Providence beats No. 4 UConn 73-61 for 8th straight win

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Bryce Hopkins scored 27points and Providence dominated the second half and knocked offfourth-ranked UConn 73-61 on Wednesday night for its eighthstraight victory.

Noah Locke added 17 points to help the Friars (13-3, 5-0) earntheir second win over a ranked team this season and remain unbeatenin the Big East. It was Providence’s first win over the Huskies atAmica Mutual Pavilion since Feb. 20, 2012, when the Friars won72-70.

Jordan Hawkins led the Huskies (14-2, 3-2) with 15 points, andDonovan Clingan added 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The Huskies have lost two in a row after opening the season with14 straight wins and winning their first three conferencegames.

GEORGIA TECH 76, NO. 12 MIAMI 70

ATLANTA (AP) — Lance Terry scored a season-high 24 points, MilesKelly added 20 and Georgia Tech snapped Miami’s nine-game winningstreak.

The Yellow Jackets (8-6, 1-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) closedthe game on a 12-0 run that ended with a pair of free throws byKelly with 16.5 seconds remaining. That ended the scoring.

Miami (13-2, 4-1) didn’t score over the last four-plus minutes.Jordan Miller and Norchad Omier each led the Hurricanes with 17points, and Nijel Pack had 13.

NO. 13 ARKANSAS 74, NO. 20 MISSOURI 68

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Ricky Council scored 25 points andJoseph Pinion scored 13 off the bench as Arkansas rallied from a17-point deficit to beat Missouri.

The Razorbacks (12-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) didn’t leaduntil back-to-back fast-break buckets from Council and guard DevoDavis provided a one-point advantage with 14:24 left.

Missouri (12-2, 1-1) had stifled Arkansas and built its lead to17 points with its zone defense in the first half, limiting theRazorbacks to 36% shooting from the field and 2 for 12 from 3-pointrange.

Sean East led Missouri with 13 points, while Nick Honor and KobeBrown added 12 and 11, respectively.

N.C. STATE 84, NO. 16 DUKE 60

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Terquavion Smith scored 24 points and N.C.State jumped all over Duke from the opening tip.

Jarkel Joiner added 21 points, nine assists and six rebounds forthe Wolfpack (12-4, 2-3 ACC), who scored the game’s first 15 pointsand led by 22 by halftime in a shocking romp.

While the Wolfpack pounced, the Blue Devils (11-4, 2-2) watchedearly shots roll off the rim or be swatted away. They compoundedtheir problems by piling up turnovers in a game that quickly gotaway.

Freshman Kyle Filipowski scored 14 points to lead Duke, whichshot 40% and just 5 of 15 from 3-point range. Duke also committed21 turnovers, many fueling the Wolfpack’s 25 fast-break points.

NO. 17 TCU 88, NO. 19 BAYLOR 87

WACO, Texas (AP) — Chuck O’Bannon made a jumper with 4 secondsleft and TCU rallied to beat Baylor, extending the Horned Frogs’winning streak to 11 games.

The Frogs (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) got the ball back after a missed3-pointer by Baylor’s Jaylen Bridges that went out of bounds with10 seconds left. Mike Miles Jr., who scored a career-high 33points, had the ball, but passed to O’Bannon in front of the TCUbench.

Baylor freshman Keyonte George scored a season-high 27 points,but he missed a contested drive to the hoop as the game ended.

Damian Baugh and Eddie Lampkin both had 15 points for TCU, whichhas come back from double-digit deficits in each of its first twoBig 12 games. Lampkin had five points in the final 1:45.

Adam Flagler and LJ Cryer had 13 points each for Baylor (10-4,0-2), which had its 13-game home winning streak snapped.

GEORGIA 76, NO. 22 AUBURN 64

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Terry Roberts overcame early foul trouble tomatch his career high with 26 points and Georgia made first-yearcoach Mike White’s Southeastern Conference debut with the Bulldogsmemorable by beating Auburn.

Auburn (11-3, 1-1 SEC) trailed most of the game despite JohniBroome’s 22 points and 12 rebounds. The Tigers couldn’t stage aserious late comeback, pulling no closer than eight points in thefinal 3 minutes.

Kario Oquendo had 17 points for Georgia (11-3, 1-0), whichcelebrated its SEC opener after a strong nonconference showingunder White, the former Florida coach.

NO. 23 CHARLESTON 92, N.C. A&T 79

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Dalton Bolon tallied his first careerdouble-double with 22 points and 10 boards as the College ofCharleston won its 14th straight game by notching a victory overN.C. A&T.

Charleston (15-1, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) is off toits best single-season start since joining the Division I ranks in1991.

Bolon — who was one of five Charleston players to score indouble digits — made 10 of 16 shots for the Cougars and also dishedout two assists. Ante Brzovic and Pat Robinson III each scored 12points, while Raekwon Horton and Ben Burnham both had 11.

Kam Woods scored a career-high 30 points to lead N.C. A&T(6-10, 1-2). Duncan Powell added 20 points for the Aggies, whileMarcus Watson had 12 points and 12 boards.

NO. 25 IOWA STATE 63, OKLAHOMA 60

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Caleb Grill scored 20 points and Iowa Stateheld on to beat Oklahoma.

Osun Osunniyi added 12 points and eight rebounds for theCyclones (11-2, 2-0 Big 12).

Jalen Hill scored 16 and Tanner Groves had 15 points and eightrebounds for the Sooners (9-5, 0-2). Oklahoma was coming off a70-69 home loss to No. 6 Texas.

Oklahoma’s Grant Sherfield, who was averaging 18.3 points pergame, finished with four points on 1 for 7 shooting.