FORT WORTH, Texas — Desmond Bane scored 23 points, with eight straight in TCU’s tiebreaking run as the Horned Frogs upended No. 2 Baylor 75-72 on Saturday.
Bane made a long tiebreaking 3-pointer with 4:42 left that put the Horned Frogs (16-13, 7-9 Big 12) ahead to stay. After blocking a shot by Jared Butler, Bane then made a turnaround jumper before adding another 3 to make it 63-55 with just over three minutes left. That was part of a bigger 18-1 spurt that Bane had started with another 3-pointer.
Baylor (25-3, 14-2) lost for the second time in three games since winning a Big 12-record 23 games in a row.
No. 1 KANSAS 62,
KANSAS STATE 58
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Devon Dotson scored 25 points to help top-ranked Kansas absorb the loss of center Udoka Azubuike for long stretches of the game, and the cold-shooting Jayhawks held on to beat Kansas State for their 14th straight win.
Azubuike finished with six points and nine rebounds while playing just 20 minutes after hurting his ankle in the opening minutes. David McCormack came off the bench to score nine in his place, helping the Jayhawks (26-3, 15-1) edge closer to clinching at least a share of another Big 12 championship.
No. 5 SAN DIEGO ST. 83, NEVADA 76
RENO, Nevada — Malachi Flynn scored 36 points on 13-of-20 shooting and San Diego State overcame a 13-point second-half deficit to beat Nevada.
K.J. Feagin briefly left with a rolled ankle, but returned and finished with 14 points for the Aztecs (28-1, 17-1 Mountain West).
CLEMSON 70,
No. 6 FLORIDA STATE 69
CLEMSON, S.C. — Freshman Al-Amir Dawes hit a twisting, driving bucket with a second left and Clemson toppled another highly ranked team, rallying past Florida State.
Trent Forrest had put Florida State up by a point with a short jumper with 8.4 seconds left. Dawes then took the ball down the right side of the lane and flipped up the game-winning shot.
VIRGINIA 52, No. 7 DUKE 50
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Mamadi Diakite made a short, go-ahead jumper with 37 seconds left and Jay Huff blocked Vernon Carey Jr.’s shot under the basket with 3.7 remaining as Virginia ended a three-game home losing streak against Duke with a victory.
Huff led Virginia (21-7, 13-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) with 15 points, nine rebounds and 10 blocked shots — none bigger than when he rejected Carey’s attempt from in close with the Cavaliers leading 51-50. Huff also ripped the ball away, was fouled and made one of two free throws at the other end.
No. 8 KENTUCKY 73,
No. 15 AUBURN 66
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Immanuel Quickley had 18 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, Kentucky used a big run in the first half before holding off Auburn and clinch the Southeastern Conference regular season championship.
No. 24 MICHIGAN ST. 78, No. 9 MARYLAND 66
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Cassius Winston scored 20 points, including a buzzer-beating, 60-foot shot to end a sensational first half for Michigan State in a victory over Maryland that denied the Terrapins’ bid to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular-season title.
The Spartans (20-9, 12-6) bolted to a 17-5 lead and never trailed in dealing Maryland its first home loss of the season.
PROVIDENCE 58,
No. 12 VILLANOVA 54
PHILADELPHIA — Luwane Pipkins scored 27 points to lead Providence to its fifth win over a Top 25 team this month, holding off Villanova.
The Friars (17-12, 10-6) boosted their NCAA Tournament resume with a win in Philly, where they led for the balance of the game. Providence already knocked off Butler, Creighton, Seton Hall and Marquette during their ranked-win streak in February. The Friars won their fourth straight game overall and have put behind a disastrous start to the season — which included losses to Long Beach State and College of Charleston — to aid their tournament chances.
No. 13 SETON HALL 88, MARQUETTE 79
MILWAUKEE — Myles Powell scored 28 points and Sandro Mamukelashvili added 26 as Seton Hall built a big second-half lead and then held off Marquette.
Seton Hall (21-7, 13-3 Big East) led 44-35 at the half and extended the margin to 24 points midway through the final 20 minutes before Marquette rallied to 84-79 on a 3-pointer by Sacar Anim with 34 seconds left.
No. 18 IOWA 77,
No. 16 PENN STATE 68
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Luka Garza scored 25 points and had 17 rebounds as Iowa pulled away in the second half for a win over Penn State.
Garza extended his streak of 20 or more points against Big Ten teams to 14 games, a school record. It was Garza’s 14th double-double of the season. He struggled in the first half, going 3 of 16 from the field, but found room to work inside in the second half, making 8 of 12 shots.
No. 17 BYU 81,
PEPPERDINE 64
MALIBU, Calif. — Yoeli Childs scored a career-high 38 points and BYU completed a perfect February as it rallied for a victory over Pepperdine.
The Cougars trailed 37-32 before they went on an 11-3 run to seize control and extend their winning streak to nine. Childs, a 6-foot-8 senior forward, keyed the rally with eight straight points and also scored 12 of the Cougars’ first 22 points in the second half.
OKLAHOMA 73,
No. 20 WEST VIRGINIA 62
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kristian Doolittle scored 19 points two days after undergoing surgery to repair a broken nose and Oklahoma boosted its NCAA Tournament hopes with a victory over West Virginia.
Oklahoma (18-11, 8-8 Big 12) built a 21-point lead in the second half and cruised from there to complete a regular-season sweep of the reeling Mountaineers (19-10, 7-9).
TEXAS 68,
No. 22 TEXAS TECH 58
LUBBOCK, Texas — Andrew Jones had a career-high 22 points and Texas scored the game’s last eight points over the final minute, stretching its winning streak to four games with a victory at Texas Tech.
