No. 2 Kansas extends home win streak against Oklahoma to 22

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams scored acareer-high 22 points and No. 2 Kansas closed the game on an 18-4run to beat Oklahoma 79-75 on Tuesday night.

Kansas (14-1, 3-0 Big 12) got 17 points from Jalen Wilson, 11from Dajuan Harris and 10 from Zach Clemence. The Jayhawks have won22 straight games against Oklahoma in Allen Fieldhouse, including16 straight under coach Bill Self.

Oklahoma (10-5, 1-2 Big 12) was led by Grant Sherfield’sseason-high 25 points. Sam Godwin added 12 points, Milos Uzan had11 and Tanner Groves had 10.

Kansas went more than 12 minutes without a field goal in thesecond half, but Adams ended that streak with a thunderous dunk atthe 5:06 mark.

NO. 5 TENNESSEE 77, VANDERBILT 68

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Santiago Vescovi and Julian Phillipseach scored 15 points as Tennessee recovered from a halftimedeficit to pull out a win over Vanderbilt.

Vescovi scored 12 of his points in the second half to lead therecovery for the Volunteers (14-2, 4-0 Southeastern Conference),who won their 25th straight game at Thompson-Boling Arena. UrosPlavsic contributed 11 points.

Vandy’s 7-foot Liam Robbins won the battle of the big men with18 points off the bench. Noah Shelby had 12 points and JordanWright added 13 for Vanderbilt (8-8, 1-2).

NO. 11 KANSAS STATE 65, OKLAHOMA STATE 57

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Markquis Nowell scored 20 points andfound Keyontae Johnson for an alley-oop dunk with 38 seconds leftas Kansas State held off Oklahoma State.

Johnson added 12 points and Desi Sills had 11 for the Wildcats(15-1, 4-0 Big 12), who won their ninth straight and matched theirvictory total from last season. Predicted to finish last in the Big12, Kansas State went from unranked last week to just outside thetop 10 in the AP poll.

Kalib Boone scored 23 points and Caleb Asberry had 15 for theCowboys (9-7, 1-3), who have lost three of four, all by 10 pointsor fewer.

NO. 13 VIRGINIA 65, NORTH CAROLINA 58

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Ben Vander Plas had 17 points andeight rebounds and Virginia used a 17-2 second-half run to beatNorth Carolina, which lost leading scorer and rebounder ArmandoBacot to a left ankle injury.

Reece Beekman scored 13 points and Armaan Franklin had 12 pointsand nine rebounds as the Cavaliers (12-3, 4-2 Atlantic CoastConference) won their eighth straight meeting with the Tar Heels atJohn Paul Jones Arena.

Bacot rolled his ankle 1:18 into the game and did not return. RJDavis led the Tar Heels (11-6, 3-3) with 16 points and Caleb Loveand Jalen Washington added 13 each. Washington, a freshman, played27 minutes in Bacot’s absence.

NO. 14 IOWA STATE 84, TEXAS TECH 50

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Gabe Kalscheur scored a season-high 25 pointsto help Iowa State roll past Texas Tech.

Kalscheur made five of six shots from 3-point range and was 10of 14 overall as the Cyclones (13-2, 4-0 Big 12) coasted to theirsixth straight win.

Jaren Holmes added 15 points. Caleb Grill finished with 14 afterhitting four of his first six 3-pointers. Iowa State finished 12 of22 from behind the arc.

De’Vion Harmon led Tech (10-6, 0-4) with 14 points.

MICHIGAN STATE 69, NO. 18 WISCONSIN 65

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A.J. Hoggard made a tiebreaking layup with41 seconds left and Michigan State rallied past Wisconsin for itsseventh consecutive victory in a game that had 14 lead changes.

Wisconsin (11-4, 3-2 Big Ten) was playing its second straightgame without leading scorer and three-year starter Tyler Wahl, whoaverages 13.2 points per game.

Joey Hauser had 20 points for Michigan State (12-4, 4-1), whichwon its first road game since Dec. 7. Tyson Walker added 13 points,Jaden Akins 12 and Hoggard 10.

Steven Crowl scored 19 points, Chucky Hepburn 14 and ConnorEssegian 13 for Wisconsin.

NO. 21 AUBURN 82, OLE MISS 73

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Wendell Green Jr. scored 23 points,including 18 in the second half, and Auburn dominated afterhalftime to beat Mississippi.

Auburn (13-3, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) trailed 35-34 at thebreak but put together runs of 6-0, 10-2 and 9-4 in the opening 10minutes of the second half.

Johni Broome had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Allen Flanigan added15 points and Jaylin Williams scored 11 for the Tigers, who shot 17of 28 (60.7%) in the second half.

Matthew Murrell led Ole Miss (8-8, 0-4) with 24 points, addingsix rebounds and four assists. Tye Fagan scored 13 points andJaemyn Brakefield added 12 for the Rebels, who lost their fifthstraight.

NO. 23 SAN DIEGO STATE 74, NEVADA 65

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Matt Bradley scored 17 points and Lamont Butleradded 15 and San Diego State took sole possession of first place inthe Mountain West Conference.

The Aztecs (13-3, 4-0 MWC) dominated on both ends of SteveFisher Court in a showdown between the last two undefeated teams inthe conference to extend their winning streak to six games. KeshadJohnson added 11 points for SDSU, which has beaten Nevada ninestraight times.

Nick Davidson scored 17, Kenan Blackshear 12 and Jarod Lucas 11for Nevada (14-4, 4-1), whose six-game winning streak wassnapped.