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No. 20 Iowa State 93, West Virginia 68

AMES, IOWA

Lindell Wigginton scored a season-high 27 points off the bench and 20th-ranked Iowa State cruised past West Virginia, its fourth win in five games. Marial Shayok scored 19 points for the surging Cyclones (16-5, 5-3 Big 12), who shot 26 of 40 inside the 3-point line and 29 of 32 from the free throw line. Lamont West led West Virginia (9-12, 1-7) with 24 points. Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins was ejected from the game with 3:28 left for arguing with the officials, and he had to be restrained by an assistant on his way back to the locker room. Warren Harding graduate scored eight points for West Virginia.

No. 10 Marquette 76,Butler 58

INDIANAPOLIS

Markus Howard scored 32 points and Sam Hauser added 19 to help No. 10 Marquette pull away from Butler for a victory. Kamar Baldwin led Butler (12-10, 3-6) with 16 points. Paul Jorgensen and Sean McDermott each scored 10 for the Bulldogs, who have lost three in a row and five of seven. Howard finished 14 for 23 and had five rebounds. Howard made two free throws and scored six points in the decisive 11-0 spurt that gave Marquette (19-3, 8-1 Big East) a 61-45 lead with 6:34 to go.

No. 12 Virginia Tech 82, Miami 70

CORAL GABLES, FLA.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker tied a season high with 25 points and added a spectacular assist as No. 12 Virginia Tech shot 59 percent to beat Miami. Justin Robinson scored 17 points for the Hokies but appeared to hurt his left leg and limped to the locker room midway through the second half. He watched the final minutes from the bench. Virginia Tech (17-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) closed within one game of the league lead. The Hurricanes (9-11, 1-7) lost their fourth in a row and are off to their worst start in conference play since 1993-94, when they went 0-18 in the Big East. Alexander-Walker shot 11 of 17, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc, and added five assists and four rebounds in 39 minutes. Ahmed Hill had 19 points in 40 minutes. Hurricanes guard Chris Lykes, who missed all 12 shots in their last game, had 19 points but also five turnovers.

No. 14 Villanova 86, DePaul 74

CHICAGO

Eric Paschall scored 20 points, Phil Booth added 19 points and eight assists, and No. 14 Villanova won its ninth straight game by beating DePaul. Freshman forward Saddiq Bey matched a career high with 16 points and set one with 11 rebounds for Villanova. He shot 4 of 6 on 3-pointers. The Wildcats (17-4, 8-0 Big East) hit 15 from beyond the arc. The defending national champions beat DePaul (11-9, 3-6) for the 18th straight time. Femi Olujobi led the Blue Demons with 20 points and eight rebounds. Eli Cain scored 17, but DePaul lost for the fourth time in five games.

No. 15 Louisville 82, Wake Forest 54

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.

Jordan Nwora scored 20 points and No. 15 Louisville won its sixth straight game, routing Wake Forest. Dwayne Sutton added 17 points and 10 rebounds, Malik Williams finished with 13 points and Ryan McMahon had 12 points on four 3-pointers for the Cardinals (16-5, 7-1). Brandon Childress scored 13 points, Jaylen Hoard finished with 11 and Chaundee Brown had 10 for the Demon Deacons (8-12, 1-7). They shot a season-worst 27 percent and missed 13 of their first 14 3-pointers. They have lost seven of eight and are off to their fourth 1-7 start to league play in five years under coach Danny Manning.

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No. 1 Baylor 66, Oklahoma State 58

STILLWATER, OKLA.

Lauren Cox had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 1 Baylor rallied to beat Oklahoma State. Juicy Landrum scored 15 points while Kalani Brown added 11 points and 12 rebounds for Baylor (18-1, 8-0 Big 12), which moved to No. 1 this week after Notre Dame’s loss to North Carolina. The Lady Bears outscored Oklahoma State 24-7 at the free throw line to win its 10th straight game. Freshman guard Ja’Mee Asberry scored a season-high 22 points and Vivian Gray and Braxtin Miller each added 12 for Oklahoma State. The Cowgirls (12-7, 3-5) led 14-13 at the end of the first quarter, just the third time this season that Baylor trailed at the end of the first. The Lady Bears led 29-27 at halftime, despite shooting just 27 percent from the field.

Associated Press