83, Penn 54

    Blake Dietrick scored 25 points, including the 1,000th of her career, to help Princeton stay unbeaten with a victory over Penn in the Ivy League opener for both teams.

    The Tigers (17-0) are one of three undefeated teams left in the country, joining No. 1 South Carolina and No. 14 Mississippi State. Kara Bonenberger scored 21 points to lead the Quakers (7-5).

    No. 24 Rutgers 71, Penn State 51

    Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-21 shooting for Rutgers.

    Rutgers (12-4, 3-2 Big Ten) held Penn State (3-13, 0-5) to 22 second-half points and forced a season-high 38 turnovers overall — its most in at least a dozen years. Rutgers had 22 steals, one shy of the school record, with Syessense Davis getting 10.

    Lindsey Spann led Penn State with 18 points but had 11 turnovers.

    No. 25 Western Kentucky 76, Old Dominion 60

    Chastity Gooch scored 20 points to help Western Kentucky run its winning streak to 11.

    Micah Jones added 18 points, Alexis Govan had 17 and Ileana Johnson 11 for Western Kentucky (14-2, 3-0 Conference USA). Jennie Simms scored 26 points for Old Dominion (8-6, 1-2).

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