Morgantown, W.Va. • Jevon Carter sank the go-ahead 3-pointer with 57.5 seconds left and No. 2 West Virginia escaped with a 57-54 victory over Baylor on Tuesday night.
West Virginia (15-1, 4-0 Big 12) struggled to make shots the entire game but extended the nation’s longest winning streak to 15, the Mountaineers’ best since winning 22 straight in 1988-89.
Lamont West and Daxter Miles Jr. led West Virginia with 12 points apiece.
Baylor’s Manu Lecomte scored 13 points and Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. had 11 points and 10 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season.
West Virginia, which had little inside success on offense against the taller Bears (11-5, 1-3), shot 31.1 percent (19 of 61) from the floor and was held to its lowest point total of the season. But the Mountaineers never trailed in the second half of a close game with few scoring runs. Baylor made one field goal over the final eight minutes.
No. 3 Virginia 68, Syracuse 61 • In Charlottesville, Va., Kyle Guy scored 22 points, De’Andre Hunter added 15 and Virginia beat Syracuse. Guy made five 3-pointers for Virginia (15-1, 4-0 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Cavaliers attempted a season-high 27 3s and made nine. Devon Hall added 13 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for Virginia. Oshae Brissett added 16 points and Paschal Chukwu scored nine points and grabbed 16 rebounds, but the Orange shot under 40 percent against the nation’s top scoring defense and managed just three assists on 23 baskets.
No. 5 Purdue 70, Michigan 69 • In Ann Arbor, Mich., Isaac Haas made a tiebreaking free throw with four seconds remaining and Purdue (16-2, 5-0) remained unbeaten in the Big Ten with a victory over Michigan. Purdue is 5-0 in conference play for the first time since 1989-90.
No. 9 Oklahoma 75, No. 8 Texas Tech 65 • In Norman, Okla., Trae Young scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half to help Oklahoma (13-2, 3-1 Big 12) top Texas Tech. Young, a freshman point guard who leads the nation in scoring and assists, shot just 1 of 12 in the first half. He went 6 for 11 in the second to help the Sooners bounce back from a loss to No. 2 West Virginia on Saturday.
No. 12 Kansas 83, Iowa State 78 • In Lawrence, Kan., Malik Newman scored a career-high 27 points, Svi Mykhailiuk added 23 and Kansas staved off an upset bid by Iowa State. Devonte Graham added 11 points for the Jayhawks (13-3, 3-1 Big 12), most of those coming in crunch time, when he shook off a 1-for-11 start from the field to knock down three big jumpers.
Marquette 84, No. 13 Seton Hall 64 • In Milwaukee, Andrew Rowsey scored 31 points and Marquette used a 16-0 run in the second half to pull away for a win over Seton Hall. Sam Hauser added 14 points for the Golden Eagles (12-5, 3-2 Big East). Energized Marquette outhustled Seton Hall (14-3, 3-1) and held its own in the paint against the Pirates’ dominant center, Angel Delgado (12 points, 10 rebounds).
No. 20 North Carolina 96, Boston College 66 • In Chapel Hill, N.C., Luke Maye had career highs of 32 points and 18 rebounds, and North Carolina’s small lineup got off to a fast start in an easy win against Boston College. Cameron Johnson added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Tar Heels (13-4, 2-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who avoided their first three-game losing streak since January 2014. Ky Bowman scored 21 points to lead Boston College (11-6, 2-3).
No. 21 Kentucky 74, Texas A&M 73 • In Lexington, Ky., PJ Washington made a steal that led to Kevin Knox’s go-ahead layup with 2:28 left, then added four points down the stretch to help Kentucky (13-3, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) rally past Texas A&M. Hamidou Diallo had 18 points as Kentucky (13-3, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) bounced back from last weekend’s loss at No. 24 Tennessee.
No. 22 Auburn 85, Mississippi 70 • In Auburn, Ala., Desean Murray had 16 points and eight rebounds to help Auburn erase a 10-point halftime deficit and beat Mississippi. Auburn (15-1, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) won its 13th straight game overall and opened 3-0 in conference play for the first time since 2002-03. Auburn had lost 10 straight against Ole Miss.
No. 24 Tennessee 92, Vanderbilt 84 • In Nashville, Tenn., Grant Williams scored a career-best 37 points as Tennessee (11-4, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) rallied from a 10-point deficit in the second half to beat Vanderbilt. The sophomore forward avoided foul trouble, and Vanderbilt couldn’t handle the 6-foot-7, 241-pound Williams around the basket. Admiral Schofield tied his career high with 22 points as Tennessee (11-4, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) won its second straight.
No. 25 Creighton 85, Butler 47 • In Omaha, Neb., Marcus Foster scored 21 of his 23 points in the first half, Martin Krampelj had 14 points and 14 rebounds for his third straight double-double and Creighton (14-3, 4-1 Big East) won for the ninth time in 10 games.
