LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Perry Ellis had 21 points, Landen Lucas pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds and No. 6 Kansas beat No. 10 West Virginia 75-65 on Tuesday night to forge a three-way tie atop the Big 12.
Frank Mason III added 14 points for the Jayhawks (20-4, 8-3), who handled the Mountaineers' pressure well in avenging a loss lost month in Morgantown that had them playing catch-up in the league race.
Now, they are tied with the Mountaineers (19-5, 8-3) and No. 3 Oklahoma (20-3, 8-3) as they pursue their 12th consecutive championship. All three teams have seven games remaining.
Devin Williams had 14 points and nine rebounds, and Jaysean Paige also had 14 points for the Mountaineers -- though their leading scorer was just 5 of 16 from the field.
Williams in particular had a hard time with Lucas, who had nine points but was ferocious on the defensive end. Along with his rebounding, the junior forward had a career-high four blocks.
Tennessee 71, Auburn 45
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Robert Hubbs III scored 20 points and Devon Baulkman added 14 to end their personal slumps as Tennessee defeated Auburn and handed the Tigers their sixth consecutive loss.
Hubbs had totaled 12 points and had shot 4 of 17 from the floor over the three games leading up to this one. Baulkman had scored a total of 12 points and had shot a combined 5 of 25 over his last five games.
Auburn (9-14, 3-8 SEC) posted its lowest point total of the season and shot a season-low 23.7 percent against a Tennessee (12-12, 5-6) team that entered the night allowing a league-high 78.2 points per game in conference play.
The Tigers were playing a second-straight game without leading scorer Kareem Canty, who is indefinitely suspended for conduct detrimental to the team. In those two games, Auburn has averaged 48.5 points and shot 22.8 percent from the floor.
Canty had scored 20 points in an 83-77 victory over Tennessee last month.
No. 2 Maryland 93
Bowie State 62
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Second-ranked Maryland got 16 points from Rasheed Sulaimon and cruised past Bowie State for its school-record 27th consecutive home victory.
Taking a break from their rigorous Big Ten schedule, the Terrapins (22-3) enjoyed a stress-free encounter with Bowie State, a Division II school in Maryland.
Maryland coach Mark Turgeon went to his bench early and received a solid performance from backup center Michal Cekovsky, who usually sees little playing time behind Diamond Stone and Damonte Dodd.
Cekovsky scored 11 of his 14 points in the first half to help the Terrapins take a 47-29 lead. His previous career high was 10.
Maryland's home winning streak eclipses a 26-game run at Cole Field House from Feb. 10, 1979, to Jan. 10, 1981. The Terrapins are 14-0 at home this season and haven't lost on their own court since falling to Virginia on Dec. 3, 2014.
Although Maryland's reserves saw ample playing time, each member of the usual starting five played at least 16 minutes. Sulaimon went 7 for 10 from the field and Stone had 14 points.
Miles Jackson scored 13 points for the Bulldogs (13-10), a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
No. 12 Miami 65
Pittsburgh 63
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Guard Angel Rodriguez scored on an offensive rebound with 1.4 seconds left, and No. 12 Miami edged Pittsburgh.
With the game tied, the Hurricanes missed two shots in the final 6 seconds and a Pitt player batted the ball before Rodriguez slapped it in the basket from the left side with his left hand.
That was the only offensive rebound of the game for the 5-foot-11 Rodriguez, who had 17 points and eight assists.
The Hurricanes (19-4, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed by eight points in the first half but won for the sixth time in the past seven games. Pittsburgh (17-6, 6-5) has lost two straight for the first time this season.
No. 16 Dayton 76
Duquesne 74
DAYTON, Ohio -- Scoochie Smith hit a 3-pointer that put No. 19 Dayton ahead to stay as the Flyers overcame a late 12-point deficit and beat Duquesne.
The Flyers (20-3, 10-1 Atlantic 10) got their eighth-straight win by going on a closing 19-5 run. Smith's three-pointer from the top of the arc put Dayton ahead 73-70 with 46 seconds left, and the Dukes (15-9, 5-6) never pulled even again. Smith hit a free throw with 2.7 seconds left.
Charles Cooke led Dayton with 22 points and Smith added 14.
Micah Mason had 27 points for Duquesne. Derrick Colter had 19 of his 21 in the second half.
Sports on 02/10/2016