Oklahoma's rout of No. 2 Alabama one of many top-15 upsets on Saturday

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Grant Sherfield scored aseason-high 30 points, and Oklahoma beat No. 2 Alabama 93-69 onSaturday in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge to end the Crimson Tide’snine-win streak.

Jalen Hill added a career-high 26 points, helping second-yearOklahoma coach Porter Moser to his biggest win with the program.Tanner Groves had 14 points and 12 rebounds.

The Sooners (12-9) had lost three straight, but against theCrimson Tide shot 58% from the field.

Rylan Griffen led Alabama (18-3) with 15 points and sevenrebounds. Freshman Brandon Miller, who came in averaging 19.5points per game, finished with 11.

NO. 3 HOUSTON 75, CINCINNATI 69

HOUSTON (AP) — Jarace Walker had a career-high 25 points andseven rebounds, and Houston rallied from an 11-point second-halfdeficit to defeat Cincinnati.

Walker, who scored 13 points in the second half, was 10 of 14from the field. J’Wan Roberts added 14 points and six rebounds, andJamal Shead scored 13 points for Houston (20-2, 8-1 AmericanAthletic Conference).

Houston has won at least 20 games in eight straight seasonsunder coach Kelvin Sampson.

Landers Nolley II had 24 points, including 6 3-pointers. VicktorLakhin added 15 points, and David DeJulius had 14 points and nineassists for Cincinnati (14-8, 5-4).

NO. 4 TENNESSEE 82, NO. 10 TEXAS 71

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Olivier Nkamhoua scored 27 points andZakai Zeigler had 22 points and 10 assists to lead Tennessee overTexas in an SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Josiah-Jordan James added 14 and Santiago Vescovi had 12 forTennessee (18-3), which led by as many as 22 midway through thesecond half.

Sir’Jabari Rice scored 21 to lead Texas (17-4). Marcus Carr andBrock Cunningham finished with 11 each.

NO. 5 KANSAS STATE 64, FLORIDA 50

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Keyontae Johnson had 13 points and 11rebounds against his former team, Markquis Nowell flirted with thefirst triple-double in Kanas State history, and the Wildcats beatFlorida in an SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Nowell finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists,and Nae’Qwan Tomlin also had 11 points. The Wildcats improved to18-3 to match the 1972-73 team for the best start through 21 gamesin school history.

Johnson struggled from the field, going just 5 of 16 and evengetting stuffed by the front of the rim during a windmill dunk on asecond-half fast break. But it was nevertheless a special night forthe senior forward, who collapsed on the Gators’ sideline due to aheart condition during a game against Florida State just over twoyears ago.

Colin Castleton scored 13 points for the Gators (12-9). MyreonJones and Will Richard had 11 apiece.

NO. 6 ARIZONA 95, WASHINGTON 72

SEATTLE (AP) — Azuolas Tubelis had 25 points and 10 rebounds,Oumar Ballo added 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Arizona used a bigsecond-half run to pull away to win its fourth straight.

Tubelis topped 20 points for the first time in five games andhis rebound putback while being fouled with 4:29 remaining gave theWildcats a 78-63 lead and sent Washington fans headed for theexits.

Kerr Kriisa added 18 points, hitting six 3-pointers, andCourtney Ramey scored 14 for the Wildcats (19-3, 8-3 Pac-12).

Keion Brooks Jr. led Washington with 25 points and KeyonMenifield added 21. But the Huskies (13-10, 5-7) suffered from toomany scoring droughts and didn’t have an answer for Arizona’s 19-1run in the early stages of the second half.

NO. 7 VIRGINIA 76, BOSTON COLLEGE 57

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Armaan Franklin and Jayden Gardnerscored 18 points each and Virginia used a big first-half run totake control over Boston College for its sixth straightvictory.

The Cavaliers (16-3, 8-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed18-15 before starting an 18-4 run over the next 11 minutes.Virginia put the game away with a 16-4 second-half spurt.

Quinten Post scored 24 to lead the Eagles (10-12, 4-7) and MakaiAshton-Langford added 12 points.

Virginia’s Isaac McKneely finished with 12 points and ReeceBeekman had 11 and eight assists.

NO. 9 KANSAS 77, KENTUCKY 68

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Jalen Wilson scored 22 points, includingone in a series of huge 3-pointers down the stretch, and Kansasavoided its first four-game losing streak under coach BillSelf.

Wilson made 9 of 18 from the field and grabbed eight reboundsfor Kansas (17-4), which finished even with Kentucky at 49%shooting. K.J. Adams Jr. added 17 points, Dick had 13 and McCullar11 with 12 rebounds as the Jayhawks edged Kentucky 34-29 on theglass.

Oscar Tshiebwe had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Jacob Toppinand Cason Wallace each added 14 for Kentucky (14-7), which had wonits previous four.

MISSISSIPPI STATE 81, NO. 11 TCU 74, OT

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Tolu Smith had 27 points, 13 reboundsand five assists to lead Mississippi State to an overtimevictory.

Dashawn Davis added 16 points to help Mississippi State (13-8)snap a five-game losing streak. Shakeel Moore had 11, including sixin overtime, while Cameron Matthews had 10 points and 10 reboundsfor the Bulldogs. Tyler Stevenson also added 10 points off theBulldogs’ bench.

Damion Baugh led TCU (16-5) with 19 points and Emanuel Millerhad 13. Shahada Wells and Jakobe Coles each had 12 for the HornedFrogs and Chuck O’Bannon had 10.

Davis’ 3 pointer with 55 seconds left in the second half gavethe Bulldogs a 66-64 advantage. Emanuel Miller scored with 32seconds remaining and then both teams missed chances to win inregulation.

MISSOURI 78, NO. 12 IOWA STATE 61

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown scored 20 points, and D’MoiHodge scored 17 points to help Missouri take down Iowa State in theSEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Brown scored 14 of his points in the first half and led Missouri(16-5) with 12 rebounds. Nick Honor added 12 points and DeAndreGholston scored 10.

Jaren Holmes led Iowa State (15-5) with 19 points, and GabeKalscheur added 14.

The Tigers’ 78 points were a season-high for an Iowa Stateopponent in regulation; the Cyclones are 0-3 this season whenallowing at least 70 points in regulation.

CREIGHTON 84, NO. 13 XAVIER 67

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Arthur Kamula scored 20 points, Creighton’sfour other starters finished in double-figures and the Bluejaysearned their fourth straight Big East win.

Creighton (13-8, 7-3) steadily built a double-digit leadthroughout the game and made 34 of its 60 field goal attempts(56.7%) before a sold-out crowd.

Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 17 points, Baylor Scheierman had 14,Trey Alexander finished with 13 and Ryan Nembhard added 11 for theBluejays, who avenged a 90-87 loss at Xavier on Jan. 11.

Zach Freemantle led Xavier (17-5, 9-2) with 18 points, followedby Colby Jones and Adam Kunkel with 13.

NO. 14 GONZAGA 82, PORTLAND 67

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Julian Strawther had a career-high 40points, including eight 3-pointers, and Gonzaga pulled away downthe stretch for its 16th consecutive victory over Portland.

Anton Watson added 17 points for Gonzaga (18-4, 7-1 West CoastConference).

Strawther is the first player to reach 40 points for the Zagssince Kyle Wiltjer had 45 against Pacific in 2016.

Portland (11-13, 3-5) was led by Moses Wood with 19 points. JuanSebastian Gorosito, a freshman, finished with a career-high 17points.

WEST VIRGINIA 80, NO. 15 AUBURN 77

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Erik Stevenson scored a career-high 31points and West Virginia withstood a furious late rally from Auburnto win an SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchup.

The Mountaineers (13-8) have won two straight for the first timein a month. Jimmy Bell Jr. added 15 points for theMountaineers.

Charles Barkley cheered on his alma mater from a courtside seat,but Auburn (16-5) couldn’t overcome another slow start. The Tigershave lost two straight for the first time in two years.

Jaylin Williams led Auburn with 18 points. Johni Broome added 15and Allen Flanigan scored 13.

NO. 16 MARQUETTE 89, DEPAUL 69

CHICAGO (AP) — David Joplin went 8 for 11 from 3-point range fora career-high 28 points, Tyler Kolek had 24 points, 10 assists and9 rebounds, and Marquette defeated DePaul.

Marquette has won eight of its last nine games, and moved into atie with No. 13 Xavier atop the Big East.

Marquette (17-5, 9-2) pulled away in the second half. OsoIghodaro had 10 points, making all five of his shots, andOlivier-Maxence Prosper scored 13 and had 8 rebounds.

Umoja Gibson scored 25 points for DePaul (9-13, 3-8) on 8-of-12shooting.

NO. 17 BAYLOR 67, ARKANSAS 64

WACO, Texas (AP) — Keyonte George scored 24 points, includingseven in a row down the stretch, and Baylor beat Arkansas in anSEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Baylor (16-5) fell behind by as many as eight points in thesecond half after an early 11-point lead. But the Bears closed itout after Flo Thamba made two free throws for a 55-53 lead with3:37 left.

LJ Cryer added 20 points and Jalen Bridges had 10 for the Bears,who won their sixth game in a row despite shooting a 34% (20 of 59)from the field. They offset the season-worst shooting from thefield by making 21 of 24 free throws, including two by Cryer with10 seconds left and two by George with 4.3 seconds remaining.

Ricky Council IV scored 25 points for Arkansas (14-7). DavonteDavis had 16 points, but missed the front end of a 1-plus-1 with2.3 seconds left, though Joseph Pinion got the ball in the rightcorner only to miss wildly on a 3-pointer as time ran out.

HOFSTRA 85, NO. 18 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 81

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Aaron Estrada scored 25 points andDarlinstone Dubar added 18 as Hofstra ended College of Charleston’s20-game winning streak.

The Pride (15-8, 8-2 Colonial Athletic Association) were down28-20 early before rallying past the Cougars (21-2, 9-1), who hadnot lost since falling to then-No. 1 North Carolina on Nov. 11.

Tyler Thomas had 17 points and eight rebounds for Hofstra.

Ante Brzovic finished with 18 points to lead Charleston.

PITTSBURGH 71, NO. 20 MIAMI 68

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Blake Hinson tipped in a Jamarius Burton misswith 31 seconds remaining and Pittsburgh rallied past Miami.

The Panthers (15-7, 8-3 ACC) held the Hurricanes (16-5, 7-4)scoreless over the final 2:26 while closing on an 11-0 run to beata ranked team for the third time this season to bolster itsincreasingly impressive NCAA tournament resume.

Hinson finished with 21 points for Pitt. Burton had 19 points,10 rebounds and seven assists as the Panthers stunned Miami infront of a rare sell-out crowd at the Petersen Events Center.

Jordan Miller led the Hurricanes with 18 points. Isaiah Wongadded 14 but Miami committed three of its 12 turnovers in the final35 seconds as the Panthers stormed back.

NO. 21 FAU 70, W. KENTUCKY 63

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Weatherspoon scored 14 pointsand Florida Atlantic remained undefeated at home.

The victory extended FAU’s winning streak to a program-record 20games, which is now the nation’s longest. The Owls’ 21 victories onthe season ties their Division I record set in 2010-11. WesternKentucky (11-11, 3-8 Conference USA) has lost five straight.

Alijah Martin scored eight while grabbing seven rebounds for theOwls (21-1, 11-0).

Jordan Rawls led all scorers with 17 for W. Kentucky. DayvionMcKnight and Emmanuel Akot each had 16.

NO. 22 SAINT MARY’S (CAL) 57, BYU 56

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Logan Johnson had 14 points and freshmanAidan Mahaney scored all 10 of his points, including a fade-awayjumper just before the buzzer, in the second half and Saint Mary’s(Cal) won its 10th in a row.

Mitchell Saxen had 11 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and twoblocks for Saint Mary’s (19-4, 8-0 West Coast Conference). AlexDucas scored 12 points and Augustas Marciulionis added 10.

Dallin Hall was fouled on a driving lay-up attempt with 10.2seconds left and made 1-of-2 free throws to give BYU a 56-55 leadbut Mahaney took the inbounds pass, probed the defense before hedrove the lane, stopped near the right block and pivoted away fromthe basket before hitting the winning jumper over the out-stretchedarm of defender Fousseyni Traore.

Hall scored a career-high 23 points on 9 of 14 shooting but madejust 3 of 6 from the free-throw line for BYU (14-10, 4-5).Fousseyni Traore added 11 points and eight rebounds.

NO. 24 CLEMSON 82, FLORIDA STATE 81

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Chase Hunter drove the lane and drew afoul, sinking the free throw, to help Clemson escape with a winover Florida State.

Hunter Tyson scored 27 points on 10 of 17 shooting for Clemson(18-4, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which halted an eight-gameroad losing streak to Florida State. Hunter finished with 25.

Matthew Cleveland scored 15 of his 18 points in the second halffor Florida State (7-15, 5-6), which made a season-high 133-pointers. Caleb Mills and Darin Green Jr. each hit four3-pointers for the Seminoles. Freshman forward Baba Miller had hisbest game, scoring 11 points and pulling down four rebounds in 20minutes.