college basketball roundup


January 17, 2017 at 12:00a.m.

college basketball roundup

Monday’s games

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No. 1 Villanova 76, Seton Hall 46

VILLANOVA, PA.

Kris Jenkins scored 16 points and Jalen Brunson added 13 to lead Villanova (18-1, 6-1 Big East). Led by four 3s from Jenkins, the Wildcats set a school record 47 straight wins at the Pavilion.

No. 2 Kansas 76, Iowa State 72

AMES, IOWA

Frank Mason III had 16 points, Landen Lucas scored 14 as Kansas held off Iowa State for its 17th straight win. Svi Mykhailiuk added 13 for the Jayhawks (17-1, 6-0 Big 12), who snapped a two-game skid in Ames and opened 6-0 in the Big 12 for the 10th time.

No. 7 Creighton 72, No. 22 Xavier 67

CINCINNATI

Creighton overcame a knee injury to star point guard Maurice Watson Jr. Creighton (18-1, 5-1 Big East) scored the final six points after Xavier (13-5, 3-3) pulled ahead 67-66. The Bluejays are off to the best start in school history. Watson tops the nation with 8.8 assists per game. He hurt his left knee when he hit the court hard after a layup in the first half and spent the second half on crutches.

No. 9 North Carolina 85, Syracuse 68

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams earned his 800th career victory when Isaiah Hicks scored 20 points to lead North Carolina. Kennedy Meeks added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Tar Heels (17-3, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 52 percent and dominated the boards.

No. 13 Butler 88, Marquette 80

INDIANAPOLIS

Kelan Martin scored 22 points and No. 13 Butler rallied from an 18-point deficit early in the second half. The Bulldogs (16-3, 5-2 Big East) put up 63 points after the break without a single turnover. Markus Howard had 26 points for Marquette (12-6, 3-3).

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Tennessee 71, No. 6 Notre Dame 69

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

Jaime Nared hit a tiebreaking jumper with 10.3 seconds left as Tennessee erased a 15-point, second-half deficit. The victory enabled Tennessee (11-6) to avoid its first three-game losing streak since February 1986. Diamond DeShields led Tennessee with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists. Mercedes Russell had 13 points. Nared and Jordan Reynolds added 12 points each. Marina Mabrey scored 17 points and Arike Ogunbowale had 14 for Notre Dame (16-3).

No. 4 Mississippi State 73, Mississippi 62

STARKVILLE, MISS.

Victoria Vivians scored 23 points, Dominique Dillingham added 16 and Mississippi State set a school record with its 19th straight win to start the season in a victory over Mississippi. Vivians scored 18 of her 23 points in the second half. Dillingham’s 16 points were more than her previous five games combined since she returned to the lineup following knee surgery. Shandricka Sessom led Ole Miss with 16 points.

No. 17 Virginia Tech 72, Wake Forest 70

BLACKSBURG, VA.

Chanette Hicks scored a career-high 29 points and Virginia Tech used big second and third quarters for a win over Wake Forest to improve to 12-0 at home this season. Virginia Tech only scored seven points in the first quarter but used a 24-8 second-quarter spurt to take a 33-30 lead at the break behind Hicks’ 14 points. Hicks highlighted the Hokies’ 24-15 third quarter with a coast-to-coast layup for a 46-36 advantage. Hicks, who averages 68.9 percent from the free-throw line, went 1 for 2 with 22.6 seconds left for a 70-66 lead. Milan Quinn had a putback of Ariel Stephenson’s miss with 13.9 seconds left to get Wake Forest within 70-68. But Samantha Hill sank two free throws for a four-point lead and after Elisa Penna made a long jumper for the Demon Deacons, Virginia Tech ran out the clock. .

Associated Press