BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU held South Carolina to one basket over the final four minutes and rallied for a 64-58 Southeastern Conference victory Wednesday night.
In a second half in which both teams had mini-runs, five consecutive points by Michael Carrera put South Carolina ahead 56-52 with 4:33 remaining in the game. Josh Gray came back with five straight points to give LSU a 57-56 lead at the two-minute mark.
Tyrone Johnson made a layup to give the lead back to the Gamecocks at 58-57 with 1:39 to play. A dunk by Jarell Martin off a pass from Tim Quarterman put the Tigers in the lead for good at 59-58 with 1:10 remaining.
The Gamecocks had two opportunities to take the lead in the last 35 seconds, but had shots blocked. Jordan Mickey blocked an attempt by Johnson and Keith Hornsby got a piece of a shot by Marcus Stroman.
Quarterman led LSU (16-4, 5-2) with 16 points. Hornsby added 15 points, while Mickey had 14 points and six blocked shots. Martin, who also blocked six shots, had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Duane Notice was the leading scorer for the Gamecocks (10-9, 1-6) with 12 points. Sindarius Thornwell had 11 points and nine rebounds, while Johnson contributed 10 points.
Ole Miss 79
Mississippi St. 73
OXFORD, Miss. -- Jarvis Summers scored 22 points -- all in the second half -- to lead Mississippi past Mississippi State 79-73 on Wednesday night.
Ole Miss (13-7, 4-3 SEC) won despite trailing for most of the game, including 45-32 early in the second half. The Rebels have won four in a row at home against the Bulldogs.
Stefan Moody scored 14 points and LaDarius White added 12 for Ole Miss.
Mississippi State (9-11, 2-5) lost despite shooting 55.6 percent (30 of 54) from the field. Craig Sword scored a season-high 27 points, making 10 of 13 shots from the field. Gavin Ware added 12 points and I.J. Ready had 10.
No. 6 Arizona 90, Oregon 56
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Gabe York scored 16 points, Brandon Ashley added 13 and No. 6 Arizona put on an offensive show to dismantle Oregon.
After routing Oregon earlier this season behind its defense, Arizona (19-2, 7-1 Pac-12) ran away from the Ducks a second time with one of its best offensive performances of the season.
Stanley Johnson had 12 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Wildcats. T.J. McConnell scored all 10 of his points in the first half and had five assists.
Elgin Cook had 16 points and Joseph Young added 12 for Oregon (14-7, 4-4).
No. 9 Kansas 64, TCU 61
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Frank Mason III scored 16 points with a couple of key shots in the go-ahead run and Kansas held on for a victory at TCU after his missed free throws.
The Big 12-leading Jayhawks (17-3, 6-1 Big 12), who had as much as a 13-point lead early, found themselves down after TCU scored the first seven points after halftime.
Mason's driving layup with 13:26 left got the Jayhawks within 43-42 and started a 12-0 run that put them ahead to stay.
But a layup by Mason with 3:35 left was their last field goal. He then missed two free throws with 4.7 seconds left to leave TCU (14-6, 1-6) a chance to force overtime.
A long 3-point try by Charles Hill Jr. ricocheted off the back rim at the buzzer.
Kyan Anderson had 17 points for TCU.
No. 10 Louisville 81
Boston College 72
BOSTON -- Chris Jones scored 28 points, including a pair of three-pointers after Boston College cut a 10-point deficit to one, and Louisville held on to beat the Eagles.
Jones scored 10 of the Cardinals' next 12 points after BC cut the lead to 62-61 with just over 5 minutes left. Terry Rozier scored 23 for Louisville (17-3, 5-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), making a pair of threes down the stretch as the Cardinals struggled to hold on.
Aaron Brown scored a career-high 28 for BC (9-10, 1-6). The Eagles were coming off their first ACC win of the season, against Georgia Tech on Sunday.
No. 12 Wichita State 58
Loyola 47
WICHITA, Kan. -- Fred VanVleet scored a career-high 27 points to lead Wichita State to a 58-47 win over Loyola.
Ron Baker added 16 points as the Shockers (19-2, 9-0 Missouri Valley) shot just 41 percent from the floor and 43 percent from the free-throw line. VanVleet and Baker were a combined 16 of 28 from the floor. The rest of the team was 6 of 26.
Devon Turk scored nine points for Loyola (13-8, 3-6), held to its lowest scoring output of the season.
No. 18 Northern Iowa 59,
Southern Illinois 52
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Paul Jesperson matched his season-high with 13 points and Seth Tuttle also had 13 to keep Northern Iowa in the hunt for the Missouri Valley Conference title with a win over Southern Illinois.
The Panthers (19-2, 8-1 Missouri Valley) rallied from their fifth halftime deficit of the season and stay a game back of No. 12 Wichita State. Northern Iowa hosts Wichita State on Saturday at the McLeod Center.
Southern Illinois (9-13, 2-7) got a season-high 10 points from backup center Ibby Djimde but went more than six minutes without a field goal in the second half.
Purdue 83, No. 22 Indiana 67
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Rapheal Davis scored 19 points and Purdue's stifling defense shut down Indiana.
The Boilermakers (13-8, 5-3 Big Ten) have won three of their last four including back-to-back victories over ranked opponents. Purdue already has matched last season's conference victory total, too.
Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell led the Hoosiers (15-6, 5-3) with 21 points while James Blackmon Jr. scored 13 -- not nearly enough for the Hoosiers to avoid their first two-game skid of the season.
Georgia Tech 70
No. 23 Miami 50
CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 24 points and Georgia Tech earned its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season by upsetting Miami.
The Yellow Jackets shot a season-high 57 percent, well above their season average of 41 percent, in part because they repeatedly drove inside for easy baskets. They scored 34 points in the paint.
Georgia Tech (10-10, 1-7 ACC) was off to its worst start in the league since 2002, and won for the first time since Dec. 30. Miami (14-6, 4-3) lost at home while ranked for the third time this season, with each defeat coming against an unranked team.
No. 24 Oklahoma 81
Texas Tech 36
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma allowed the fewest points ever by a Big 12 team in a conference game, and the Sooners defeated Texas Tech.
The Sooners eclipsed the league record of 37 points set by Texas against Oklahoma in 2004 and matched by Oklahoma against Texas A&M in 2008.
Ryan Spangler scored a season-high 20 points, Buddy Hield scored 15 points and Isaiah Cousins added 13 for the Sooners (13-7, 4-4 Big 12), who had lost four offive, with three of the losses against ranked opponents.
Texas Tech upset Oklahoma 68-60 in Norman last year, but the Sooners had this game in hand quickly and held Tech to 21 percent shooting.
It was the worst margin of defeat in Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith's career. Tech (11-10, 1-7) was coming off a win over No. 9 Iowa State that snapped a six-game losing skid.
Sports on 01/30/2015