Seton Hall rallies from 17 down, beats No. 15 UConn 67-66

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — KC Ndefo grabbed a reboundand made a follow-up layup with 1.6 seconds remaining to give SetonHall a 67-66 come-from-behind win over No. 15 UConn on Wednesdaynight.

Ndefo grabbed his eighth rebound of the game and scored thedecisive points as he was fouled on the play. He missed the ensuingfree throw, but helped Seton Hall rally from a 17-point first-halfdeficit. He finished with 14 points.

Kadary Richmond had a game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds forSeton Hall (12-8, 5-4 Big East)

Adama Sanogo had 16 points and five rebounds and Jordan Hawkinsadded 13 points and six rebounds for UConn (15-5, 4-5), which waswithout coach Dan Hurley and associate head coach Kimani Young dueto the coronavirus.

DEPAUL 73, NO. 8 XAVIER 72

CHICAGO (AP) — Umoja Gibson scored 22 points, Javan Johnsonadded 16 and DePaul surprised Xavier.

The Musketeers (15-4, 7-1 Big East) came in rolling with 11straight wins — their best run since the 2015-16 team got off to a12-0 start. But they came up short against the Blue Demons (9-10,3-5).

DePaul led by seven with about eight minutes remaining and madejust enough plays to come away with its first win over a top-10team since beating No. 5 Butler exactly three years earlier atWintrust Arena.

Zach Freemantle had 18 points and 12 rebounds for Xavier. JackNunge finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds. But Big East scoringleader Souley Boum scored a season-low four.

NO. 10 VIRGINIA 78, VIRGINIA TECH 68

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Kihei Clark had 20 points and becameVirginia’s career victories leader as a player with No. 111 as theCavaliers handed Virginia Tech its sixth straight loss.

Armaan Franklin added 15 points and Jayden Gardner 12 for theCavaliers (14-3, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). Clark was tiedwith Mamadi Diane (2017-20) on the overall victories list and with64 career ACC wins.

Darius Maddox led the Hokies (11-7, 1-6) with 13 points andGrant Basile had 12. Virginia Tech’s losing streak has come winning11 of its first 12 games.

WEST VIRGINIA 74, NO. 14 TCU 65

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kedrian Johnson scored 20 points andWest Virginia built a big early lead and outlasted TCU.

Jimmy Bell Jr. added 15 points and 12 rebounds for West Virginia(11-7, 1-5 Big 12), whose players slapped hands with the studentsection after breaking a five-game losing streak.

Mike Miles Jr. scored 21 points while Emanuel Miller and DamionBaugh had 13 apiece for TCU (14-4, 3-3), which has lost three ofits last four after starting the season 13-1.

NO. 16 AUBURN 67, LSU 49

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Wendell Green Jr. and Jaylin Williamseach scored 14 points to lead Auburn to its fourth straightvictory.

KJ Williams and Trae Hannibal scored 16 points apiece for LSU(12-6, 1-5 Southeastern Conference), which dropped its fifthstraight conference game.

Auburn (15-3, 5-1) never trailed in the game and was onlyseriously threatened in the early minutes of the second half.

LSU never trailed by fewer than 12 points over the last 10minutes of the game. After reducing its deficit to two points at37-35, LSU made four field goals the rest of the game.

NO. 20 MARQUETTE 83, NO. 22 PROVIDENCE 75

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kam Jones had 21 points and Tyler Kolek scored19 as Marquette defeated Providence for its sixth victory in sevengames.

Olivier-Maxence Prosper added 13 points for Marquette (15-5, 7-2Big East). Kolek also had eight rebounds and six assists.

Bryce Hopkins had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Friars(14-5, 6-2), who lost their second straight after a nine-gamewinning streak. Ed Croswell led Providence with 20 points, andDevin Carter had 18.

MISSOURI 79, NO. 25 ARKANSAS 76

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown scored 17 points and hit twofree throws with 29 seconds to lift Missouri over Arkansas.

DeAndre Gholston added 16 points and Sean East II added 12 forthe Tigers (14-4, 3-3 SEC), who avenged a 74-68 loss inFayetteville on Jan. 4.

Davonte Davis scored 18 points and Ricky Council IV had 13 forArkansas, which has lost four in a row. Anthony Black added 15points for the Razorbacks (12-6, 1-5).