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Georgia Tech 78, No. 6 Florida State 56

Josh Okogie loves how Georgia Tech is building momentum this season.

More talented teams with deeper rosters keep falling to a group of Yellow Jackets who nobody predicted would win more than a couple of conference games.

Florida State is the latest victim.

"We had tremendous energy, and then I don't think they had the energy to match us," Okogie said. "We were just feeding off that."

Okogie scored 35 points, Ben Lammers added 18 and Georgia Tech pulled its second home upset of a Top 10 opponent with a victory Wednesday night.

Georgia Tech (12-8, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 41-15 at halftime and 70-47 with 6:52 remaining on Lammers' dunk. Florida State never got closer than 18 points in the second half.

It was the first time the Yellow Jackets beat two Top 10 teams in the regular season since 2003-04.

Few signs pointed to a meltdown for the Seminoles (18-3, 6-2). They were tied for first place in the ACC and had gone 5-1 in their last six games, all against ranked opponents.

Florida State never trailed in a five-point win over Louisville last Saturday, but they fell behind so quickly that coach Leonard Hamilton cleared his bench early the first half, using all 13 players. The starting lineup of Dwayne Bacon, Jonathan Isaac, Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Terance Mann and Michael Ojo averaged just 8.6 minutes before intermission.

Bacon, the ACC's eighth-leading scorer, finished with 12 points on 4-for-15 shooting. Nobody else scored in double figures for the Seminoles.

"We couldn't make anything to save our lives," Rathan-Mayes said. "Nothing would go in for us from layups to dunks to free throws."

Quinton Stephens scored 13 points and hit three 3-pointers for the Yellow Jackets. Okogie and Lammers combined for 25 rebounds.

Georgia Tech, which had lost 10 of 11 to Florida State, enjoyed its second home victory over a Top 10 opponent under first-year coach Josh Pastner.

The Yellow Jackets upset then-No. 9 North Carolina on Dec. 31, three days after barely escaping with a home win over North Carolina A&T. They also played then-No. 9 Louisville at home before losing, but returned with a win over a veteran Clemson team.

Last week, Georgia Tech lost by one point at Virginia Tech and by 13 at then-No. 16 Virginia.

"In year one of a major rebuild job, this is great for us and for people to see what we're trying to do and the vision of what we're trying to accomplish here in the long term," Pastner said.

The Seminoles had been dazzling, climbing to their highest ranking in The Associated Press poll since getting ranked No. 6 on Feb. 22, 1993. They had won 14 of 15 with losses only to North Carolina and then-No. 25 Temple.

Hamilton will have to get his team to move past this game quickly. He pulled his starters early in the first half as Florida State trailed 17-4, missing nine of its first 11 shots from the field with six fouls and two turnovers.

"I don't think we've shot like that ever," Mann said. "We've got to bounce back."

The first half was a disaster as the Seminoles missed 29 of 35 shots and were 1 for 11 on 3-point attempts.

No. 5 Baylor 65, Texas Tech 61

Johnathan Motley scored 25 points and Baylor held on to beat Texas Tech for the Bears' 13th straight home victory.

A week after getting a career-high 32 points against Texas, Motley was 15 of 16 on free throws as the Bears (19-1, 7-1 Big 12) pulled even with second-ranked Kansas atop the conference standings with a 26-9 advantage at the free throw line. Baylor attempted 28 free throws to 10 for the Red Raiders.

The Bears won their fourth straight since their only loss right after reaching No. 1 for the first time in school history.

Justin Gray scored 12 points for the Red Raiders (14-6, 3-5), who dropped to 2-2 against ranked teams in Big 12 play.

No. 11 Butler 61, Seton Hall 54

Kethan Savage had 15 points, 10 rebounds and hit a go-ahead jumper with 4:00 to play for Butler, which blew a 13-point second-half lead.

Andrew Chrabascz added 16 points for the Bulldogs (18-3, 7-2 Big East).

Kamar Baldwin added 12 points and Kelan Martin had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Butler, which has beaten Seton Hall (13-7, 3-5) five straight times and 7 of 8 since joining the Big East.

Angel Delgado had 12 points and a career-high 22 rebounds — his second straight with 20 — in leading the Pirates, who were limited to 28.6 percent shooting from the field.

Georgetown 71, No. 16 Creighton 51

L.J. Peak scored 20 points and Georgetown held Creighton to its lowest scoring game of the season.

The Hoyas (11-10, 2-6 Big East) held the Bluejays to 1 for 18 from 3-point range and 34.5 percent shooting overall. Creighton (18-3, 5-3) entered the game second in the country at 52.8 percent.

The Bluejays lost their second straight game since point guard Maurice Watson Jr. suffered a season-ending knee injury in a victory over Xavier on Jan. 16.

Justin Patton scored 20 points for Creighton.

No. 25 Florida 106, LSU 71

Devin Robinson scored a career-high 24 points and Florida made a school-record 19 3-pointers.

The Gators (15-5, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) had little problem in handing the Tigers their worst home defeat in 54 seasons. Florida took the lead for good at 11-8 on a 3-pointer by KeVaughn Allen less than 5 minutes into the game. The Gators had a double-digit lead before 9 minutes elapsed.

Robinson, who was 9 of 15 from the field, made a career-high five 3-pointers.

Duop Reath led LSU (9-10, 1-7) with 15 points.

Women

No. 2 Baylor 91, No. 25 Kansas State

Alexis Prince scored a career high 25 points to help Baylor rout Kansas State.

Prince had 17 of her points in the first half, outscoring the Wildcats by three in the opening 20 minutes.

Baylor (20-1, 9-0 Big 12) led 7-5 before scoring the next 21 straight points to blow the game open early in the first quarter. Prince got the run started with a 3-pointer and Lauren Cox capped it.

By the end of the opening half, the Lady Bears led 44-14 as the Wildcats made just five baskets in the first 20 minutes.

Karyla Middlebrook led Kansas State (15-6, 5-4) with 17 points on the night.

No. 12 Texas 77, TCU 69

Ariel Atkins scored 17 points, including a clutch 3-pointer with 1:02 left, Joyner Holmes had a double-double and Texas held off Texas Christian for its 13th-straight win.

Holmes had 15 points and 14 rebounds, the third-straight double-double for the freshman. Brooke McCarty and Lashann Higgs had 14 points apiece for the Longhorns (15-4, 9-0 Big 12).

Amber Ramirez led TCU (10-10, 2-7) with 15 points and Amy Okonkwo had 13.

No. 20 Oklahoma 78, Iowa State 63

Maddie Manning scored 21 points and Peyton Little had 13 of her 16 in the fourth quarter to lead Oklahoma to a win over Iowa State.

Pierre-Louis added 15 points and Gabbi Ortiz 14 for the Sooners (16-5, 7-2), who won their sixth-straight at home.

Little hit a 3-pointer to open the fourth quarter and put the Sooners up 56-48. Heather Bowe answered with a 3 and Seanna Johnson's layup pulled the Cyclones back within three. Little had another 3 in a 6-0 burst and then scored five-straight points as the Sooners pushed the lead to 71-59 with 2:29 to play.

Johnson led Iowa State (11-9, 2-7) with 17 points and Jadda Buckley had 15.

No. 22 West Virginia 89, Texas Tech 79

Teana Muldrow scored 22 points, Lanay Montgomery added 21 and both had nine rebounds to lead West Virginia to a win over Texas Tech.

Chania Ray added 12 points and Tynice Martin 11 for the Mountaineers (16-5, 4-5 Big 12). Muldrow had seven assists and Montgomery three blocks, giving her 73 for the season and 273 for her career.

West Virginia raced to a 16-2 lead, led by 22 in the second quarter and 43-24 at the half. The Lady Raiders stormed back with five of their season-high 13 3-pointers in the third quarter and got within five before entering the fourth quarter down 62-55.

Texas Tech (11-8, 3-5), which went 1-4 in five-straight games against ranked teams, made 10 of 16 shots in the fourth quarter but the Mountaineers held on by hitting 13 of 15 free throws.

Ivonne Cook Taylor had 19 points for Texas Tech and Recee Caldwell 16.

No. 23 South Florida 52, SMU 51

Kitija Laksa scored nine of her 28 points in the fourth quarter and South Florida overcame its second-worst shooting game of the season to beat SMU.

Maria Jespersen, the Bulls' next highest scorer, had seven points and 13 rebounds.

Ariadna Pujol's jumper with 1:52 to go snapped USF's five minute, 55 second scoring drought and put the Bulls (16-3, 5-1 American Athletic Conference) in front for good, 50-49. After SMU missed a 3, Laksa and Alicia Froling traded a pair of free throws to cap the scoring with 40 seconds left. USF committed a turnover, but McKenzie Adams missed a potential winning 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining.

The Mustangs (11-9, 2-5) trailed for just 24 seconds in the third quarter, but Laksa hit a 3 and then a layup to open the fourth to give USF a three-point lead. Dai'ja Thomas and Froling sandwiched jumpers around another bucket by Laksa to make it 48-47 with 6:34 left but the teams combined to miss 11 shots in a row before a layup by Stephanie Collins put SMU up by one.

Froling had 13 points and 10 rebounds — her fourth double-double in a row and 14th this season — for SMU.