SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP 25 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAMES


No. 1 Duke 80, No. 13 Florida State 78

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

Cam Reddish hit a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left to lead No. 1 Duke past No. 13 Florida State. Reddish finished with 23 points on 9 of 15 shooting. RJ Barrett finished with 32 points on 10 of 19 shooting. Mfiondu Kabengele tied a career-high with 24 points and 10 rebounds for Florida State. Phil Cofer made five 3-pointers and had a season-high 21 points.

No. 3 Tennessee 78, Florida 67

GAINESVILLE, FLA.

Grant Williams scored 20 points, Jordan Bowden added 17 off the bench and No. 3 Tennessee rallied to beat Florida for their 10th consecutive victory. Admiral Schofield, who sat out much of the second half with four fouls, provided the biggest bucket with a 3-pointer from the corner with 41.3 seconds remaining. Schofield finished with 14 points. KeVaughn Allen led the Gators with 18 points.

No. 4 Virginia 63, Clemson 43

CLEMSON, S.C.

Kyle Guy had 13 points, De’Andre Hunter scored 12 and No. 4 Virginia improved to 15-0 with a victory over Clemson. Marcquise Reed was Clemson’s only double-figure scorer with 14 points, but he shot just 3 of 14 from the field and missed his five 3-point attempts.

No. 7 Kansas 73, Baylor 68

WACO, TEXAS

Lagerald Vick scored 18 points with six 3-pointers on his 22nd birthday and No. 7 Kansas held on for a win at Baylor. Dedric Lawson added 17 points for Kansas while Devon Dotson had 14. Freshman Ochai Agbaji had 10 in his second game. Jared Butler had 14 points to lead Baylor, while Vital and Bandoo each had 11.

No. 8 Texas Tech 68, Texas 62

AUSTIN, TEXAS

Matt Mooney scored 22 points to lead No. 8 Texas Tech to a victory at over Texas, the Red Raiders’ first win in Austin since 1996. Mooney scored 14 points in the second half. Jordan Culver scored 14 points and had seven assists for Texas Tech. Kerwin Roach II scored 17 for Texas.

No. 10 Nevada 74, Fresno State 64

FRESNO, CALIF.

Caleb Martin scored 27 points, including two free throws with 54.6 seconds remaining, and No. 10 Nevada held on to beat Fresno State. Martin also added nine rebounds, and Jordan Caroline had 19 points and 16 rebounds for the Wolfpack. Braxton Huggins scored 25 points for Fresno State. Deshon Taylor had 16 points and Nate Grimes added 15 points.

No. 11 Auburn 93, Georgia 78

TUSCALOOSA, ALA.

Jared Harper had 22 points and seven assists, leading No. 11 Auburn beat Georgia. Bryce Brown had 15 points and made 3 of 4 3-pointers for Auburn. Anfernee McLemore also scored 15 points and added nine rebounds. Samir Doughty and Malik Dunbar each scored 11 points. William Jackson Jr. led Georgia with 16 points, Nicolas Claxton added 15, and Teshaun Hightower had 12. Rayshaun Hammonds had nine points, 10 rebounds and four assists.

Louisville 83, No. 12 North Carolina 62

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

Roy Williams suffered his worst home loss in 16 seasons with North Carolina as Louisville stunned the 12th-ranked Tar Heels. Connecticut transfer Steven Enoch had season highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Cardinals. Dwayne Sutton added 17 points and 10 rebounds for Louisville. Kenny Williams scored 12 points for the Tar Heels.

Mississippi 81, No. 14 Mississippi State 77

STARKVILLE, MISS.

Blake Hinson scored a career-high 26 points, Breein Tyree added 19 and Mississippi rallied for a win over No. 14 Mississippi State. Ole Miss won its 10th straight game. Terence Davis added 12 points. Quinndary Nick Weatherspoon had 11 points in the first half for the Bulldogs. Quinndary Weatherspoon’s 18 points the Bulldogs. Lamar Peters added 16.

No. 15 N.C. State 86, Pittsburgh 80

RALEIGH, N.C.

DJ Funderburk scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half, and No. 15 North Carolina State beat Pittsburgh. Devon Daniels scored 19 points, Eric Lockett added 12 of his 17 points after halftime and Torin Dorn finished with 12 for the Wolfpack (14-2, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Freshman Xavier Johnson had 20 of his season-high 25 points in the second half, Au’Diese Toney scored 17 and Terrell Brown added 10 for Pittsburgh.

No. 17 Houston 79, Wichita State 70

HOUSTON

Corey Davis Jr. had 20 points, Armoni Brooks added 14 and No. 17 Houston rebounded from its first loss of the season to beat Wichita State. DeJon Jarreau had 13 points, and Fabian White Jr. added 12. Markis McDuffie scored 22 points, and Samajae Haynes-Jones added 14 for Wichita State. The Shockers shot 39 percent in losing their fourth straight, their longest streak since January 2009.

No. 18 Kentucky 56, Vanderbilt 47

LEXINGTON, KY.

Ashton Hagans and Keldon Johnson each scored 15 points and combined to rally No. 18 Kentucky from another slow start in a win over Vanderbilt. Perimeter shooting propelled the Commodores to a 16-5 lead and 30-28 edge at the break. Johnson and Hagans then combined to score the first seven points of the second half for the Wildcats’ first lead at 35-30. Immanuel Quickley added 12 points for the Wildcats. Aaron Nesmith had 11 points, while Saben Lee and Joe Toye added nine apiece for Vanderbilt.

No. 19 Buffalo 88, Miami (OH) 64

AMHERST, N.Y.

Jeremy Harris scored 17 points and No. 19 Buffalo shook off a cold-shooting start to cruise past Miami (Ohio). Nick Perkins scored 12 points before hobbling off with an injury to his lower left leg midway through the second half. Dontay Caruthers finished with 11 points for the Bulls. Nike Sibande scored 18 points and Darrian Ringo had 10 with seven rebounds and six assists for the RedHawks.

Kansas State 58, No. 20 Iowa State 57

AMES, IOWA

Barry Brown hit a layup with four seconds left and Kansas State stunned No. 20 Iowa State, handing the Cyclones their second straight loss. Brown had 23 points to lead the Wildcats, who closed the game on a 10-2 run for their first road win of the year. Nick Weiler-Babb had 11 points and five assists to lead the Cyclones, who didn’t score over the final 2:42.

No. 21 Marquette 70, Seton Hall 66

MILWAUKEE

Markus Howard scored 26 points, Sacar Anim had 14 and No. 21 Marquette staved off a second-half rally to beat Seton Hall. The Pirates trailed 40-30 at the break but took a 63-62 lead on Myles Powell’s 3-pointer with 3:05 left, and a lay-in by freshman Joey Hauser put Marquette up 66-63 with 48 seconds remaining. Powell had 21 points, and Quincy McKnight and Sandro Mamukelashvili each had 13 for the Pirates (12-5, 3-2).

No. 23 Oklahoma 76, No. 25 TCU

NORMAN, OKLA.

Kristian Doolittle hit a runner with less than three seconds left, lifting No. 23 Oklahoma to a victory over No. 25 TCU. Doolittle led the Sooners (13-3, 2-2 Big 12) with 24 points and 10 rebounds. TCU’s Kouat Noi had a career-high 30 points on 8 of 12 from the 3-point line.

DePaul 79, No. 24 St. John’s 71

NEW YORK

Femi Olujobi had 27 points and eight rebounds in his New York homecoming and DePaul pulled away from No. 24 St. John’s, beating the short-handed Red Storm for its first win over a ranked team in almost three years. Paul Reed added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Blue Demons. Max Strus had 14 points and 12 rebounds for DePaul. Eli Cain also scored 14. LJ Figueroa led the Red Storm with 23 points. Justin Simon scored 20 and Marvin Clark had 14.

Associated Press