No. 2 Alabama rallies from 17 down to top rival Auburn in OT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jahvon Quinerly scored24 points, Brandon Miller made the clinching free throws with sixseconds left and No. 2 Alabama rallied from a 17-point deficitbefore beating archrival Auburn 90-85 in overtime Wednesdaynight.

The Crimson Tide (26-4, 16-1 Southeastern Conference) clinchedoutright their second regular-season SEC title in three years butcontinued to live on the edge over a troubling eight days thatincluded courtroom revelations in a capital murder trial.

Miller rebounded teammate Jaden Bradley’s missed dunk and drew afoul, making both free throws. Noah Clowney had blocked K.D.Johnson’s layup attempt on the other end.

The Tigers (19-11, 9-8), who had three key players foul out,couldn’t close it out after leading almost the entire way inregulation. They were up 17 with under 11 minutes left.

Alabama won its fourth straight but the past three have gonedown to the wire since courtroom revelations tied freshmen Millerand Bradley to the scene of a murder. Neither has been charged oraccused of a crime, but then-teammate Darius Miles and another manare facing capital murder charges.

Police said Miles texted Miller asking him to bring the gun.

NO. 22 TCU 75, NO. 9 TEXAS 73

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Damion Baugh scored a career-high 24points, Emanuel Miller had 20 and TCU denied Texas a chance to playfor a share of the Big 12 title in its upcoming regular-seasonfinale.

Baugh scored on a breakaway layup off the opening tip and theHorned Frogs (20-10, 9-8 Big 12) never trailed. It was the secondloss in a row and third in five games for the Longhorns (22-8,11-6), who haven’t won a regular-season conference crown since2008.

Texas hosts third-ranked Kansas (25-5, 13-4) on Saturday. TheJayhawks had already clinched at least a piece of the Big 12 titleTuesday night, and now know they won’t have to share it.

Sir’Jabari Rice scored 16 points for the Longhorns, and TyreseHunter had 15.

NO. 10 GONZAGA 104, CHICAGO STATE 65

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Drew Timme scored 17 points in what’sexpected to be his final home game at Gonzaga, and the Bulldogstrounced Chicago State in a postseason tune-up.

Timme made his 99th start at Gonzaga. The senior forward rankssecond on the school’s career scoring list, 21 points behind FrankBurgess (1958-61).

The 6-foot-10 Timme has played four seasons at Gonzaga but couldreturn for a fifth because of extra eligibility granted by the NCAAdue to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has not announced any definitiveplans.

Fellow senior Rasir Bolton added 15 points for the Zags (26-5),who won their seventh straight game. Malachi Smith scored 14.

Jahsean Corbett led Chicago State (11-19) with 22 points andseven rebounds.

Gonzaga added the game to avoid going more than a week withoutplaying before the West Coast Conference Tournament in LasVegas.

NO. 11 KANSAS STATE 85, OKLAHOMA 69

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Desi Sills flirted with a triple-doublein his Bramlage Coliseum farewell and Kansas State held on to beatOklahoma.

Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell also had big seniorsend-offs for the Wildcats. Sills finished with 15 points, ninerebounds and eight assists, while Johnson had 16 points and Nowelladded 11 points and 10 assists to help Kansas State (23-7, 11-6 Big12) snap a three-game skid against the Sooners.

Nae’Qwan Tomlin scored 19 points for Kansas State, which led by20 early in the second half before the Sooners (14-16, 4-13) made alate run. Milos Uzan had 20 points to lead Oklahoma.

NO. 14 UCONN 88, DEPAUL 59

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Adama Sanogo scored 26 points to leadfive UConn players in double figures and the Huskies closed outtheir home schedule in emphatic style with an easy win overskidding DePaul.

Andre Jackson filled up the stat sheet for Connecticut (23-7,12-7 Big East) with 11 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.Tristen Newton added 12 points for the Huskies, who have won fourstraight and seven of eight.

Nick Ongenda tied a career high with 17 points for DePaul (9-21,3-16), which has lost 11 in a row.

UConn put the game away early, opening on a 29-2 run.

NO. 19 XAVIER 94, NO. 20 PROVIDENCE 89

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Souley Boum scored a season-high 33points and Colby Jones added a career-best 29 to help Xavier beatProvidence and clinch the No. 2 seed in the Big EastTournament.

Ed Croswell had 17 points with 13 rebounds, and Bryce Hopkinsalso scored 17 for Providence, which cut a 22-point first-halfdeficit to two in the second half.

It was the Friars’ first loss at home in 16 games thisseason.

With one game remaining, Xavier (22-8, 14-5 Big East) has aone-game lead over Providence (21-9, 13-6) and controls thetiebreaker, having swept their two regular-season matchups.

OHIO STATE 73, NO. 21 MARYLAND 62

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Felix Okpara had 12 points and 12 reboundsto help Ohio State finish its home schedule with a win overMaryland.

Justice Sueing had 16 points to lead six Buckeyes in doublefigures. Ohio State (13-17, 5-14 Big Ten) jumped ahead early with a12-0 run and didn’t give up the lead the rest of the way.

Julian Reese had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Terrapins(20-10, 11-8).

VANDERBILT 68, NO. 23 KENTUCKY 66

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Jordan Wright hit a go-ahead fall-awayjumper in the lane with 2.6 seconds remaining to finish with 23points, and Vanderbilt topped Kentucky for its first win at RuppArena since January 2007.

The surging Commodores (17-13, 10-7 Southeastern Conference)earned their seventh win in eight games and are 7-3 since losing toKentucky 69-53 last month in Nashville.

Wright’s drive tied the game with 42 seconds left, and TyrinLawrence grabbed Antonio Reeves’ missed jumper with 20 seconds togo.

Reeves’ 3-point attempt missed the rim altogether as timeexpired. Kentucky had won its previous four and re-entered therankings on Monday for the first time in seven weeks.

Oscar Tshiebwe had 21 points and 20 rebounds for the Wildcats(20-10, 11-6).

NOTRE DAME 88, NO. 25 PITTSBURGH 81

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Marcus Hammond and Cormac Ryan eachscored 20 points as Notre Dame beat Pittsburgh to win longtimecoach Mike Brey’s final home game.

Nate Laszewski and Trey Wertz each added 14 points for theFighting Irish (11-19, 3-16 Atlantic Coast Conference), who snappeda seven-game losing streak.

Brey, stepping down at season’s end, received warm ovations fromthe crowd before and after the game. He improved to 315-76 atPurcell Pavilion over 23 years as Notre Dame coach.

Jamarius Burton, Nelly Cummings and Nike Sibande all scored 19points for Pittsburgh. Blake Hinson added 15 points and 13 reboundsfor the Panthers (21-9, 14-5), who lost for only the second time in10 games. They were playing their first game since moving into theAP Top 25 for the first time in seven years.