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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Star freshman Cooper Flagg had 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists as second-ranked Duke pushed past Wake Forest 63-56 on Saturday.
Fellow freshman Kon Knueppel had 15 points for the Blue Devils (17-2, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who missed their first 13 shots after halftime and went 1 for 19 through the first 12 minutes of the second half. That helped Wake Forest rally from 15 down before halftime to push ahead 45-39 on Juke Harris' basket at the 9:55 mark. Duke responded with seven straight scoring possessions, going up 53-47 on Flagg's two free throws with 3:53 left.
Harris scored 14 points to lead the Demon Deacons (15-5, 7-2), who had the backing of a loud and festive home crowd eager to storm the court against Duke for the second straight year. This time, they couldn't close it when Duke wobbled. No.
3 IOWA ST., 76 ARIZONA ST. 61 TEMPE, Ariz.
— Curtis Jones scored 33 points, Keshon Gilbert had seven of his 12 during a key run and No. 3 Iowa State pulled away late for a 76-61 win over Arizona State. The Cyclones bounced back from a loss to West Virginia with a 108-83 blowout of UCF on Tuesday, but found a lot less offensive freedom against the scrappy Sun Devils.
Iowa State took nearly four minutes to score its first point and trailed 40-33 at halftime. The Cyclones went back and forth with the Sun Devils in the second half until ratcheting up their defense in a game-closing 19-3 run. No.
5 FLORIDA, 89 GEORGIA 59 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Alijah Martin and Walter Clayton Jr. scored 17 points apiece, and No.
5 Florida dominated Georgia 89-59 and extended the Gators’ winning streak in the series to 12. It’s the longest streak by either team in the Southeastern Conference rivalry that began in 1923. Georgia leading scorer and rebounder Asa Newell, a 6-foot-11 freshman from the Sunshine State, finished with eight points on 4-of-14 shooting and six boards.
Georgia coach Mike White fell to 0-6 against his former team. No. 8 MICHIGAN ST.
, 81 RUTGERS 74 NEW YORK — Freshman guard Jase Richardson scored a career-high 20 points and No. 8 Michigan State rolled to its 12th consecutive victory, beating Rutgers 81-74 at Madison Square Garden. Coen Carr added 14 points on 5-of-5 shooting for the Spartans and pulled down eight rebounds.
MSU is riding its longest winning streak since a 13-game run during the 2018-19 season — the most recent of eight teams to reach the Final Four under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo. Jordan Derkack scored a season-high 26 points off the bench in a home game for Rutgers, played before a crowd of 17,480 about 38 miles from its New Jersey campus. Ace Bailey added 18 on 4-of-17 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds.
VANDERBILT 74, No. 9 KENTUCKY 69 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tyler Nickel’s 3-pointer with 1:50 left put Vanderbilt ahead to stay as the Commodores upset a Top 10 team on their home court for a second straight Saturday by beating No.
9 Kentucky 74-69. Vanderbilt fans stormed the court again after the win, a repeat from a week ago when the Commodores knocked off then-No. 6 Tennessee.
The first court-storming led to a $250,000 fine from the league. Jason Edwards led Vanderbilt with 18 points, Devin McGlockton added 14, Nickel finished with 11 and Jaylen Carey 10. Kentucky lost consecutive games for the first time this season.
TEXAS 70, No. 13 TEXAS A&M 69 AUSTIN, Texas — Tramon Mark's layup with 3 seconds left sent Texas to a 70-69 victory over No. 13 Texas A&M as the Longhorns rallied from a 22-point second-half deficit.
Freshman Tre Johnson scored 30 points for Texas. His 3-pointer from the wing pulled Texas within 69-68 with 46 seconds left before Mark's winner. Texas earned its second straight home win over a ranked opponent and its third victory in four games after an 0-3 start in SEC play.
Wade Taylor IV scored 15 to lead the Aggies, who led 51-29 early in the second half. MINNESOTA 77, No. 15 OREGON 69 MINNEAPOLIS — Dawson Garcia scored a season-high 31 points on 13-for-19 shooting and Parker Fox had 13 points and 11 rebounds to help Minnesota beat No.
15 Oregon 77-69. Lu’Cye Patterson added 11 points as the Gophers won their third straight Big Ten game to match their longest streak in four seasons under coach Ben Johnson. Brandon Angel scored 18 points as the Ducks lost for the first time in five true road games this season.
Garcia had three blocks to help hold Oregon leading scorer Nate Bittle scoreless. The Gophers beat then-No. 20 Michigan last week.
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