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No. 4 Duke 73, Florida State 70

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

Quinn Cook scored a season-high 25 points and Jahlil Okafor was 5 of 5 from the floor in the second half and finished with 13 points. Florida State pulled within one at 70-69 as Xavier Rathan-Mayes drove the lane for a layup after dribbling under the basket with 11 seconds to go. But the Seminoles couldn’t close the gap. Tyus Jones added 16 points and 12 assists for Duke (21-3, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference), which won its fourth straight. Devon Bookert scored a career-high 23 points for FSU (13-12, 5-7 ACC).

No. 17 Oklahoma 94, No. 14 Iowa State 83

NORMAN, OKLA.

TaShawn Thomas had 22 points and 11 rebounds as the Sooners moved into sole possession of second place in the Big 12. Isaiah Cousins scored 19 points, Buddy Hield scored 17 and Ryan Spangler added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Sooners (17-7, 8-4 Big 12). Dustin Hogue scored a season-high 19 points, Jameel McKay scored 16 and Naz Long and Bryce Dejean-Jones added 14 for the Cyclones (17-6, 7-4).

No. 21 Oklahoma State 74, No. 16 Baylor 65

WACO, TEXAS

Le’Bryan Nash scored 22 points and Phil Forte had 16 of his 18 after halftime as Oklahoma State rallied past Baylor. Taurean Prince had 20 points for Baylor (18-6, 6-5), which had won three conference games in a row by at least 18 points since a 64-53 loss at Oklahoma State only two weeks ago. Rico Gathers had 16 points and 16 rebounds for the Bears, his fourth consecutive game with at least 15 rebounds.

WOMEN

No. 2 Connecticut 87, No. 1 South Carolina 62

STORRS, CONN.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis scored 23 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 to help UConn beat top-ranked South Carolina. Moriah Jefferson had 16 points for the Huskies (23-1), who improved to 17-3 in matchups between the top two teams in the poll. The teams traded baskets early and South Carolina (22-1) led 18-15 7 1/2 minutes in before UConn took over. The Huskies scored the next 13 points to blow the game open. Aleighsa Welch and Tiffany Mitchell each scored 17 to lead the Gamecocks in the 54th meeting of The Associated Press women’s basketball poll’s top two teams.

No. 21 Chattanooga 68, Wofford 41

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

Jasmine Joyner scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season to lead Chattanooga past Wofford. Joyner was 6 of 9 from the field and 6 of 7 from the free throw line in 27 minutes. She added four assists and four blocks.Ka’Vonne Towns and Chelsey Shumpert had 11 points apiece for Chattanooga (21-3, 9-0 Southern). Chanel Stokes led Wofford (7-17, 2-7) with 13 points.

Arkansas 54, No. 24 Georgia 48

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.

Jessica Jackson scored five of her 15 points in the final 26 seconds to help Arkansas hold off Georgia. Arkansas (14-8, 4-6 SEC) led by as many as 18 in the first half and Calli Berna’s layup with 10 minutes left gave the Razorbacks a 49-25 advantage. Georgia (17-7, 5-6) lost its fourth in a row.

Associated Press