Jayden Pierre hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 48 seconds to play to lift TCU to a 62-55 upset of No. 5 Iowa State in a Big 12 Conference clash on Tuesday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Micah Robinson and Tanner Toolson each scored 17 points to lead the Horned Frogs (15-9, 5-6 Big 12). Pierre added nine points as TCU won its second straight game.
Joshua Jefferson scored 12 points, pulled down eight rebounds and handed out nine assists for the Cyclones (21-3, 8-3). Tamin Lipsey also tallied 12 points and Milan Momcilovic added 11 for Iowa State, which had its five-game winning streak snapped.
After an Iowa State turnover, Pierre’s three gave the Horned Frogs a 57-55 lead. Lipsey’s turnover on the ensuing possession led to a Robinson dunk, and TCU led 59-55 with 28 seconds left.
No. 3 Houston 66, Utah 52
Emanuel Sharp made a career-high eight 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead the Cougars to a victory over the Utes in Salt Lake City.
Sharp shot 8-for-13 from long distance to help the Cougars (22-2, 10-1 Big 12) win their fifth straight game and move into a tie with No. 1 Arizona atop the Big 12 standings. He has made 277 3-pointers at Houston, passing Marcus Sasser (276) as the school’s career leader in made 3-point field goals. Sharp carried the Cougars on a night where no other Houston player scored in double figures. Leading scorer Kingston Flemings was held to four points on 2-of-9 shooting.
Keanu Dawes led Utah with 15 points and eight rebounds while Seydou Traore and Terrence Brown added 12 points apiece. The Utes (9-15, 1-10) committed 13 turnovers, leading to 20 Houston points, as they dropped their sixth game in a row.
No. 4 Duke 70, Pitt 54
Isaiah Evans scored 21 points to power the Blue Devils to a road win over the Panthers.
Evans went 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the bounce-back victory for the Blue Devils (22-2, 11-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who lost Saturday at then-No. 14 North Carolina. Cameron Boozer contributed 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Roman Siulepa paced Pitt (9-16, 2-10) with 19 points, and Barry Dunning Jr. scored 17. It was the Panthers’ fourth consecutive loss and their 10th in the past 12 games.
No. 13 Purdue 80, No. 7 Nebraska 77
Braden Smith finished two rebounds shy of a triple-double as the Boilermakers overcame blowing two big leads to beat the Cornhuskers in overtime in a Big Ten Conference game in Lincoln, Neb.
Purdue (20-4, 10-3) moved into a tie for third in the Big Ten by picking up their second road win over a Top 10 team. Purdue won at then-No. 8 Alabama in November. Smith had 13 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists while Fletcher Loyer scored 18. Oscar Cluff had 12 points and 14 rebounds, his basket with 5.2 seconds left giving Purdue the lead for good at 78-77.
Nebraska (21-3, 10-3) lost for the third time in four games after a school-record 24-game win streak dating to last season. The Cornhuskers got 18 points from Rienk Mast, who tied the game on a layup with 12.8 seconds in regulation but missed the and-one that would have given Nebraska the lead.
Wisconsin 92, No. 8 Illinois 90 (OT)
Nick Boyd scored 19 of his 25 points after halftime and John Blackwell added 24 points to lead the Badgers to an overtime victory against the Fighting Illini in Champaign, Ill.
Austin Rapp had 18 points off the bench as the Badgers (17-7, 9-4 Big Ten) won for the eighth time in their past 10 games. Wisconsin committed just four turnovers and recovered from a 12-point second-half deficit.
Keaton Wagler scored 34 points and Tomislav Ivisic added 19 points and 11 rebounds for Illinois (20-5, 11-3), which lost its second straight contest following a 12-game winning streak. Andrej Stojakovic (ankle) sat out.
Miami 75, No. 11 North Carolina 66
Malik Reneau scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Hurricanes upset the Tar Heels in Coral Gables, Fla.
The Hurricanes never trailed, and they had a 46-28 edge in paint points. Miami (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 13-2 at home. The hosts got 15 points and 10 rebounds from Ernest Udeh Jr. and 14 points and a game-high five assists from Tre Donaldson.
The Tar Heels (19-5, 7-4) were led late by Caleb Wilson, who scored nine of his 12 points in the second half. Wilson, projected to be a top-five pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, missed several minutes in the second half as he went to the locker room and returned with a wrap on his left hand. North Carolina, which had a five-game win streak end, got 13 points from Jarin Stevenson.
No. 12 Gonzaga 85, Washington State 53
Graham Ike scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field and added a game-high seven rebounds in just 23 minutes as the Bulldogs cruised to a victory against the Cougars in Spokane, Wash.
Freshman Davis Fogle came off the bench to score 17 points and Adam Miller and Mario Saint-Supery added 11 apiece for the Bulldogs (24-2, 12-1 West Coast Conference), who will play Saturday at Santa Clara in a first-place showdown.
Jerone Morton led Washington State (11-16, 6-8) with 15 points. Rihards Vavers added 14 and Ace Glass scored 12.
No. 15 Virginia 61, Florida State 58
Jacari White racked up 19 points and hit five 3-pointers to help the Cavaliers rally past the Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.
White scored 16 of his points in the second half, adding four rebounds and two assists to his game totals. Thijs De Ridder added nine points and a team-high nine boards while Sam Lewis also scored nine for Virginia (21-3, 10-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), which has won five straight games.
Lajae Jones and Robert McCray V carried Florida State (11-13, 4-7), combining for 41 of their points in a losing effort that saw the Seminoles’ three-game win streak snapped.
No. 19 Vanderbilt 84, Auburn 76
Tyler Tanner scored 25 points, making 12 of 13 free-throw attempts and helping lead the visiting Commodores past the Tigers in Southeastern Conference play.
Jalen Washington added 22 points and Devin McGlockton scored 12 for Vanderbilt (20-4, 7-4 SEC), which rebounded from a one-point home loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. Tyler Nickel had 10 points for the Commodores, who won at Auburn for the first time since February 2016.
Tahaad Pettiford led Auburn (14-10, 5-6) with 21 points, followed by Keyshawn Hall’s 13 and KeShawn Murphy’s 12. Sebastian Williams-Adams chipped in 11 points and Kevin Overton had 10 for the Tigers, who have dropped three straight.
No. 21 Arkansas 91, LSU 62
Darius Acuff Jr. scored 28 points and the Razorbacks never trailed in rolling past the Tigers in Southeastern Conference action at Baton Rouge, La.
Meleek Thomas added 20 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Billy Richmond III scored 13 for the Razorbacks (18-6, 8-3 SEC) who won for the fifth time in six games, including an 85-81 victory over the visiting Tigers on Jan. 24.
Marquel Sutton scored 18, Pablo Tamba had 11 and Robert Miller III scored 10 to lead LSU (14-10, 2-9), which played its third consecutive game without starting point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., who leads the team in scoring (15.3) and assists (6.5), because of a lower-leg injury.
No. 22 BYU 99, Baylor 94
AJ Dybantsa exploded for 36 points, Robert Wright III poured in 30 points against his former team and the Cougars went on to a victory over the Bears in Waco, Texas.
The Cougars (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) snapped a four-game skid with the victory. Dybantsa, the nation’s leading scorer, finished 14 of 20 from the field and added five rebounds and seven assists. Wright was 12 of 21 from the field and finished with four rebounds and three assists. Dybantsa and Wright were the first BYU duo to score 30-plus points since Jan. 4, 1984.
The Bears (13-11, 3-9) have lost six of their last eight games as their season-long struggles continue. Tounde Yessoufou was a bright spot with a season-high 37 points, six rebounds and three assists. Cameron Carr had 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Caden Powell added 13 points.
–Field Level Media
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