Tuesday night’s Top 25 action.
No. 3 KANSAS 90 KANSAS STATE 88
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk scored at the buzzer as Kansas survived their intra-state foe. Mykhailiuk inbounded the ball to Josh Jackson, took a return pass and went the length of the court to score the game-winning layup.
Kansas, already tied for the 10th best three-point shooting team in terms of percentage at 40.9 percent, improved upon that number by going 11-22 or 50 percent from behind the arc.
Jackson led Kansas with 22 points and nine rebounds, with senior forward Landen Lucas adding 18 points and 12 rebounds for a double-double. Senior forward Wesley Iwundu paced Kansas State with 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
Kansas improves to 13-1 and Kansas State drops to 12-2.
No. 6 KENTUCKY 100 TEXAS A&M 58
Freshman guard Malik Monk led Kentucky (12-2) with 26 points while freshman guard De’Aaron Fox scored 15 points, dished out six assists and grabbed five rebounds.
TEXAS TECH 77 No. 7 WEST VIRGINIA 76 in OT
Zach Smith paced Texas Tech (12-2) with 15 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Jevon Carter led West Virginia (12-2) with 11 points, six assists, four rebounds and four steals.
No. 13 WISCONSIN 75 No. 25 INDIANA 68
Sophomore forward Ethan Happ collected 19 points, six rebounds and four assists for Wisconsin (13-2). Sophomore forward Juwan Morgan had 12 points and seven rebounds for Indiana (10-5). Sophomore center Thomas Bryant (Bishop Kearney) scored six points and grabbed three rebounds for Indiana.
No. 14 NORTH CAROLINA 89 CLEMSON 86 in OT
Joel Berry II topped North Carolina (13-3) 31 points, and Kennedy Meeks contributed 14 points and 16 rebounds for a double-double. Jaron Blossomgame netted 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds for Clemson (11-3).
No. 24 FLORIDA 70 OLE MISS 63
Florida’s (11-3) Canyon Berry led the way with 20 points. KeVaughn Allen added 14 points and five rebounds. Ole Miss'(9-5) senior forward Sebastian Saiz scored 15 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for a double-double.
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TOLEDO 86 BUFFALO 54
Redshirt-sophomore guard Dontay Caruthers (East High School) had two assists, a steal and a rebound for Buffalo.
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