NO. 1 TENNESSEE
72, MISSOURI 60
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Admiral
Schofield and Grant
Williams scored 13 points each as No. 1 Tennessee defeated
Missouri 72-60 on Tuesday night to extend its school-record winning streak to
17 games.
Tennessee (21-1, 9-0 SEC) has the longest active winning
streak of any Division I team. This latest victory also enabled Rick Barnes to
match the longest winning streak of his 32-year head coaching career.
Barnes' 2009-10 Texas team won its first 17 games before stumbling
down the stretch to finish 24-10 with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss.
Jordan Bowden had
12 points and Jordan Bone added
11 for the Volunteers. Bone also had seven assists.
Javon Pickett scored
12 points, Jordan Geist had
11 and Xavier Pinson added
10 for Missouri, which lost for the fourth time in the last five games.
Missouri (11-10, 2-7) made five straight shots to take an
early 17-13 lead and then missed 16 of its next 17 shots as Tennessee went on
an 18-2 spurt.
NO. 2 DUKE 80, BOSTON COLLEGE 55
DURHAM, N.C. -- Freshman Cameron Reddish scored 24 points,
and Duke pulled away to beat Boston College.
Zion
Williamson had 16 points and a season-best 17 rebounds, RJ Barrett finished
with 19 points and Tre Jones added
11 points for the Blue Devils (20-2, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference).
They overcame some shaky early shooting by shooting 63
percent after halftime to claim their sixth straight win, and they will be no
worse than tied for first in the league standings when they visit No. 3
Virginia on Saturday night.
Jordan
Chatman scored 16 points while North Carolina native Ky Bowman finished
with 11 -- he averages 20.8 -- on 5-of-17 shooting while facing constant
pressure from Jones. BC (11-10, 2-7) gave Duke fits for a half before fading
down the stretch of its third straight loss.
NO. 5 KENTUCKY 76, SOUTH CAROLINA 48
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- PJ Washington scored
20 points, and Kentucky routed South Carolina for its ninth consecutive
victory.
The Wildcats (19-3, 8-1 Southeastern Conference) shot just
41 percent but held the Gamecocks to just 28 percent in the second half and 36
percent overall.
Washington fell short of his fourth consecutive
double-double but posted his fourth 20-point game in the past five. Tyler Herro, Reid Travis each
added 11 points for the Wildcats.
The Wildcats stayed within a game of the conference lead and
improved to 28-2 at home against the Gamecocks (11-11, 6-3).
A.J. Lawson and Tre Campbell each
had 12 points for South Carolina.
NO. 7 MICHIGAN 77, RUTGERS 65
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Freshman Ignas
Brazdeikis scored 23 points and Michigan hit nine of its first
11 shots in opening a big lead and beating Rutgers.
Zavier
Simpson added 14 points, seven assists and seven rebounds as
the Wolverines (21-2, 10-2 Big Ten) bounced back from a dreadful performance in
a loss to Iowa to remain unbeaten in 11 all-games against the Scarlet Knights
(11-11, 4-8).
Jordan Poole added
15 points and Charles
Matthews had 11 in giving coach John Beilein his 121st win in
the conference for Michigan, a school record.
Eugene
Omoruyi, who spent a year in high school with Brazdekis in Ontario,
Canada, had 21 to lead Rutgers.
NO. 8 NORTH CAROLINA 113, N.C. STATE 96
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Luke Maye scored
a season-high 31 points to go with 12 rebounds, and North Carolina beat North
Carolina State.
Freshman Coby White added
21 points for the Tar Heels (18-4, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who swept
the regular-season set with their nearby rival for the 12th time in 16 seasons
under Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams.
UNC was in control all night, shooting 56 percent while
dominating the glass and repeatedly getting to the line.
Braxton
Beverly scored 17 points for the Wolfpack (16-7, 4-6), who were
coming off a woeful 24-point showing in Saturday's loss to Virginia Tech.
ILLINOIS 79, NO. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 74
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Ayo Dosunmu scored
24 points, and Illinois used a swarming defense to upset Michigan State.
Giorgi
Bezhanishvili scored 16 for Illinois (8-15, 4-9 Big Ten),
and Trent Frazier added
15 as the Illini handed the Spartans (18-5, 9-3) their third straight loss.
Cassius
Winston led the Spartans with 21 points. Xavier
Tillman added 16.
Illinois took a 71-68 lead on Dosunmu's 3-pointer with 2:35
left. Dosunmu made another 3 with 1:57 remaining, and the Illini held on from
there.
ST. JOHN'S 70, NO. 10 MARQUETTE 69
MILWAUKEE -- Shamorie
Ponds scored 28 points, including a go-ahead layup with 16
seconds left, to give St. John's the victory over Marquette.
The loss ended an eight-game winning streak for the Golden
Eagles and was their first defeat at their new home this season after 14
victories.
Hauser scored 19 points and Howard 17 for Marquette (19-4,
8-2 Big East), which lost at St. John's 89-69 on Jan. 1.
Justin Simon added
19 points and Mustapha
Heron scored 10 for St. John's (17-6, 5-5).
KANSAS STATE 74, NO. 13 KANSAS 67
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Barry Brown scored 18 points, Xavier Sneed hit
a crucial 3-pointer with a minute to go, and Kansas State roughed up Kansas to
snap a frustrating eight-game losing streak against its biggest rival.
Sneed finished with 14 points and Dean Wade added
12 for the Wildcats (17-5, 7-2), who not only maintained their place atop the
Big 12 but dealt another tough road loss to the Jayhawks.
Kansas (17-6, 6-4) is just 1-6 in true road games this
season.
Dedric Lawson led
the Jayhawks with 18 points and nine rebounds, but the league's leading scorer
was just 6 of 15 from the floor.
NO. 22 FLORIDA STATE 80, SYRACUSE 62
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Terance Mann scored
22 points, Mfiondu
Kabengele added 18 and Florida State beat Syracuse.
Florida State (17-5, 5-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) won its
fourth straight after starting conference play with four losses in five games,
including consecutive setbacks on the road to Boston College and Pittsburgh.
Syracuse (16-7, 7-3 ACC) entered the game 2/3 against ranked
teams, having beaten two on the road. But the Orange fell far behind early
against the Seminoles, rallied to within a point in the second half and then fizzled
at the end.
Tyus Battle led
Syracuse with 23 points, Elijah Hughes had
17 and Oshae
Brissett had 16 points and 12 rebounds.
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