No. 3 Kansas finishes strong in Morgantown, beats No. 14 WVU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Devon Dotson scored 15 points and No. 3 Kansas finished the game with a 9-0 run to beat No. 14 West Virginia 58-49 on Wednesday night.
The Jayhawks (21-3, 10-1 Big 12) won for the ninth straight time and remain a game behind first-place Baylor.
Isaiah Moss had seven of his 13 points after halftime for Kansas.
West Virginia (18-6, 6-5) fell flat after leading by as many as nine points in each half and lost at home for the first time this season.
Freshman Oscar Tshiebwe led the Mountaineers with 14 points and nine rebounds, but he had just two points after halftime. Jordan McCabe tied a season high with 10 points.
GEORGIA TECH 64, NO. 5 LOUISVILLE 58
ATLANTA (AP) — Moses Wright made a huge block at one end, then powered inside for a basket that helped Georgia Tech snap Louisville's 10-game winning streak.
Louisville (21-4, 12-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost for the first time since early January with a truly dreadful offensive performance against the Yellow Jackets (12-13, 6-8).
The Cardinals never led, hitting just 19 of 56 shots (33.9%) from the field — including 3 of 24 beyond the 3-point arc.
Jordan Nwora, the ACC's leading scorer at 19.5 points per game, was held to a season-low two points.
Jose Alvarado led Georgia Tech with 18 points. Malik Williams scored 16 points for Louisville.
NO. 23 CREIGHTON 87, NO. 10 SETON HALL 82
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Damien Jefferson, Ty-Shon Alexander, Marcus Zegarowski and Denzel Mahoney all scored 18 points and No. 23 Creighton beat Seton Hall for its second road win over a Top 10 team this month.
Christian Bishop added 11 points as the Bluejays (19-6, 8-4 Big East) won for the sixth time in seven games, including a win at No. 8 Villanova at the start of the month.
Quincy McKnight had 20 points to lead Seton Hall (18-6, 10-2), which lost for the second time in 14 games. Sandro Mamukelashvili and Romaro Gill added 13 points apiece for the Pirates.
The key to Creighton's win was the defensive job it did on Preseason All America Myles Powell. The senior guard finished with 12 points on 3-of-16 shooting.
NO. 11 AUBURN 95, ALABAMA 91, OT
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Austin Wiley had 18 points, a career-high 17 rebounds and five blocked shots and Auburn beat rival Alabama in the Tigers' latest foray into overtime.
The Tigers (22-2, 9-2 Southeastern Conference) picked up their fourth overtime win of the last five games. This time they scored the first eight points of overtime and held on for redemption from an earlier 19-point loss to the Crimson Tide (13-11, 5-6).
Alabama rallied from big deficits in both halves with an SEC-record night of 3-point shooting.
Led by Jaden Shackelford's 28 points, the Tide set league marks with 22 3-pointers and 59 attempts (37.3%). The attempts were the most by a major conference team all-time, according to STATS.
Isaac Okoro had 19 points and nine rebounds for Auburn before being helped off the court clutching his upper right leg late in regulation.
NO. 15 VILLANOVA 72, NO. 18 MARQUETTE 71
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Jeremiah Robinson-Earl had 17 points and 11 rebounds and Villanova held on to beat Marquette and snap a three-game skid.
Collin Gillespie and Jermaine Samuels added 14 points apiece for Villanova (18-6, 8-4 Big East). The Wildcats had surrendered an average of 75 points in defeats to Creighton, Butler and Seton Hall. Villanova, which pulled into a second-place tie with Creighton in the Big East, avoided losing four in a row for the first time since Feb. 15-25, 2012.
Markus Howard scored 24 points for Marquette (17-7, 7-5), which had won three straight and six of seven. Howard, the country’s leading scorer who entered averaging 27.4 points per game, became the Big East’s all-time leading scorer in league games with 1,408 points.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Sean McDermott scored 14 points to lead Butler past Xavier.
Kamar Baldwin added 11 points and Jordan Tucker scored 10 for the Bulldogs (19-6, 7-5 Big East).
Naji Marshall scored 20 points to lead the Musketeers (16-9, 5-7). Tyrique Jones had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Xavier, his 17th double-double.
NO. 20 HOUSTON 62, SOUTH FLORIDA 58
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored nine of his 22 points in the final 3:28, helping Houston hold off South Florida.
Grimes made six straight free throws and also sank a 3-pointer that gave the Cougars (20-5, 10-2) some breathing room down the stretch in the matchup between the top two defensive teams in the American Athletic Conference.
Fabian White Jr. scored 10 points for first-place Houston, which led 45-34 before USF rallied to within 53-51. Grimes put the game away with help from DeJon Jarreau, whose layup made it 58-53 with 21 seconds to go.
Laquincy Rideau led USF (11-13, 4-7) with 21 points.