BIG 12
TEXAS TECH 78, NO. 9 IOWA STATE 73
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Devaugntah Williams scored a career-high 22 points and Toddrick Gotcher added 17, leading Texas Tech over No. 9 Iowa State 78-73 Saturday for its first Big 12 victory.
Gotcher made five of Texas Tech's 11 three-pointers, tying the team's high for the season. Williams, a junior transfer, added 3 threes.
The Red Raiders (11-9, 1-6) led most of the way and were up 74-68 when Iowa State's Georges Niang tossed in a desperation three-pointer from the corner with 43 seconds remaining.
Gotcher and Williams each hit two free throws to help keep Texas Tech ahead.
Monte Morris scored 20 points and Matt Thomas added 12 for the Cyclones (14-4, 4-2).
The win for the Texas Tech was the first over a top 10 team since March 2009 when they beat ninth-ranked Kansas.
Red Raiders senior guard Robert Turner had a career-high 10 rebounds and Jameel McKay also had a career-high 10 boards for the Cyclones.
The Red Raiders got 30 points from their bench, and the Cyclones got that many in the paint -- most of those late in the game.
In other Big 12 games Saturday, Nino Williams scored 20 points on some hot shooting, Marcus Foster added 14 points and Kansas State (12-8, 5-2) led Oklahoma State (13-6, 3-4) from start to finish in a 63-53 victory. Justin Edwards also had 14 points for the Wildcats. ... Cliff Alexander had 15 points and nine rebounds, and No. 11 Kansas (16-3, 5-1) beat No. 17 Texas (15-4, 3-3) 75-62 for a key road victory. The Jayhawks easily handled Texas' size advantage inside and got timely three-point shooting to break the game open in the second half. ... Jevon Carter sank two free throws with 1 second left in overtime to lift No. 18 West Virginia to an 86-85 victory over TCU. Devin Williams and Juwan Staten had 18 points apiece for West Virginia (16-3, 4-2 Big 12) and Kyan Anderson scored 22 points to lead six players in double figures for TCU (14-5, 1-5). ... Lester Medford had 17 points, Rico Gathers provided the rim-rocking highlight in a game-clinching run and No. 21 Baylor went on to a 69-58 victory over No. 19 Oklahoma (12-7, 3-4). Medford hit a three-pointer in a late 10-0 run that finally put the Bears (15-4, 3-3) ahead to stay.
ATLANTIC COAST
CLEMSON 59, WAKE FOREST 57
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Josh Smith's offensive rebound and layup with 0.5 seconds left gave Clemson a victory over Wake Forest.
The Tigers (11-8, 3-4) led for exactly 24 seconds, but got the final possession of the game when Codi Miller-McIntyre turned it over with the score tied at 57 with 25 seconds to go. Rod Hall missed a tough layup, but Smith got the rebound and made a quick banking shot to win, making up for his 2-of-6 shooting from the foul line.
Smith's game-winner was only his 15th field goal in 19 games this season, and was the only made basket in the final five minutes of an ugly game between two teams toward the bottom of the ACC standings.
Miller-McIntyre also missed two short shots with the game tied at 56 with about a minute to go. Wake Forest (9-11, 1-6) didn't make a basket in the final five minutes of the game.
The Demon Deacons have now lost 37 of their last 39 ACC road games.
Donte Grantham led Clemson with 13 points and seven rebounds. Jordan Roper added 12 points.
Devin Thomas led everyone with 17 points and 12 rebounds, but shot just 5-of-10 on free throws. Miller-McIntyre scored 14 points, but was just 5-of-15 from the field.
In other Atlantic Coast games Saturday, Brice Johnson had 18 points and 14 rebounds to help No. 15 North Carolina (16-4, 6-1) beat Florida State (10-10, 2-5) 78-74. Marcus Paige scored 19 points to lead the Tar Heels, who won their fifth consecutive league game. ... Tonye Jekiri had 13 points and 15 rebounds, Angel Rodriguez added 12 points and eight assists, and Miami held off Syracuse 66-62. Tied 26-all at halftime, Miami (14-5, 4-2) started the second half with a 16-6 spurt before the Orange (14-6, 5-2) rallied late.
BIG TEN
PURDUE 67, NO. 25 IOWA 63
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Rapheal Davis scored 16 of his 24 points in the first half to lead the Purdue Boilermakers to a victory over No. 25 Iowa.
Basil Smotherman and A.J. Hammons each scored 13 points for the Boilermakers (12-8, 4-3), who have won two of three.
Mike Gesell scored 18 points and Gabriel Olaseni finished with nine points and 16 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (13-7, 4-3).
Davis made the go-ahead three-pointer to give Purdue a 65-63 lead with less than a minute remaining and the Boilermakers held on the rest of the way.
Gesell scored to give the Hawkeyes a 63-62 lead at the 1:18 mark before Purdue took the lead for good.
The Hawkeyes played much of the game without Aaron White, who left the game with a right shoulder injury in the first half.
In other Big Ten games Saturday, D.J. Newbill scored 23 points and Brandon Taylor 16 to lead Penn State (13-7, 1-6) to a 79-51 victory over Rutgers (10-11, 2-6) for its first conference victory of the season. The Nittany Lions, losers of six consecutive games, never trailed after taking a 16-15 lead with just over 10 minutes to play in the opening half. ... Andre Hollins helped Minnesota pull away with 17 of his 28 points in the second half, fueling a 79-71 victory over Illinois (13-8, 3-5). Hollins finished 10 for 15 from the field, including 5 for 7 from three-point range, and had five assists for the Golden Gophers (13-8, 2-6). ... Terran Petteway scored a season-high 32 points, Shavon Shields added 21 and short-handed Nebraska held off Michigan State 79-77. The Cornhuskers (12-7, 4-3) won for the fourth time in five games. The Spartans (13-7, 4-3) lost for the second time in three games.
PACIFIC-12
OREGON 82, UCLA 64
EUGENE, Ore. -- Joseph Young led five Oregon scorers in double figures with 16 points as the Ducks rode 75 percent shooting from the field in the first half to a victory over UCLA.
Dwayne Benjamin added 15 points off the bench, Elgin Cook had 11, and Jalil Abdul-Bassit and Ahmaad Rorie scored 10 each for Oregon (14-6, 4-3), which leads the conference in three-point attempts but tried just 13 and made nine in the rout.
Norman Powell led the Bruins (11-9, 3-4) with 23 points. Kevon Looney, who fouled out, and Bryce Alford added 15 points each.
The Ducks, whose lead reached 21 points three times in the second half, finished the game shooting 33 of 53 (62.3 percent) to the Bruins' 25 of 61 (41.0 percent). Oregon also had a 32-28 edge in rebounds, led by Jordan Bell with seven.
Less than 48 hours after Oregon State's zone defense flummoxed the Bruins into their second-poorest shooting game of the season in a 66-55 loss, UCLA found modest success against Oregon's aggressive, switching man-to-man defense for most of the first half.
Alford had 3 three-pointers and 11 points, and Looney scored nine as the Bruins were 12 of 28 (42.9 percent) from the field.
In another Pac-12 game Saturday, Gary Payton II recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead Oregon State to a 59-55 victory over USC (9-10, 1-6). Jarmal Reid added 14 points, including the go-ahead basket with 10:02 to play, as the Beavers (14-5, 5-2) won their third in a row and improved to 12-0 at Gill Coliseum.
BIG EAST
XAVIER 89, DEPAUL 76
CINCINNATI -- Myles Davis scored 25 points and Trevon Bluiett 21, both career highs, and Xavier rallied in the second half for a victory over DePaul.
Matt Stainbrook was 7 for 7 in adding 17 points for the Musketeers (13-7, 4-4), who were down eight points at halftime.
The Musketeers hit 17 of 26 attempts in shooting 65.4 percent in the second half, 57.4 for the game. They made only 3 of 17 three-pointers but dominated inside with a 52-24 scoring advantage. Xavier only had five turnovers and made nine steals, five by Dee Davis, in picking up 17 points off 14 turnovers by the Blue Demons.
DePaul (11-10, 5-3) shot 63.3 percent in the first half when it made 11 of 19 three-pointers, but plummeted to 30 percent in the second half and just 2 of 13 from the arc. Tommy Hamilton scored 15 points.
In another Big East game Saturday, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera hit 5 three-pointers and finished with 19 points, and Joshua Smith added 18 points and 15 rebounds to help Georgetown beat Marquette 95-85 in overtime. Tre Campbell hit an open three-pointer from the corner to give Georgetown (14-5, 6-2) an 89-85 lead in overtime, and after Matt Carlino missed, Smith-Rivera hit two of Georgetown's six free throws in the final 39 seconds. Duane Wilson and Carlino scored 26 apiece for Marquette (10-9, 2-5).
Sports on 01/25/2015