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Appleby's fifth 3-pointer lifted the Gators (17-10, 7-7 SEC) to
a 61-53 lead with 2:17 left, but the Tigers (24-3, 12-2)
wouldn't go away. Auburn cut it to one and forced a steal on an
inbounds play in the final 10 seconds, but Wendell Green Jr.
could not get off a potential game-winner following a Tigers
timeout and time expired.
By beating the Tigers, Florida defeated its highest-ranked
opponent ever on its home floor. Colin Castleton notched 19
points and eight rebounds for the Gators, whose last home loss
against Auburn was on Feb. 10, 1996.
Auburn's Jabari Smith had a big second half to help his club
build a 35-26 lead with 15:22 remaining. He finished with a
game-high 28 points and made 4 of 5 3-pointers and 10 of 11 from
the stripe.
No. 1 Gonzaga 81, Santa Clara 69
Drew Timme scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the
top-ranked Bulldogs clinched the West Coast Conference
regular-season championship by defeating the Broncos in Spokane,
Wash.
Teammate Andrew Nembhard scored 21 points, making five
3-pointers, with eight assists and six rebounds. Rasir Bolton
added 18 points, and Chet Holmgren had 10 points and 10 rebounds
for the Bulldogs (23-2, 12-0 WCC), who won their 16th
consecutive game.
Gonzaga clinched with two games remaining, earning at least a
share of the conference title for the 10th straight year and
21st time in Mark Few's 23 seasons as coach. PJ Pipes scored 27
points on 10-of-12 shooting, and Jalen Williams had 15 points
for the Broncos (18-10, 8-5).
No. 3 Arizona 84, Oregon 81
Bennedict Mathurin finished with 24 points, seven rebounds and
five assists to help the Wildcats come back to beat the Ducks in
Tucson, Ariz.
The Wildcats (24-2, 14-1 Pac-12) won their eighth consecutive
game and denied the visiting Ducks (17-10, 10-6) what would have
been a valuable upset victory to bolster their fading NCAA
Tournament hopes.
Quincy Guerrier, who finished with 21 points for Oregon, hit a
3-pointer to cut Arizona's lead to 83-81 with 15 seconds left,
and Arizona's Dalen Terry missed one of two free throws. But the
Ducks' Will Richardson, who led the team with 22 points, lost
his balance, and his last-ditch shot was blocked by Arizona
center Christian Koloko as time expired.
No. 4 Kentucky 90, No. 25 Alabama 81
The Wildcats turned around an early 13-point deficit to beat the
Crimson Tide in a key Southeastern Conference matchup in
Lexington.
Kentucky (22-5, 11-3 SEC) was playing without two of its top
three scoring guards due to injuries to TyTy Washington Jr.
(leg) and Sahvir Wheeler (wrist), but Kellan Grady stepped up
with a season-high 25 points and went 7 of 9 on 3-pointers. The
nation's leading rebounder, Oscar Tshiebwe grabbed 14 more, and
scored 21 points for Kentucky.
Alabama (17-10, 7-7) received an outstanding shooting effort
from Keon Ellis to help stay close in the second half. For the
game, Ellis went 10 of 16 from the floor and hit seven
3-pointers, scoring a career-best 28 points to lead all players.
Jaden Shackelford added 18 points.
No. 6 Kansas 71, West Virginia 58
Ochai Agbaji scored 23 points and David McCormack added 19
points and 11 rebounds as the Jayhawks tripped the Mountaineers
at Morgantown, W.Va.
With their fifth win in six games, the Jayhawks (22-4, 11-2 Big
12) maintained their conference lead by handing the last-place
Mountaineers (14-12, 3-10) their 10th loss in 11 games.
The Jayhawks drained 18 of 22 free throws, while shooting 48.1
percent from the floor. The Mountaineers shot just 27.9 percent
and got dominated on the glass, 49-32, while getting outscored
40-12 in the paint. Sean McNeil scored 18 points and Taz Sherman
added 16 for West Virginia.
No. 7 Baylor 72, TCU 62
Jeremy Sochan matched his career high of 17 points and Matthew
Mayer scored 16 to help the host Bears post a victory over the
Horned Frogs in Big 12 play at Waco, Texas.
Kendall Brown tallied 13 points as the Bears (22-5, 10-4 Big 12)
defeated the Horned Frogs for the second time this season. James
Akinjo recorded 11 points and eight assists and Flo Thamba
contributed 10 points and eight rebounds for Baylor in the
wire-to-wire victory.
Emanuel Miller and Micah Peavy scored 16 points apiece for TCU
(16-8, 5-7), which lost for the fourth time in five games. Mike
Miles added 13 points and three steals.
No. 9 Duke 88, Florida State 70
Paolo Banchero scored 17 points to lead six players in double
figures as the Blue Devils cruised past the Seminoles at Durham,
N.C.
Duke (23-4, 13-3 ACC) moved a game ahead of Notre Dame, which
lost earlier in the day at Wake Forest, atop the ACC standings.
Wendell Moore Jr. finished with 16 points.
Matthew Cleveland's 16 points led Florida State (14-12, 7-9).
Jalen Warley added 15 points and Tanor Ngom had 11.
No. 10 Villanova 74, Georgetown 66
Justin Moore scored 19 points, Brandon Slater added 11 and the
host Wildcats won their fifth straight while keeping the Hoyas
winless in the Big East.
Eric Dixon and Caleb Daniels contributed 10 each, and Collin
Gillespie had nine points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the
Wildcats (21-6, 14-3 Big East).
Donald Carey led the Hoyas with a career-high 24 points while
Dante Harris added 16. Georgetown (6-20, 0-15) has lost 16
straight and all 15 in the conference.
No. 11 Texas Tech 61, No. 20 Texas 55
Bryson Williams scored 17 points as the Red Raiders came on
strong in the second half and held on late for a road win over
the host Longhorns in Austin, Texas.
The Red Raiders (21-6, 10-4 Big 12) led by 10 points on two free
throws by Clarence Nadolny with 3:38 to play before Texas roared
back, forging a 9-0 run capped by Andrew Jones' 3-pointer with
1:36 remaining. Kevin Obanor then hit a pair of free throws with
1:10 left to push Texas Tech's advantage to three points.
Jones led all scorers with 20 points while Christian Bishop
grabbed 11 rebounds for the Longhorns (19-8, 8-6), who have lost
two of their past three games.
No. 12 Illinois 79, No. 19 Michigan State 74
Kofi Cockburn scored 27 points and Jacob Grandison added a
season-high 24 as the Fighting Illini joined Purdue atop the Big
Ten standings by holding on for a win over the Spartans in East
Lansing, Mich.
Cockburn finished one rebound shy of his school-record 43rd
double-double for the Illini (19-7, 12-4 Big Ten), who never
trailed as they swept the season series with the Spartans. Trent
Frazier, who finished with 12 points, swished a 3-pointer with
23 seconds left to stop Michigan State's desperate comeback
attempt.
The Spartans (18-8, 9-6) trailed by 16 with nine minutes to go,
but Tyson Walker poured in 18 of his season-high 26 points in
the final 6:30 to bring the hosts almost all the way back. A.J.
Hoggard added 15 points and eight assists.
No. 13 UCLA 76, Washington 50
David Singleton and Jaylen Clark each scored career highs with
22 and 25 points, and the Bruins cruised past the Huskies in Los
Angeles.
UCLA (19-5, 11-4 Pac-12) went on an 11-2 run late in the first
half, then erupted for a 26-3 run through the first 8:19 of the
second half to open a 35-point lead. The Bruins did not
surrender a field goal until the 13:27 mark after intermission.
Washington (13-12, 8-7) finished 18-of-52 from the floor,
including 3-of-17 from 3-point range. UCLA held Terrell Brown
Jr., the Pac-12's leading scorer with an average of 22.2 points
per game coming into Saturday's matchup, to 13 points on 5-of-17
shooting from the floor.
No. 23 Arkansas 58, No. 16 Tennessee 48
Jaylin Williams scored 13 points with 16 rebounds as the
Razorbacks held on for a victory over the Volunteers in a
matchup of top-four Southeastern Conference teams at
Fayetteville, Ark.
Williams delivered his ninth double-double of the season. JD
Notae also scored 13 points as the Razorbacks (21-6, 10-4) moved
into a tie for third place in the conference with the Volunteers
(19-7, 10-4) by winning for the 11th time in their last 12
games.
Tennessee lost for the first time in SEC play since Jan. 15,
when it was drubbed at Kentucky. The Volunteers saw their
five-game winning streak come to an end.
Iowa 75, No. 18 Ohio State 62
Keegan Murray scored 20 of his 24 points in the first half and
twin Kris Murray had all 11 of his points in the second as the
Hawkeyes upset the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio.
The Hawkeyes (18-8, 8-7 Big Ten), who led 39-38 at the half,
have won four of five.
Malaki Branham scored 22 points and E.J. Liddell added 15 points
and five blocks for the Buckeyes (16-7, 9-5).
No. 21 Murray State 62, UT Martin 60
KJ Williams' three-point play with 10.2 seconds remaining lifted
the Racers past the Skyhawks in an Ohio Valley Conference
matchup in Martin, Tenn.
Williams finished with 16 points and nine rebounds for the
Racers (26-2, 16-0), who extended their winning streak to 16
games by overcoming a five-point deficit in the final 3:18.
Tevin Brown scored 18 points on 5-for-12 shooting from beyond
the arc.
KJ Simon led UT Martin (8-20, 4-12) with 24 points on 8-for-19
shooting, including 5-for-8 from beyond the arc, and had nine
assists. The Skyhawks have lost five straight games and 12 of
14.
No. 22 Wyoming 75, Air Force 67
Hunter Maldonado had 29 points and Graham Ike finished with 27
points and 12 rebounds to lead the host Cowboys to a victory
over Air Force in a Mountain West game at Laramie, Wyo.
The Cowboys (22-4, 11-2 Mountain West) made 68.8 percent of
their shots (22 of 32) from inside the 3-point line. They scored
42 points in the paint. Maldonado made 10 of 11 shots from the
free-throw line. He added eight assists and seven rebounds.
Lucas Moerman had 15 points before fouling out to lead Air Force
(10-15, 3-11).
No. 24 UConn 72, Xavier 61
Tyler Polley and R.J. Cole scored 16 points apiece to lead the
host Huskies to a victory against the Musketeers in Big East
Conference play in Storrs, Conn.
Adama Sanogo added 15 points and nine rebounds and Tyrese Martin
had 11 boards and six points for the Huskies (19-7, 10-5 Big
East), who won their third straight game.
A comeback effort in the second half fell short for the
Musketeers (17-9, 7-8), who lost their second straight game
after falling behind by 17 points at halftime.
--Field Level Media
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