No. 8 Virginia slows down No. 22 NC State 63-50

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jayden Gardnerscored 18 points and Reece Beekman added 15 and No. 8 Virginiacooled off red-hot No. 22 North Carolina State 63-50 on Tuesdaynight.

The Cavaliers (18-4, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) handed theWolfpack (19-6, 9-5) their second loss in 10 games and moved into ashare of first place in the conference with Clemson andPittsburgh.

The Wolfpack arrived leading the ACC with an average of 79.6points and were 19-2 when scoring at least 70, but became the 38thconsecutive league opponent held below 70 points at John Paul JonesArena.

Terquavion Smith led N.C. State with 19 points. Casey Morsell,who spent his first two seasons at Virginia and was jeered nearlyevery time he touched the ball in his first game back, had 18points before fouling out in the final minute.

Jarkel Joiner, the Wolfpack’s No. 2 scorer at 16.2 points pergame, missed 12 of his 14 shots and scored five points. D.J. BurnsJr. (eight points) was the only other Wolfpack player to score.

Reserve forward Kadin Shedrick, who did not play in Virginia’sloss at Virginia Tech on Saturday, had 10 points and six reboundsfor the Cavaliers.

NO. 21 UCONN 87, NO. 10 MARQUETTE 72

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jordan Hawkins scored 20 points andTristen Newton recorded his second triple-double of the season forUConn.

Newton had 12 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for the Huskies(19-6, 8-6 Big East), who won their third straight game afterlosing six of eight.

Adama Sanogo added 18 points, while Alex Karaban and NahiemAlleyne each chipped in with 13 for Connecticut, which nevertrailed.

Tyler Kolek had 17 points to lead Marquette (19-6, 11-3), whichhad its five-game winning streak snapped. Ben Gold and StevieMitchell each scored 12.

NO. 12 KANSAS STATE 82, NO. 17 TCU 61

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Markquis Nowell scored 18 points andKansas State finished strong, snapping a two-game skid.

The Wildcats outscored TCU 17-2 to end the game.

Kansas State (19-5, 7-4 Big 12), which lost to TCU earlier thisseason, moved within a game of first-place Texas in a crowdedconference race. The Wildcats are tied with Kansas, a half-gamebehind Iowa State.

TCU (17-7, 6-5) was led by Damion Baugh with 14 points.

NO. 18 INDIANA 66, NO. 24 RUTGERS 60

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 20 pointsand had 18 rebounds while reaching yet another major milestone forIndiana.

The fourth-year forward became the sixth player in schoolhistory with 2,000 career points and the first among them who alsohad 1,000 rebounds.

Jackson-Davis has 2,004 points, 1,035 rebounds and aschool-record 242 blocks. He’s hit all three milestones during astretch in which Indiana (17-7, 8-5 Big Ten) has won seven ofeight.

Clifford Omoruyi had 15 points to lead the Scarlet Knights(16-8, 8-5), who had won six straight over the Hoosiers.