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After the Huskies (20-7, 11-5 Big East) forced a turnover, Cole
drove on Brandon Slater, gained the lane and sank a short shot
as the sellout crowd at XL Center went wild. Cole then drew an
offensive foul on Collin Gillespie's drive to the basket with
1.1 seconds remaining.
Cole finished with 12 points for UConn, while Adama Sanogo
pumped in a game-high 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting. Isaiah
Whaley scored 13 as the Huskies connected on 10 of 24 3-pointers
and forced 14 turnovers.
Gillespie scored 17 points for the Wildcats (21-7, 14-4), while
Slater added 15. Jermaine Samuels hit for 13 points and Justin
Moore tallied 12. Villanova connected on 12 3-pointers and
outscored UConn by six points at the line, but it wasn't enough.
No. 5 Kansas 102, Kansas State 83
Ochai Agbaji continued his push to become Big 12 player of the
year by netting a game-high 23 points as the Jayhawks shot a
blistering 64.1 percent against the Wildcats in Lawrence, Kan.
Christian Braun added 20 points and Jalen Wilson 17 as the
Jayhawks (23-4, 12-2 Big 12) maintained control of the league
lead with their sixth win in seven games.
Kansas has won 16 straight at home over Kansas State (14-13,
6-9), which saw its NCAA Tournament hopes continue to fade with
a second straight defeat. Markquis Nowell scored 20 points for
the Wildcats.
No. 9 Texas Tech 66, Oklahoma 42
Davion Warren scored 16 points to lead the Red Raiders to a win
over the Sooners in Lubbock, Texas. Oklahoma finished with its
lowest point total in any game since February 2004.
Texas Tech (22-6, 11-4 Big 12) has won four consecutive games
and seven of the last eight, with its only loss during that span
coming Feb. 9 against the Sooners. Oklahoma (14-14, 4-11) has
lost four consecutive games since that upset of Texas Tech and
11 of the past 13.
Bryson Williams added 13 points for the Red Raiders. Umoja
Gibson, who scored a season-high 30 points for the Sooners in
the earlier upset of Texas Tech, had just five points on 2-of-9
shooting. Jalen Hill led Oklahoma with eight points.
No. 17 Tennessee 80, Missouri 61
Kennedy Chandler scored 23 points with eight rebounds and six
assists to lead the Volunteers past the Tigers in Columbia, Mo.
Santiago Vescovi scored 14 points and Victor Bailey Jr. added 11
for Tennessee (20-7, 11-4 SEC), which has won nine of its past
11 games.
Javon Pickett scored 16 points and Kobe Brown and DaJuan Gordon
added 12 apiece for the Tigers (10-18, 4-11), who have lost four
consecutive games and nine of their past 11.
No. 18 Arkansas 82, Florida 74
JD Notae scored 22 points and sank a crucial late 3-pointer as
the Razorbacks broke a 14-game losing streak at Gainesville,
Fla., by toppling the Gators.
Notae scored 12 of his 22 points in the second half, and Davonte
Davis tallied 19 points for the surging Razorbacks, who have won
12 of their past 13 contests. Despite foul trouble in the second
half, Jaylin Williams notched 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Florida got a career-high 29 points from big man Colin Castleton
and 19 from Tyree Appleby.
No. 24 Alabama 74, Vanderbilt 72
Jahvon Quinerly scored 17 of his 19 points during a second-half
rally that helped send the Crimson Tide to a win over the
Commodores in Nashville.
Jordan Wright missed a potential tying layup for Vanderbilt with
4.8 seconds remaining and Alabama (18-10, 8-7 Southeastern
Conference) ran out the remainder of the clock to secure the
road win.
Quinerly came off the bench to hit 6 of 12 shots in 27 minutes.
Scotty Pippen Jr. led Vanderbilt (14-13, 6-9) with 26 points. He
hit just 5 of 13 field-goal attempts but went 14 of 18 from the
free-throw line.
No. 25 Iowa 86, Michigan State 60
Keegan Murray poured in 18 of his 28 points in the first half
and the Hawkeyes won for the fifth time in six games, pounding
the slumping Spartans in Iowa City.
Murray shot 10-for-15 for Iowa, and Jordan Bohannon and Kris
Murray each scored 11 points for the Hawkeyes (19-8, 9-7 Big
Ten).
Malik Hall's 17 points topped the Spartans (18-9, 9-7), who have
lost three straight and five of their past six. Julius Marble
contributed nine points and eight rebounds, and Tyson Walker had
nine points and five assists.
--Field Level Media
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