Vanderbilt’s late three-pointer stuns No. 6 Tennessee 66-65

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrin Lawrence knockeddown a 3-pointer from the right corner at the buzzer as theVanderbilt Commodores snapped an 11-game skid against its in-staterival by upsetting sixth-ranked Tennessee 66-65 on Wednesdaynight.

Students rushed the court and joined the Commodores (12-12, 5-6)in celebrating easily the biggest win in coach Jerry Stackhouse’sfourth season.

Tennessee (19-5, 8-2) had a chance to finish off the win afterOlivier Nkamhoua knocked down a 15-foot jumper with 50 seconds leftfor a 65-63 lead. Liam Robbins missed a turnaround jumper with 27seconds for Vanderbilt, and Zakai Zeigler grabbed the rebound.

Lawrence finished with a team-high 19 points. Robbins added 14and nine rebounds, and Jordan Wright had 12.

Santiago Vescovi and Tyreke Key each had 14 to lead Tennessee.Nkamhoua and Julian Phillips added 10 apiece.

NO. 2 HOUSTON 80, TULSA 42

HOUSTON (AP) — Marcus Sasser scored 25 points and had five3-pointers, Emanuel Sharp added 13 points and Houston earned itsfifth straight win.

Sasser scored 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting in the first half asthe Cougars (23-2, 11-1 American Athletic Conference) built a 46-18halftime lead. The senior guard had the first 12 points in a 24-2run that gave Houston a 31-12 lead with six minutes remaining inthe first half.

Tim Dalger scored 13 points, and Sam Griffin added 11 points forTulsa (5-18, 1-11).

NO. 3 ALABAMA 97, FLORIDA 69

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 24 points and made4 of 8 3-pointers to lead No. 3 Alabama over Florida.

The Crimson Tide (21-3, 11-0 Southeastern Conference) raced to a29-point halftime lead against the Gators (13-11, 6-5), who hadknocked off then-No. 2 Tennessee a week earlier.

Miller added nine rebounds and three assists for the Tide. MarkSears made 4 of 6 3s and scored 19 for Alabama, which buried 15shots from long range. Jahvon Quinerly had 11 points.

Colin Castleton led Florida with 29 points and 10 rebounds. Heaccounted for 13 of his team’s 23 in the first half and made 11 of14 free throws. Riley Kugel added 15 points and Will Richard scored11.

WEST VIRGINIA 76, NO. 11 IOWA STATE 71

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kedrian Johnson tied a career high with22 points, and West Virginia held off Iowa State.

Emmitt Mathews added a season-high 20 points for theMountaineers (15-9, 4-7 Big 12), who have won five of seven to gettheir season moving in the right direction after they dropped fivein a row during one stretch.

Jaren Holmes led the Cyclones (16-7, 7-4) with 18 points.Freshman Tamin Lipsey had a season-high 16 points and Caleb Grilladded 13.

NO. 14 BAYLOR 82, OKLAHOMA 72

WACO, Texas (AP) — Keyonte George had 23 points, Adam Flaglerscored 20 and big man Johnathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua made a couple ofkey 3-pointers as Baylor held on to beat Oklahoma.

Langston Love added 19 points for Baylor (18-6, 7-4 Big 12),which has won eight of nine overall since losing its first threeleague games.

The Sooners (12-12, 2-9) lost their sixth consecutive conferencegame, the last three since a still-hard-to-explain 93-69 win overthen-No. 2 Alabama in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

Grant Sherfield had 15 points, including four 3-pointers, forthe Sooners, and Milos Uzan added 11 points. Otega Oweh and JoeBamisile both scored 10.

NO. 20 PROVIDENCE 74, GEORGETOWN 62

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Bryce Hopkins scored 17 points andProvidence won for the fourth time in five games.

Devin Carter and Ed Croswell had 12 points apiece as the Friars(18-6, 10-3 Big East). Noah Locke added 11 points, shooting 3 of 5from 3-point range.

Bradley Ezewiro paced last-place Georgetown (6-19, 1-13) with 19points and Primo Spears added 18. Brandon Murray scored 16 as theHoyas dropped their fourth straight.

NO. 23 CREIGHTON 75, SETON HALL 62

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Baylor Scheierman had 19 points and ninerebounds, Ryan Nembhard added 15 on 6-of-7 shooting and dished outfour assists, and Creighton fended off a feisty Seton Hall.

Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 13 points and Arthur Kaluma had 11points and seven rebounds for the Bluejays (16-8, 10-3 BigEast).

Seton Hall (15-10, 8-6) opened up the second half with anAl-Amir Dawes 3-pointer to take the lead before Kalkbrenner quicklytied things up at 42. Tyrese Samuel drilled a 3-pointer in thecorner to give Seton Hall a 49-43 lead – its largest of the game –with 16:49 left.

Dawes had 19 points, Samuel had 11 points and Kadary Richmondadded 10 points for Seton Hall.

NO. 25 SAN DIEGO STATE 63, UTAH STATE 61

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Matt Bradley scored 18 points and San DiegoState held on to beat Utah State.

Bradley made his first seven shots and went 7 of 9 from thefield overall to help keep the Aztecs (19-5, 10-2 Mountain WestConference) atop the conference standings. Jaedon LeDee had 14points and 10 rebounds, while Micah Parrish added 12 points for SanDiego State. The Aztecs’ top three scorers grabbed a combined 22rebounds.

Steven Ashworth had 18 points, six assists and five rebounds forUtah State (19-6, 8-4). Taylor Funk added 11 points and eightrebounds for the Aggies, who lost at home for just the second timethis season.