No. 6 Marquette clinches first outright Big East title

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Kolek had 21 pointsand 10 assists, and No. 6 Marquette clinched its first outright BigEast championship by beating Butler 72-56 on Tuesday night.

The victory was the fifth in a row and 10th in 11 games for thesurprising Golden Eagles (24-6, 16-3), picked ninth by the league’scoaches in the preseason poll.

Marquette, which had already secured a share of its first BigEast title since 2013, had not won an outright regular-season crownsince doing so in Conference USA in 2003.

Olivier-Maxence Prosper added 14 points and Oso Ighodaro had 12for the Golden Eagles, who will be the top seed in the Big EastTournament at Madison Square Garden — an event Marquette has neverwon.

Jayden Taylor scored 13 and Jalen Thomas had 10 for Butler(14-16, 6-13), which finished 4-6 in Big East home games.

NO. 3 KANSAS 67, TEXAS TECH 63

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jalen Wilson scored 21 points in his AllenFieldhouse farewell, fellow senior Kevin McCullar Jr. added 14points and nine rebounds, and Kansas clinched a share of the Big 12regular-season championship.

Dajuan Harris had 16 points for the Jayhawks (25-5, 13-4), whowould capture the outright crown if ninth-ranked Texas loses to No.22 TCU on Wednesday night. Otherwise, the Jayhawks — now with anNCAA-leading 64 conference championships — would need to beat theLonghorns in a head-to-head showdown Saturday in Austin.

De’Vion Harmon had 15 points to lead Texas Tech (16-14, 5-12),which was just 3 of 16 from the 3-point line. Kevin Obanor added 14points, Fardaws Aimaq had 13 points and 18 rebounds, and Pop Isaacsfinished with 11 points.

NO. 12 TENNESSEE 75, ARKANSAS 57

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Olivier Nkamhoua scored 16 points andTennessee earned its second consecutive win.

Despite the victory, the Volunteers (22-8, 11-6 SoutheasternConference) may have sustained a significant loss. Three minutesinto the game, sophomore point guard Zakai Zeigler, who bringsenergy on offense and defense, went down with an injury to his leftknee. The extent of the injury wasn’t immediately known, but he didnot return.

Santiago Vescovi, who took over the role of point guard forZeigler, added 14 points and Josiah-Jordan James scored 11.

Anthony Black and Davonte Davis each scored 13 for theRazorbacks (19-11, 8-9). Nick Smith Jr. scored 14 and Ricky Council11.

NO. 13 VIRGINIA 64, CLEMSON 57

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jayden Gardner had 12 points andnine rebounds, Armaan Franklin and Isaac McKneely each scored 12,and Virginia stopped a two-game skid.

The Cavaliers (22-6, 14-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) moved intoa tie for second place in the league with No. 16 Miami with onegame remaining.

PJ Hall led the Tigers (21-9, 13-6) with 19 points and HunterTyson had 17. Clemson got within 59-55 with 33 seconds left, butVirginia made five free throws and had a steal, sending the Tigersto their fifth loss in eight games.

IOWA 90, NO. 15 INDIANA 68

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kris Murray scored 26 points, TonyPerkins flirted with the first triple-double in Iowa history andthe Hawkeyes defeated Indiana.

Perkins had 23 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high eightassists for Iowa (19-11, 11-8 Big Ten).

Trayce Jackson-Davis led the Hoosiers (20-10, 11-8) with 26points and 13 rebounds. He became the school’s career reboundingleader with 1,096 — on a night the Hoosiers lost their fourth in arow in the series.

BOISE STATE 66, NO. 18 SAN DIEGO STATE 60

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Max Rice scored 26 points and reeled off 12straight points in a 14-0 run to close out the game and Boise Stateremained perfect at home in conference play.

The Broncos (23-7, 13-4 Mountain West Conference) avenged a20-point loss to San Diego State on Feb. 3. It was the Broncos’first win over a ranked team this season. Tyson Degenhart scored 14for Boise State, while Naje Smith added 10.

San Diego State (23-6, 14-3), which had already claimed a shareof the conference crown with its buzzer-beating win over New Mexicoon Saturday, failed to hold onto a late nine-point lead. MattBradley paced San Diego State with 16 points, and Micah Parrishchipped in 11.

NO. 24 TEXAS A&M 69, MISSISSIPPI 61

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Tyrece Radford scored 13 points as TexasA&M erased an early 12-point deficit to beat Mississippi.

Wade Taylor IV added 12 points and seven assists and JuliusMarble scored 10 for the Aggies, who went 13 of 16 from thefree-throw line in the second half to stave off the Rebels’ attemptat a late rally.

Texas A&M (22-8, 14-3 Southeastern Conference) trailed 20-8after seven minutes but took a 29-26 lead on Taylor’s 3-pointerwith 4:06 left in the first half. The Aggies never trailedagain.

Matthew Murrell made 8 of 11 from 3-point range and scored 26points to lead Ole Miss (11-19, 3-13).