NO. 2 VIRGINIA 79,
SYRACUSE 53
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome and De'Andre
Hunter led a long-range assault, combining for 18 3-pointers as
No.2 Virginia broke open a tight game in the second half and cruised to a 79-53
victory over Syracuse on Monday night.
The Cavaliers (27-2, 15-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), whose
only two losses were to Duke, has won seven straight since losing for the
second time to the Blue Devils and leads North Carolina by a half game in the
ACC.
Syracuse (19-11, 10-7) was torched for eight 3-pointers
during a 27-3 spurt. After falling behind by one point, the Cavaliers outscored
Syracuse 37-10 over the final 15 minutes and set a record for 3-pointers
allowed by the Orange.
Guy finished with 25 points; Hunter had 21, and Jerome 16.
They finished a combined 18 of 24 from behind the arc.
Tyus Battle,
the Orange's leading scorer, finished 5 of 19 for 11 points. Elijah Hughes and Buddy Boeheim also
had 11 points apiece.
NO. 8 TEXAS TECH 70, TEXAS 51
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Jarrett
Culver scored 16 points, Matt Mooney added
15 and Texas Tech stayed even with Kansas State atop the Big 12 with one game
remaining.
Brandone
Francis scored all 12 of his points in the second half in an
eighth straight win for the Red Raiders (25-5, 13-4 Big 12).
No. 18 Kansas State rolled to a 64-52 win at TCU on Monday,
so the Wildcats and Red Raiders have a shot at the Big 12 regular-season title
Saturday. Kansas State is home against Oklahoma, and Texas Tech visits Iowa
State.
The Big 12 co-leaders also left 13th-ranked Kansas' streak
of 14 consecutive conference titles in jeopardy. The streak could end with a KU
loss at Oklahoma on Tuesday night or a win by either Kansas State or Texas Tech
this weekend.
Matt Coleman led the Longhorns (16-14, 8-9) with 16 points,
but Texas struggled all night to get in sync on offense and finished shooting
30 percent.
NO. 18 KANSAS STATE 64, TCU 52
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Barry Brown had 16 points to lead four
Kansas State players in double figures and the Wildcats maintained a share of
the Big 12 lead with one game remaining in the regular season.
Kansas State (23-7, 13-4 Big 12) went ahead to stay with a
tiebreaking 13-4 run to end the first half, then scored the first 10 points
after halftime.
Kamau Stokes added
15 points for the Wildcats, who remained tied with No. 8 Texas Tech (25-5,
13-4) atop the Big 12 standings.
Kevin Samuel had
17 points and seven rebounds to lead TCU (18-12, 6-11), while RJ Nembhard scored
12 points.
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