Walter Clayton Jr. came back from injury and collected 19 points and nine assists to lead visiting No. 6 Florida to its second upset of a top-ranked team this year, toppling No. 1 Auburn 90-81 on Saturday.
Alex Condon produced 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Gators (20-3, 7-3 Southeastern Conference), who also stunned then-No. 1 Tennessee on Jan. 7. Thomas Haugh added 16 points and nine rebounds and Will Richard chipped in with 12 points as Florida snapped Auburn’s 14-game winning streak and its 15-game run in the SEC, which dated to last year.
Florida led by as many as 21 points in the second half on its way to its first upset in eight tries of a No. 1-ranked team on the road. While the Gators benefited from the return of Clayton, they also overcame the loss of second-leading scorer Alijah Martin (15.3 points per game), who was sidelined by a hip injury.
Miles Kelly scored 22 points and Johni Broome delivered 18 points, 11 rebounds and six assists to pace Auburn (21-2, 9-1). Tahaad Pettiford added 14 points and Chaney Johnson added 13 for the Tigers, who led 31-25 in the first half before the Gators took control.
Clemson 77, No. 2 Duke 71
Viktor Lakhin scored 22 points and Chase Hunter made the go-ahead basket in the final minute as the Tigers knocked off the Blue Devils at Clemson, S.C., ending Duke’s 16-game winning streak.
Hunter sank four free throws in the last 15 seconds to finish with 14 points and teammates Jaeden Zackery and Ian Schieffelin each had 12 points. Clemson (19-5, 11-2), which lost earlier in the week in triple overtime to visiting Georgia Tech, moved within a game of first-place Duke.
Tyrese Proctor scored 23 points, Cooper Flagg racked up 14 of his 18 points in the last 6:05 and Kon Knueppel had 14 points for Duke (20-3, 12-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), which seemed in position to emerge as the new No. 1 team in the country after top-ranked Auburn lost earlier in the day at home to No. 6 Florida.
No. 3 Alabama 85, Arkansas 81
Grant Nelson and Chris Youngblood scored 15 points apiece to help the Crimson Tide post a victory over the Razorbacks in Southeastern Conference play at Fayetteville, Ark.
Mouhamed Dioubate had 14 points and Mark Sears added 11 as the Crimson Tide (20-3, 9-1 SEC) moved into a first-place tie with top-ranked Auburn in the SEC standings. Alabama has won six straight games and 14 of its last 15.
Zvonimir Ivisic scored a career-best 27 points and collected seven rebounds for the Razorbacks (14-9, 3-7), who had a two-game winning streak snapped. Adou Thiero scored 22 points and Johnell Davis added 13 points.
No. 4 Tennessee 70, Oklahoma 52
Chaz Lanier scored a game-high 21 points as the Volunteers coasted to the win Saturday afternoon in Norman, Okla. Zakai Zeigler collected 17 points and nine assists for Tennessee (20-4, 6-4 Southeastern Conference).
The Volunteers fired on all cylinders, hitting 14-of-16 shots from the field and connecting on their first six shots from behind the arc to start the game. Tennessee shot 60.4 percent from the field for the game en route to winning their third contest in a row. The Volunteers’ success from behind the 3-point line also opened up driving lanes. Tennessee held a 36-20 edge on points in the paint.
Jalon Moore scored 12 points and Brycen Goodine added nine for Oklahoma (16-7, 3-7) which dropped its second straight game.
No. 5 Houston 69, Colorado 59
J’Wan Roberts scored 20 points, LJ Cryer and Terrance Arceneaux added 15 points apiece, and the Cougars went on the road to earn a win over the Buffaloes at Boulder, Colo.
Milos Uzan contributed 12 points for Houston (19-4, 11-1 Big 12), which has won 15 of its last 16 games. Julian Hammond III had 22 points and was the only Colorado player to score in double figures.
The Buffaloes (9-14, 0-12) have lost 12 in a row for the first time since the end of the 2008-09 season, and they are two losses shy of matching their worst start to a conference schedule since going 0-14 in the Big 8 in 1985-86.
No. 8 Iowa State 82, TCU 52
Reserve Curtis Jones scored 24 points on 7-for-11 shooting from the field as the No. 8 Cyclones cruised past the Horned Frogs in a Big 12 Conference matchup in Ames, Iowa.
Milan Momcilovic finished with 14 points in his return from a hand injury for Iowa State (18-5, 8-4), which snapped a three-game losing streak. Dishon Jackson also scored 14, while Joshua Jefferson notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Vasean Allette and Trazarien White scored nine points each to lead TCU (12-11, 5-7). Ernest Udeh Jr. added eight points for the Horned Frogs.
No. 9 Michigan State 86, Oregon 74
Jase Richardson scored 18 of his game-high 29 points in the second half, leading the Spartans to a comeback win over the Ducks in East Lansing, Mich.
Michigan State (19-4, 10-2 Big Ten) overcame a 14-point halftime deficit, scoring the first 12 points on its way to 50 points in the second half, including a 17-2 run through the middle of the half that decided the game. Jaxon Kohler had 14 points and 12 rebounds, and Tre Holloman added 13 points for the Spartans, who ended a two-game losing streak.
Oregon, after hot 3-point shooting in the first 20 minutes, missed all eight of its attempts in the second half and made just 6 of 24 shots overall in that time frame. The struggling Ducks (16-8, 5-8) lost their fifth straight game. Jackson Shelstad led the team with 22 points.
No. 10 Texas 67, No. 15 Missouri 64
Wade Taylor IV’s 3-point jumper with 2.1 seconds left lifted the Longhorns over the Tigers in Southeastern Conference play in Columbia, Mo.
Pharrel Payne led the Aggies (18-5, 7-3 SEC) with 20 points, and Taylor scored 15. Henry Coleman III pulled down 16 rebounds.
Tamar Bates scored 16 points for the Tigers (17-6, 6-4), whose 15-game home winning streak ended. Jacob Crews scored 14 points off the bench for Missouri and Mark Mitchell added 12. The tenacious Aggies held the Tigers to 5-for-21 3-point shooting and blocked six shots.
Creighton 77, No. 11 Marquette 67
Steven Ashworth highlighted his 22-point effort with six 3-pointers and the host Bluejays broke a school record for consecutive Big East wins as they defeated the Golden Eagles in Omaha, Neb.
Ashworth shot 7 of 11 from the field and 6 of 9 on 3-pointers as Creighton (18-6, 11-2 Big East) won its ninth straight game, all in conference play. Ashworth has made a 3-pointer in 42 straight games. Preseason Big East Player of the Year Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 19 points for Creighton.
Marquette (18-6, 9-4) dropped its third in a row despite 27 points from Kam Jones and 22 from David Joplin.
No. 14 Kentucky 80, South Carolina 57
Otega Oweh scored 15 of his 17 points after halftime as the No. 14 Wildcats took control late in the first half and pulled away from the visiting Gamecocks in Lexington, Ky.
Kentucky (16-7, 5-5 SEC) bounced back nicely from consecutive losses to Arkansas and No. 25 Ole Miss and won for just the second time in six games. Reserve Brandon Garrison added a season-high 15 on 7-of-8 shooting as he and Oweh were a combined 13-of-18 from the floor. Koby Brea added 10 and a career-high six assists as Kentucky’s bench totaled 39 points.
South Carolina (10-13, 0-10) remained the lone winless team in SEC play. Collin Murray-Boyles collected 14 points and eight rebounds but shot an inefficient 5 of 13. Jacobi Wright added 12 points while Jamarii Thomas finished with 11 as the Gamecocks shot a dreadful 32.8 percent (19 of 58) and missed 18 of 22 3-point tries.
Kansas State 81, No. 16 Kansas 73
David N’Guessan had 20 points, joining three other Wildcats in double figures as host Kansas State defeated the Jayhawks in the Sunflower Showdown in Manhattan, Kan.
The Wildcats have won five straight games, including three against ranked teams and two on the road. Kansas State (12-11, 6-6 Big 12) has also won the last three games against Kansas in Manhattan, with the previous two going into overtime. Joining N’Guessan in double figures were Dug McDaniel with 15 points along with 11 assists and Max Jones and Coleman Hawkins with 12 points each.
The Jayhawks (16-7, 7-5) were led by Hunter Dickinson with 21 points. Zeke Mayo added 15 and KJ Adams had 13.
No. 21 Wisconsin 74, Iowa 63
John Tonje scored a game-high 22 points and the No. 21 Badgers rallied in the second half for a Big Ten Conference road win over the Hawkeyes in Iowa City.
Tonje did his key damage late in the second half, scoring seven straight points to help Wisconsin flip a one-point deficit into a 65-59 lead with 5:44 to go. He added two free throws with 1:57 left that made it 70-63. John Blackwell added 19 points for Wisconsin (19-5, 9-4), which canned 12 of 35 3-point attempts and earned a 42-38 advantage on the glass.
Pryce Sandfort scored 14 points off the bench for Iowa (13-10, 4-8), which made just 24 of 63 attempts from the field and was held 22 points under its per-game average. Josh Dix added 13 points and Drew Thelwell was good for 11 points.
No. 22 Mississippi State 76, Georgia 75
Josh Hubbard scored 16 points and KeShawn Murphy added 14 to lead the Bulldogs to a win at the Bulldogs.
Coming off consecutive 20-plus point games, Hubbard made 7-of-14 attempts from the field and scored his 1,000th career point in the second half. Murphy went 7 of 13 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds for Mississippi State (17-6, 5-5 SEC). Michael Nwoko finished with 11 points, while Riley Kugel added 10 off the bench.
Silas Demary Jr. paced Georgia (16-8, 4-7) with 23 points, six rebounds and seven assists, with 16 points and five assists coming in the second half. Star forward Asa Newell also made his presence felt in the second half. He scored 11 points in the frame and made all three of his field-goal attempts, including two from long range, and finished with 16 points.
No. 23 Illinois 95, Minnesota 74
Reserve Will Riley scored 27 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished seven assists, and the Illini pulled away from the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis.
Kasparas Jakucionis finished with 24 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the field for Illinois (16-8, 8-6 Big Ten), which bounced back from a loss at Rutgers on Wednesday. Tomislav Ivisic notched a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
Lu’Cye Patterson scored 24 points on 9-for-17 shooting to lead Minnesota (12-12, 4-9), which has lost three of its last four games.
No. 24 Michigan 70, Indiana 67
Danny Wolf had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead to the Wolverines past the Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind.
Vladislav Goldin and Tre Donaldson each added 18 points for Michigan (18-5, 10-2 Big Ten), which has won three straight and stayed a half-game behind league-leading Purdue entering a matchup vs. the No. 7 Boilermakers on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Malik Reneau scored 16 points and Mackenzie Mgbako had 15 points for Indiana (14-10, 5-8), which has lost five straight games. The Hoosiers shot 41.7 percent (25 of 60) from the field and 31.6 percent (6 of 19) from 3-point range.
No. 25 Ole Miss 72, LSU 70
Dre Davis tipped in a missed shot just before the buzzer sounded as the Rebels scored the game’s final 13 points to edge the Tigers in a Southeastern Conference game in Baton Rouge, La.
The Rebels (18-6, 7-4) fell behind 70-59 with 3:15 left after Cam Carter drove the lane for a layup but made up the deficit thanks in large part to 6-of-6 foul shooting and Jaemyn Brakefield’s clutch top-of-the-key 3-pointer with 44.6 seconds remaining that evened the score at 70.
Carter committed an offensive foul with 28.1 seconds left and Ole Miss played for the final shot. Sean Pedulla missed a layup but Davis got his hand on the shot after it fell off the iron for the last of his game-high 22 points. Carter scored 16 points to pace the Tigers (12-11, 1-9), which led for 30:12 but still dropped their sixth straight game.
