Zhuric Phelps scored 19 points and No. 22 Texas A&M defeated a No. 1 team for the first time in program history with an 83-72 victory over Auburn on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference play in College Station, Texas.
Wade Taylor IV added 16 points and Pharrel Payne had 12 points as the Aggies (21-9, 10-7 SEC) snapped a four-game losing streak. Andersson Garcia scored 11 points and Manny Obaseki had 10 for Texas A&M, which had lost nine previous games against top-ranked teams – the most recent at Auburn in 2022.
Tahaad Pettiford made six 3-pointers and scored 19 points for Auburn (27-3, 15-2), which had a six-game winning streak halted. Chad Baker-Mazara scored 15 points and Miles Kelly had 12 points and a career-high five steals. National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome had just eight points for his second straight single-digit scoring output.
Texas A&M made 43.1 percent of its shots and hit 9 of 25 from 3-point range. Auburn shot 50 percent — 9 of 22 from behind the arc. Kelly made just 1 of 8 field-goal attempts and missed all four 3-point tries after scoring a season-high 30 points and sinking a career-best nine 3-pointers Saturday in a win over Kentucky.
No. 23 BYU 88, No. 10 Iowa State 85 (2 OT)
Richie Saunders scored 23 points and grabbed six rebounds as the Cougars beat the Cyclones in Ames, Iowa.
The Cougars’ Dallin Hall finished with 22 points on 7-for-13 shooting, which included 4-for-9 success from beyond the 3-point arc. Egor Demin added 12 points for BYU (22-8, 13-6 Big 12), which won its seventh game in a row.
Joshua Jefferson scored 19 points to lead Iowa State (22-8, 12-7). Milan Momcilovic contributed 18 points, and Curtis Jones chipped in with 16 off the bench as the Cyclones lost for the third time in four games.
No. 16 Memphis 75, UTSA 70
Dain Dainja scored a game-high 19 points and the Tigers survived a performance rife with turnovers to edge the Roadrunners in San Antonio, clinching at least a share of the American Athletic Conference regular-season title.
PJ Haggerty added 18 points, including six free throws in the final 10.7 seconds as the Tigers (25-5, 15-2 AAC) held on for their fourth straight win despite a whopping 22 turnovers, including 13 in the second half. The Tigers will win the conference title outright with one more win or a North Texas loss.
Four players scored in double figures for UTSA (11-18, 5-12), led by reserve Jonnivius Smith with 18 points. Marcus Millender added 16, while Primo Spears chipped in 14 points and a game-high seven assists. Tai’Reon Joseph came off the bench to notch 12 points.
No. 18 Purdue 100, Rutgers 71
Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer each made a career-high seven 3-pointers while scoring 23 points apiece to lead the Boilermakers past the Scarlet Knights in West Lafayette, Ind.
Trey Kaufman-Renn added 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting as Purdue (21-9, 13-6 Big Ten) won its second straight game following a four-game slide. Smith also had nine assists and five rebounds.
Dylan Harper scored 13 points and Ace Bailey had 12 for Rutgers (14-16, 7-12), which lost its second straight game.
No. 19 Kentucky 95, LSU 64
Otega Oweh scored 24 points to lead a balanced scoring effort as the Wildcats dominated the Tigers in Southeastern Conference play in Lexington, Ky.
Owek made 9 of 11 field-goal attempts and added a game-high eight rebounds for the Wildcats (20-10, 9-8 SEC) in their first game since announcing second-leading scorer Jaxson Robinson (wrist surgery) will miss the rest of the season. Brandon Garrison and Ansley Almonor scored 15 points each and Collin Chandler added 11.
Robert Miller III scored 15 points, Cam Carter added 14 and Jordan Sears had 13 to lead the Tigers (14-16, 3-14), who played without leading rebounder Corey Chest (foot) and third-leading scorer Vyctorius Miller (leg).
No. 24 Arizona 113, Arizona State 100
Henri Veesaar scored a career-high 22 points and had eight rebounds to lead the Wildcats to a victory over the Sun Devils in Tucson, Ariz.
Caleb Love and KJ Lewis each tallied 21 points for Arizona (20-10, 14-5 Big 12), and Tobe Awaka had 15 points and nine rebounds.
Arizona State’s Alston Mason scored a season-high 33 points on 10-for-17 shooting, 5-for-7 from 3-point range, and had six assists. Arizona State (13-17, 4-15 Big 12) had just six scholarship players available, and Adam Miller played less than a minute before aggravating a hip injury.
Texas 87, No. 25 Mississippi State 82 (OT)
Tramon Mark scored 24 points, including two key late free throws, as the Longhorns outlasted the Bulldogs in overtime in a Southeastern Conference game in Starkville, Miss.
Tre Johnson scored 23 points for Texas (17-13, 6-11 SEC). Kaluma finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds and Shedrick added 10 points as the Longhorns snapped a three-game losing streak.
Hubbard led Mississippi State (20-10, 8-9) with 16 points, all after halftime. RJ Melendez added 15, KeShawn Murphy had 13, Kugel and Cameron Matthews scored 12 each and Shawn Jones Jr. hit for 10 points.
–Field Level Media
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