Silas Demary Jr. Met four 3-points on the way to 21 points to help Georgia keep a furious rally from visiting No. 3 Florida in an 88-83 Southeastern Conference victory Tuesday in Athens, GA.
Asa Newell added 15 points and nine returns, while Tyrin Lawrence had 14 points from the bench when Bulldogs (17-11, 5-10 Sec) saw his 26-point lead evaporate before finishing the game on a 10-3 run.
Blue Cain chipped in 12 points for Georgia, including the forward -looking triple with 47 seconds left. RJ Godfrey had 10 points for Bulldogs, who snapped his four-game losing row.
Will Richard led Florida (24-4, 11-4) with 30 points, followed by Walter Clayton Jr.’s 18. Gators saw that their six-game winning line ended.
No. 2 Duke 97, Miami 60
Isaiah Evans hit 5 of 6 3 points during the first half and scored all 16 points before the break to lead the Blue Devils to the Atlantic Conference.
Kon Knueppel had 20 points 20 points for Duke (25-3, 16-1 ACC), and Cooper flag added 16 points and six assists. However, Blue Devils saw Tyrese Proctor going out with a left knee injury; Duke has already dropped Maliq Brown with a separated shoulder.
Lynn Kidd had 17 points for Miami (6-22, 2-15) and Jalil Bethea finished with 13.
No. 5 Tennessee 65, LSU 59
Zakai Zeigler scored 17 points and Felix Okpara had 15 to lead a balanced score when they volunteers held the tigers in Baton Rouge, LA.
Chaz Lanier added 14 points and nine returns for the volunteers (23-5, 10-5 SEK), who won for the sixth time in seven matches after having benefits with 44-28 in returns, 27-8 in second chance score and 32-20 in points in color.
Vyctorius Miller scored 17 points and Cam Carter added 12 to lead the tigers (14-14, 3-12).
No. 6 Alabama 111, No. 24 Mississippi State 73
Chris Youngblood got a season high 27 points and matched his career best with seven 3 points to help Crimson Tide to demolish the Bulldogs in Southeastern Conference Play in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Mark Sears scored five 3 points while they recorded 21 points and 10 assists to help Crimson Tide (23-5, 12-3 SEK) Register a season best for points and 3-point baskets. Alabama has reached the century Mark eight times this season. Aden Holloway got 13 points and Mouhamed Dioubate and Labaron Philon added 10 points per piece when Alabama defeated the bulldogs for the eighth period in a row.
Josh Hubbard scored 21 points and Keshawn Murphy added 18 points for Mississippi State (19-9, 7-8), which lost his second straight match.
Oklahoma State 74, No. 9 Iowa State 68
Abou Ousmane scored 25 points on 7-for-11 shooting, and the cowboys were on the cyclones in a Big 12-matchup in Stillwater, Okla.
Arturo Dean added 14 points for Oklahoma State (14-14, 6-11 Big 12), which bounced back from a 32-point loss to the then no. 23 Kansas in his previous game three days earlier. Bryce Thompson contributed 11 points and Marchelus Avery chipped in 10 from the bench.
Joshua Jefferson scored 17 points and pulled down eight returns to lead Iowa State (21-7, 11-6), who lost his second straight after winning the previous four. Nate Heise scored 13 points on 3-of-4 shooting from 3-point range, while Curtis Jones finished with 11 points.
No. 11 Wisconsin 88, Washington 62
John Blackwell scored 19 of his 24 points during the first half when Badgers beat Huskies in Madison, WIS.
John Tonje added 13 points, and Steven Crowl and Xavier Amos chipped in 12 for Wisconsin. Blackwell, who went 8 out of 11 during the first half, ended the night at 9 out of 16 and contributed 10 returns and two steals when Wisconsin used the last place Huskies (13-15, 4-13).
Large Osobor led Washington with 11 points. Franck Kepnang collected seven points, seven returns and three blocks for Huskies, who shot 44.8 percent, had 10 sales and was no match for Wisconsin.
No. 14 Missouri 101, South Carolina 71
Caleb Grill got 22 points when Tigers trampled Gamecocks in Columbia, Mo.
Anthony Robinson II had 14 points and eight assists for Tigers (21-7, 10-5 SEK), which improved to 18-1 at Mizzou Arena this season. Mark Mitchell and Tony Perkins each received 13 points for Missouri. Tamar Bates got 11 and the Jacob crews added 10.
Collin Murray-Boyles scored 27 points and Jamarii Thomas added 17 for GameCocks (11-17, 1-14), which turned the ball over 15 times and missed 21 out of 23 shots from 3 points.
No. 19 Louisville 71, Virginia Tech 66
Cardinals avoided an upset on the road and held hokies in Blacksburg, huh.
Chucky Hepburn scored 15 points and pulled out six assists to compensate six sales, which band a season’s high season. James Scott added 13, went 6-for-7 from the field, and Terrence Edwards Jr. Also got 13 when the Cardinals (22-6, 15-2 ACC) won their sixth straight match.
Despite one of his worse shooting performances, Louisville won this season. Visitors went only 6-for-23 (26.1 percent) beyond the 3-point line but mitigated it by forcing hokies (12-16, 7-10) to 22 turnover, which the cardinals converted to 26 points. Brandon Rechsteiner led Hokies with 18 points from the bench.
No. 21 Marquette 82, Providence 52
Kam Jones celebrated her 23rd birthday with 17 points and seven assists to lead the Golden Eagles to the Big East victory.
Ben Gold added a career pile of 17 points for Marquette (21-7, 12-5 Big East), which made a season best 17 3-points on the way to his third victory in four matches. Golden Eagles, led by 31 points, contained Providence (12-16, 6-11) to only 25.8 percent shooting during the second half, during which time Marquette exceeded Fries 39-20.
Jayden Pierre had 13 points to Pace Providence, which lost for the sixth time in seven matches.
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