CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Peter Jok scored 23 points and Jarrod Uthoff added 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead No. 5 Iowa past Illinois 77-65 Sunday.
Jok took over early in the second half, scoring seven of the first 10 points for Hawkeyes (19-4, 10-1 Big Ten) and led them to a 48-36 lead with 16:48 to play.
Iowa would push the lead to as many as 20 points midway through the half.
Adam Woodbury added a double-double for the Hawkeyes with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
Iowa outrebounded the Illini 43-32. Illinois (11-13, 3-8) has been outrebounded in 10 of its 11 conference games.
Jalen Coleman-Lands led Illinois with 17 points, going 5 of 11 from three-point range.
No. 12 SMU 92
South Florida 58
TAMPA, Fla. -- Shake Milton scored 22 points and Nic Moore added 17 as No. 12 SMU rebounded from its second loss of the season with a rout of struggling South Florida,
The Mustangs (20-2, 9-2 American Athletic Conference) shrugged off a three-point road loss to Houston by matching their season high with 14 three-pointers and shooting 60 percent overall. They never trailed, scoring the game's first 11 points. SMU hit its last six shots before halftime and then opened the second half with an 8-0 run to build its lead to 30 points.
Jahmal McMurray led South Florida (5-20, 2-10) with 18 points.
SMU, which had lost two straight on the road, has matched the best 22-game start in school history. The Mustangs won 26 of their first 28 games before finishing 26-4 in 1955-56.
The conference leaders have topped 20 wins in three of four seasons under Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown, who was suspended for the first nine games of the season and will not be able to take the Mustangs to this year's NCAA tournament because of multiple rules infractions.
No. 16 Oregon 76, Utah 66
EUGENE, Ore. -- Dillon Brooks had 30 points and nine assists, both career highs, to lead No. 16 Oregon over Utah.
Chris Boucher added 15 points and Elgin Cook had 12 for the Ducks (20-4, 9-2 Pac-12), who won their sixth consecutive game and 22nd straight at home, one shy of the school record.
Brooks, who had the first 30-point game for Oregon this season, had six rebounds.
Kyle Kuzma led the Utes (17-7, 6-5) with 18 points, and Jordan Loveridge had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Jakob Poeltl, the Pac-12's second-leading scorer at 17.4 points per game, had 13 points and eight rebounds
No. 17 Miami 75
Georgia Tech 68
ATLANTA -- Sheldon McClellan scored 22 points and Ja'Quan Newton hit a huge 3-pointer to lead No. 17 Miami to its fifth win in six games.
In a game that was tight all the way, the Hurricanes (18-4, 7-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) were clinging to a 63-60 lead with the shot clock running down when Newton hurled up a desperation shot from the corner with 1:49 remaining.
Nothing but net.
Georgia Tech (12-11, 2-8) lost another tight one in the ACC, keeping the heat on embattled coach Brian Gregory. All eight of its conference defeats have been by less than 10 points, little consolation to a program that has struggled throughout Gregory's five-year tenure.
Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 19 points to lead the Yellow Jackets before a sparse crown at McCamish Pavilion.
College women
No. 3 Notre Dame 66
No. 13 Louisville 61
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Madison Cable scored five straight points in the fourth quarter, including a big 3-pointer with two minutes remaining, to rally No. 3 Notre Dame past No. 13 Louisville for its 16th-straight victory.
Down 55-49, the Fighting Irish rallied to tie it twice before Cable's two free throws with 3:07 left put them ahead for good at 59-58. Her subsequent long-range jumper provided a four-point cushion and Notre Dame sealed the hard-fought win with four more free throws.
Cable and Brianna Turner each had 13 points for the Fighting Irish, who were led by Arike Ogunbowale's 15 points. Lindsay Allen added 12 as Notre Dame (23-1, 11-0 ACC) won this tense showdown of unbeaten Atlantic Coast Conference teams, both riding 15-game winning streaks coming in.
Myisha Hines-Allen scored 16 points but fouled out late for the Cardinals (18-6, 10-1), who missed 12 of their last 13 shots.
No. 11 Mississippi State 52
No. 21 Missouri 42
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Morgan William scored 17 points and Victoria Vivians 13, and the two guards made big plays late in Mississippi State's victory over Missouri.
Mississippi State (21-4, 8-3 SEC) led 45-42 when William scored and Vivians followed with a steal and three-point play for an eight-point lead with a minute left. William added two free throws with the duo combining for the Bulldogs' final 11 points.
Sophie Cunningham scored 13 points and Jordan Frericks had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers (18-6, 5-6).
No. 12 Texas A&M 76
No. 23 Tennessee 71, OT
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Courtney Walker scored 29 points, including 10 in overtime, and Texas A&M bounced back from two straight losses to beat Tennessee.
After a sloppy first half, which ended with the Aggies on top 30-29, the third quarter would was owned by Tennessee, which shot 60 percent to open a 51-40 lead. A&M made just 2 of 17 shots.
That is when Walker and the Aggies roared back, outscoring Tennessee 21-10 in the final period, which was capped by a game-tying field goal from Khaalia Hillsman with five seconds remaining. That tying basket occurred after A&M guard Jordan Jones took a charge with 25 seconds left. The senior left the court on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital. She was talking with the trainers and was able to move her extremities.
Tennessee opened overtime with a free throw before Walker scored four points and Chelsea Jennings made two free throws for a 67-62 lead with 2:57 left.
Twice the Lady Volunteers closed within on and each time Walker answered and the Aggies went 7 of 8 from the line in the last 1:34.
Hillsman added 14 points for the Aggies (16-7, 6-3 SEC).
Jordan Reynolds led the Lady Vols (14-9, 5-5) with 16 points.
No. 18 Kentucky 70, LSU 58
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Janee Thompson had 16 points and 10 assists and Kentucky used a strong first quarter to defeat LSU.
Maci Morris added 14 points and Alexis Jennings 11 for the Wildcats (16-6, 5-6 SEC), who shot 54 percent (27 of 50) for the game.
Rina Hill scored 17 points and Alexis Hyder had 16 and matched her career-high with 15 rebounds for the Tigers (8-16, 2-9), who have lost four straight.
No. 25 Oklahoma State 70
Texas Tech 57
STILLWATER, Okla. -- Brittney Martin scored 32 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for her eighth straight double-double and Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech for the Cowgirls' sixth victory in a row. Martin had eight of Oklahoma State's first 12 points and scored its final six of the first quarter as the Cowgirls built a 20-9 lead. Texas Tech battled back in the second, highlighted by Dayo Olabode's eight straight points, to pull within 34-30 at the break.
Up by five after three quarters, Oklahoma State opened the fourth on a 14-3 run, with eight points from Kaylee Jensen, for a 66-50 lead.
Jensen finished with 16 points for Oklahoma State (18-4, 8-3 Big 12). Roddricka Patton reached double-digit assists for the fourth time in five games to move into second place in the nation with 170 assists on the season.
Ivonne Cook-Taylor led Texas Tech (11-12, 2-10) with 17 points and seven rebounds.
Sports on 02/08/2016