Christian Anderson hit the first of two free throws with 3.4 seconds left and No. 19 Texas Tech rallied to stun No. 3 Duke 82-81 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Anderson scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half and J.T. Toppin weathered his foul woes to score 19, including key baskets during the team’s late burst as the Red Raiders (9-3) erased a 17-point second-half deficit and handed the Blue Devils their first loss of the season.
Cameron Boozer led Duke (11-1) with 23 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and his brother Cayden added 13 points. But Cameron Boozer was 3 of 7 from the free-throw line in the second half and the team was 6 of 13 from the stripe. The Blue Devils also missed 10 of 13 attempts from 3-point range after halftime.
With the game tied at 81, Anderson worked the clock down before Caleb Foster fouled him 35 feet away from the rim with 3.4 seconds on the clock. Anderson made the first foul shot but missed the second. Duke got the rebound but, after a timeout with 1.6 seconds left, Cameron Boozer missed a 3-pointer from the left wing that might have come after the buzzer.
No. 1 Arizona 68, San Diego State 45
The Wildcats overcame an eight-point first-half deficit by limiting the Aztecs to 26.3% shooting from the field and by going on a 21-5 run in the second half in a victory in Phoenix.
The Wildcats (11-0) were fueled by Anthony Dell’Orso’s two 3-pointers in that deciding stretch of the second half that included Arizona’s lead going from 32-31 with 16:11 remaining to 53-36 with 8:31 left. The Wildcats also outrebounded the Aztecs 52-28 behind Tobe Awaka’s 15-rebound performance and 13 boards from Motiejus Krivas.
San Diego State (6-4) made 15 of 57 shots from the field, 1 of 14 from 3-point range and did not have a scorer reach double figures. Reese Dixon-Waters led the Aztecs with eight points.
No. 6 Purdue 88, No. 21 Auburn 60
Point guard Braden Smith recorded a double-double with 11 points and 14 assists and added five rebounds and three steals as the Boilermakers rolled to a victory over the Tigers in the Indy Classic in Indianapolis.
In avenging an 87-69 loss to then-No. 2 Auburn one year ago, Purdue (11-1) made 55.9% (33 of 59) of its shots from the field, outrebounded the Tigers 36-25 and held a 40-20 margin in points in the paint. Trey Kaufman-Renn totaled 18 points on 9-of-13 shooting and pulled down six rebounds.
Kevin Overton collected 22 points and five rebounds, while Keyshawn Hall scored 14 for Auburn (8-4), which made just 36.2% (21 of 58) of its field-goal attempts.
No. 8 Houston 94, No. 14 Arkansas 85
Emanuel Sharp scored 22 points and freshman guard Kingston Flemings added 21 as the Cougars rode a first-half rally for a win over the Razorbacks in Newark, N.J.
Sharp drilled three 3-pointers, including one early in the second half that served as a response to a three-point play from Arkansas’ Malique Ewin that pulled the Razorbacks to within 58-50. Houston (11-1), which got 13 points with four assists from Milos Uzan, essentially maintained that working margin for the remainder of the Never Forget Tribute Classic.
Freshman guard Darius Acuff Jr. posted game highs of 27 points and seven assists to pace the Razorbacks (9-3). Ewin tallied 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Arkansas, but he finished 10 of 17 from the free-throw line. Four of those misses came late in the first half as the Razorbacks attempted to claw back from a 40-19 deficit.
No. 9 Michigan State 79, Oakland 70
Coen Carr scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Spartans over the Golden Grizzlies in a game played at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
Carr added seven rebounds, Jaxon Kohler had 13 points and 13 rebounds and Carson Cooper scored 15 points for Michigan State (11-1). The Spartans shot just 6 of 22 from 3-point range, but went 22 of 39 on 2-point shots and 17 of 23 from the free-throw line.
Tuburu Naivalurua scored 18 points, Ziare Wells had 17 points, and Michael Houge and Brody Robinson each added 13 points in defeat for Oakland (6-7). The Golden Grizzlies went 10 of 22 from 3-point range and 12 of 13 from the free-throw line.
No. 11 Louisville 94, Montana 54
Sananda Fru scored a season-best 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting and matched his high of eight rebounds to lead the Cardinals to a nonconference victory over the visiting Grizzlies.
Isaac McKneely made four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, and Ryan Conwell added 14 points and three steals for Louisville (10-2). J’Vonne Hadley added 13 points for the Cardinals, who rebounded from Tuesday’s 83-62 loss against No. 20 Tennessee.
Grant Kepley scored 15 points and Tyler Thompson added 12 points on four 3-pointers for Montana (6-7), which lost its second straight game.
No. 12 North Carolina 71, Ohio State 70
Henri Veesaar flushed a go-ahead dunk with 7.2 seconds left, giving the Tar Heels a win over the Buckeyes in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta.
Caleb Wilson led all players with 20 points and 15 rebounds, while Veesaar chipped in 17 points and 10 rebounds for North Carolina (11-1), which won its fifth straight game. Seth Trimble added 17 points for the Tar Heels.
Devin Royal’s 18 points paced Ohio State (8-3), which battled back from an 11-point second-half deficit.
Kentucky 78, No. 22 St. John’s 66
Otega Oweh scored a game-high 20 points, helping the Wildcats win their third straight game and first over a ranked opponent his season in downing the Red Storm in the CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta.
Jaland Lowe added 13 points off the bench for Kentucky (8-4). Kam Williams chipped in 11 points, while Jayden Quaintance finished with 10 points and eight boards in his season debut. Freshman Malachi Moreno totaled eight points and a team-high nine rebounds in the win.
Bryce Hopkins led St. John’s (7-4) with 13 points, followed by Zuby Ejiofor and Joson Sanon’s 12 points apiece. Sanon missed all five of his field-goal attempts but went 12-for-12 from the free-throw line. The Red Storm shot just 33.3% (17-for-51) from the field and made just five of their 19 3-point attempts (26.3%). St. John’s led by as many as 10 points in the first half before being outscored 53-34 after halftime.
No. 23 Virginia 80, Maryland 72
Dallin Hall made all eight of his shots and scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half as the Cavaliers overcame an ugly start to pull away from the Terrapins in Charlottesville, Va.
Jacari White contributed 12 of his 15 points after intermission as Virginia (10-1) won its fifth straight. Showing rust in the first half after a 10-day layoff, the Cavaliers shot 27.3% and missed 8 of 9 shots from 3-point range in the first half. They rebounded with 63.6% shooting after the break, making 6 of 11 (54.5%) attempts from deep.
David Coit scored all 15 of his points in the second half to pace Maryland (6-6), which lost for the fifth time in its last six games, with four of the defeats coming against ranked teams. The Terrapins were without top scorer and rebounder Pharrel Payne, who was sidelined by a leg injury.
–Field Level Media
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