Sunday’s top 25 basketball roundup

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No. 2 Kentucky 75, Mississippi State 74

NASHVILLE

John Wall scored seven of his 15 points in overtime, and Kentucky rallied from five down with 2:28 left in regulation to beat Mississippi State. It was the Wildcats’ 26th Southeastern Conference tournament championship and gave them the automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

No. 4 Duke 65, Georgia Tech 61

GREENSBORO, N.C.

Kyle Singler scored 20 points and Jon Scheyer hit a critical 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to help Duke win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Scheyer finished with 16 points for the top-seeded Blue Devils (29-5), who let an 11-point lead with 6 minutes left slip to one before Scheyer’s big shot. Nolan Smith also had 16 points to help Duke earn a league-record 18th tournament title, breaking a tie with rival North Carolina.

No. 17 Temple 56 Richmond 52

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.

Ryan Brooks hit four free throws over the final 50 seconds and the top-seeded Owls won their third straight Atlantic 10 tournament.

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No. 2 Stanford 70, No. 23 UCLA 46

LOS ANGELES

Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Jayne Appel added 15 points and Stanford rolled over 23rd-ranked UCLA, winning its eighth Pac-10 tournament championship in nine title-game appearances.

No. 11 Texas A&M 74, No. 12 Oklahoma 67

KANSAS CITY, Mo.

Tyra White carried Texas A&M in the first half and Danielle Adams scored 17 of her 19 points in the second, helping the 11th-ranked Aggies hold off Oklahoma for their second Big 12 tournament title in three years.

Associated Press