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Women’s Top 25 roundup: No. 10 TCU edges WVU on buzzer-beating trey


Marta Suarez sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer, lifting No. 10 TCU to a 51-50 win over West Virginia on Wednesday in Morgantown, W.Va.

The lead changed hands six times in the fourth quarter, and the Mountaineers’ Jordan Harrison made 1 of 2 foul shots with 2.8 seconds to go for a two-point lead. Donovyn Hunter’s inbounds pass to Suarez set up the winning hoop.

Olivia Miles scored 14 points to pace the Horned Frogs (17-1, 5-1 Big 12), who earned their third win in a row. Suarez finished with 11 points, nine rebounds and three steals. She made just 1 of 6 3-point attempts, but it was the big one.

Harrison logged 19 points and six rebounds for West Virginia (14-4, 4-2), which took its second loss in the past three games. Gia Cooke added 10 points.

No. 3 UCLA 76, Minnesota 58

Kiki Rice registered 25 points on near-perfect shooting as the Bruins beat the Golden Gophers in Minneapolis for their 10th consecutive win.

Rice made 8 of 9 shots from the floor, including all three of her 3-point attempts, and was 6 of 6 from the foul line. She added five assists, four rebounds and three steals for UCLA (16-1, 6-0 Big Ten). Lauren Betts chipped in with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Gabriela Jaquez scored 12 points.

Amaya Battle compiled 16 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals for Minnesota (12-5, 3-3), which had won six of its previous seven games. Mara Braun produced 15 points.

No. 14 Ohio State 108, Penn State 84

Jaloni Cambridge poured in 33 points and dished out six assists as the Buckeyes cruised past the Lady Lions in Columbus, Ohio.

Chance Gray sank seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points as Ohio State (16-2, 6-1 Big Ten) rolled to its fifth consecutive victory by posting its second-highest point total of the season. Elsa Lemmila added 21 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the floor.

Moriah Murray put up 25 points, Gracie Merkle scored 21 and Kiyomi McMiller added 20 for Penn State (7-11, 0-7), which suffered its seventh straight loss. The Lady Lions enjoyed their top scoring production in their past 13 games, but it wasn’t nearly enough.

No. 18 Baylor 61, Utah 45

Taliah Scott and Kiersten Johnson each sank a 3-pointer as part of a half-ending 10-0 run, and the Bears downed the Utes in Salt Lake City for their fifth win in a row.

The key surge put Baylor up 35-24 entering halftime. Utah drew within seven early in the second half but got no closer. Scott scored 14 points, Darianna Littlepage-Buggs contributed 11 points and nine rebounds and Jana Van Gytenbeek added 10 points and six assists for the Bears (16-3, 5-1 Big 12).

Chyra Evans amassed 14 points and 11 rebounds and Lani White also scored 14 for the Utes (13-5, 4-2), whose three-game winning streak ended. However, the pair shot a combined 9 of 29 from the floor, including 1 of 10 from 3-point range.

Colorado 68, No. 19 Iowa State 62

Tabitha Betson sank two 3-pointers late in the second half to give the Buffaloes a seven-point lead en route to an upset of the Cyclones in Boulder, Colo.

Desiree Wooten added another trey to give Colorado (12-6, 3-3 Big 12) its biggest lead of the game, 63-55, with 46 seconds left. Wooten came off the bench to score a season-high 24 points, and the Buffaloes got 15 points from Jade Masogayo. Anaelle Dutat registered nine points and 12 rebounds.

Audi Crooks totaled 17 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for Iowa State (14-4, 2-4), which lost its fourth consecutive game. Sydney Harris tallied 16 points.

–Field Level Media

Top 25 roundup: Texas ends No. 10 Vanderbilt’s perfect start


Matas Vokietaitis scored 22 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor and Texas’ defense did the rest in a stunning 80-64 upset of previously undefeated No. 10 Vanderbilt on Wednesday in Austin, Texas.

The Commodores (16-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) were seeking a program-record 17-0 start to the season, having matched the 16-0 start set by the 2007-08 team.

Tramon Mark added 21 points for the Longhorns (11-6, 2-2), and Dailyn Swain posted 14 points, nine boards and seven assists.

Duke Miles led Vanderbilt with 21 points while Tyler Tanner had 17. The Commodores shot just 26.7% from the floor in the second half and 36.7% overall.

No. 1 Arizona 89, Arizona State 82

Koa Peat achieved his first game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds and Tobe Awaka scored a career-high 25 points to help the host Wildcats hold off the Sun Devils in Tucson, Ariz.

Peat finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds after making all seven of his shots from the field in the second half. Arizona (17-0, 4-0 Big 12) used a stretch of 11 straight made field goals to pull away to a 75-63 lead with 7:01 left.

Maurice Odum finished with 23 points and seven assists to lead Arizona State (10-7, 1-3). Massamba Diop added 16 points and six rebounds.

No. 4 Michigan 82, Washington 72

Aday Mara scored 20 points on 10-of-11 shooting to lead the Wolverines to a victory over the Huskies in Seattle.

Morez Johnson Jr. recorded 16 points and a career-best 16 rebounds as Michigan (15-1, 5-1 Big Ten) bounced back from its first setback of the season, against Wisconsin on Saturday.

JJ Mandaquit scored 15 points while Quimari Peterson added 13 as the Huskies (10-7, 2-4) lost for the third time in the past four games.

No. 5 Purdue 79, Iowa 72

Braden Smith scored 16 points and dished eight assists as the Boilermakers held on for a win over the Hawkeyes in West Lafayette, Ind.

Trey Kaufman-Renn added 12 points for Purdue (16-1, 6-0 Big Ten), which won its eighth game in a row. Fletcher Loyer scored 11 points, and Oscar Cluff finished with 10 points on 4-for-4 shooting.

Bennett Stirtz scored 19 points on 7-for-15 shooting to lead Iowa (12-5, 2-4), which dropped its third consecutive game. Kael Combs scored 16 points and Cam Manyawu chipped in 13.

No. 6 Duke 71, Cal 56

Isaiah Evans had eight of his 17 points in a late first-half surge, Cameron Boozer saved 17 of his game-high 21 points for the second half and the Blue Devils pulled away from the Golden Bears in their first visit ever to Berkeley, Calif.

Boozer also snatched a game-high 13 rebounds to complete his eighth double-double for Duke (16-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), which has won five straight.

Lee Dort had 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds for Cal (13-5, 1-4), which lost its third straight despite playing before its biggest home crowd of the season and leading by six on four occasions in the first half.

No. 11 BYU 76, TCU 70

AJ Dybantsa scored 25 points as the Cougars pulled away late in a win over the Horned Frogs in Provo, Utah.

Richie Saunders tallied 18 points and Robert Wright III added 15 for BYU (16-1, 4-0 Big 12), which pushed its winning streak to 13 games.

Xavier Edmonds racked up 19 points for TCU (11-6, 1-3). Micah Robinson added 10 points for the Horned Frogs, who dropped their third straight game.

No. 13 Illinois 79, Northwestern 68

Keaton Wagler scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half while leading the Fighting Illini to a victory over the Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.

Tomislav Ivisic contributed 14 of his season-high-tying 21 points in the second half — including two crucial 3-pointers late — as Illinois (14-3, 5-1 Big Ten) extended its winning streak to six games.

Jayden Reid, dropped from the Northwestern starting lineup for the first time this season, delivered a career-high 28 points off the bench to pace the Wildcats (8-9, 0-6). Nick Martinelli, the nation’s leading scorer at 24.1 points per game, finished with 20 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the field.

Stanford 95, No. 14 North Carolina 90

Freshman Ebuka Okorie scored a career-high 36 points on 12-of-20 shooting and added nine assists as the host Cardinal closed on an 11-3 run to beat the Tar Heels.

Ryan Agarwal set career highs with five 3-pointers and 20 points for Stanford (14-4, 3-2 ACC), which shot 57.1% from the field and from long distance. Jeremy Dent-Smith added a season-high 20 off the bench while shooting 6 of 7 from 3-point range.

Caleb Wilson scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the second half and grabbed nine rebounds for North Carolina (14-3, 2-2), which has lost two of its past three games. Henri Veesaar matched his career high with 26 points.

No. 15 Texas Tech 88, Utah 74

Sparked by stars JT Toppin and Christian Anderson, the Red Raiders broke away from the Utes with a huge run heading into halftime on the way to a victory in Lubbock, Texas.

Toppin led Texas Tech (13-4, 3-1 Big 12) with 31 points, 13 rebounds and five blocked shots, and he also had seven assists. Anderson logged 26 points and 10 assists, buoyed by six 3-pointers.

Keanu Dawes and Don McHenry paced Utah (8-9, 0-4) with 18 points apiece, and Terrence Brown contributed 17. That trio combined to hit 18 of 34 shots from the field. The rest of the Utes were a combined 7 of 24 (29.2%).

No. 17 Arkansas 108, South Carolina 74

Darius Acuff Jr. scored 18 points and added a season-high 13 assists, Meleek Thomas contributed five 3-pointers and 21 points off the bench, and the Razorbacks blew out the Gamecocks in Fayetteville, Ark.

Malique Ewin added 18 points for the Razorbacks (13-4, 3-1 Southeastern Conference), who had six players score in double figures. Arkansas bounced back decisively from its worst loss of the season, 95-73 at Auburn on Saturday.

Meechie Johnson scored 17 of his 29 points in the first half and added six assists for the Gamecocks (10-7, 1-3), who have lost three of their past four games. Nick Pringle scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high seven rebounds for the Razorbacks against his former team.

Ole Miss 97, No. 21 Georgia 95 (OT)

Patton Pinkins rebounded a missed shot and scored at the buzzer to lift the Rebels to an overtime upset of the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga.

AJ Storr, who led Ole Miss with 27 points, missed a jumper with one second left, but Pinkins was able to put it in for the winning shot to round out his 18-point performance.

The Rebels (10-7, 2-2 SEC) also got 14 points from Travis Perry and 13 from Ilias Kamardine. Georgia (14-3, 2-2) was led by Jeremiah Wilkinson, who had six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 32.

No. 23 Utah State 71, Nevada 62

Mason Falslev scored 26 points to lift the Aggies over the visiting Wolf Pack in Logan, Utah.

Falslev hit 9 of 14 shots from the field to boost the Aggies (15-1, 6-0 Mountain West) to their eighth straight victory while remaining unbeaten in conference play and surviving their first true conference test. Utah State had been beating conference foes by an average of 26 points.

Corey Camper Jr. scored 14 points and Elijah Price notched his third consecutive double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for Nevada (12-5, 4-2).

–Field Level Media

No. 11 BYU gets by TCU, extends win streak to 13


AJ Dybantsa scored 25 points as No. 11 BYU pulled away late in a 76-70 win over TCU in a Big 12 Conference matchup Wednesday in Provo, Utah.

Richie Saunders tallied 18 points and Robert Wright III added 15 for BYU (16-1, 4-0 Big 12), which pushed its winning streak to 13 games.

Xavier Edmonds racked up 19 points for TCU (11-6, 1-3). Micah Robinson added 10 points for the Horned Frogs, who dropped their third straight game.

In a physical contest, both teams struggled to get their offense going. The Cougars shot 35.3% (24 of 68) from the field and 20.8% (5 of 24) on 3-point attempts. TCU managed to convert 41% of its field goal attempts (25 of 61) and 29.6% (8 of 27) of its shots from beyond the arc.

BYU held a 51-36 rebounding edge which led to a 24-11 advantage in second-chance points.

A 3-pointer by TCU reserve Jace Posey gave TCU an 8-2 lead. The Horned Frogs held a 25-9 advantage in bench points.

But the Cougars took a 20-16 lead with a 8-0 run highlighted by a Dybantsa reverse layup. Tanner Toolson’s catch-and-shoot three broke the BYU rally and initiated the Horned Frogs’ own 8-0 burst as TCU went back on top at 24-20 at the 6:02 mark.

TCU responded with a Robinson three and led 34-28. The Horned Frogs held a 36-30 halftime lead.

In the second half, Saunders and Dybantsa sandwiched three-point plays around a Punch layup and BYU trailed 41-36. Moments later, Keba Keita’s tip-in tied the game at 41-all.

With a 12-3 rally that featured nine points from Dybantsa, on a pair of three-point plays and a 3-pointer, the Cougars led 55-49 with 11:56 to left.

The Horned Frogs hung tough, as Robinson’s driving layup tied the game at 63-all as TCU reeled off a 7-2 run.

However, Wright’s layup gave BYU a 65-63 lead with 3:36 remaining. After Wright hit a pair of free throws, Saunders buried a three and BYU used a 7-0 run to go ahead 70-63 with 2:14 left.

–Field Level Media

No. 6 Duke takes control in 2nd half in 1st visit to Cal


Isaiah Evans had eight of his 17 points in a late first-half surge, Cameron Boozer saved 17 of his game-high 21 points for the second half and No. 6 Duke pulled away from Cal for a 71-56 Atlantic Coast Conference victory Wednesday night in Berkeley, Calif.

Boozer also snatched a game-high 13 rebounds to complete his eighth double-double for Duke (16-1, 5-0), which was making its first-ever visit to Berkeley.

Lee Dort had 14 points and a team-high nine rebounds for Cal (13-5, 1-4), which lost its third straight.

Playing before its biggest home crowd of the season, Cal led by six on four occasions in the first half, the final time at 30-24 after a John Camden 3-pointer at the 3:35 mark.

But Evans dominated the rest of the half, drilling a pair of 3-pointers to sandwich a spinning dunk in a 13-0 flurry that opened a 37-30 halftime advantage.

The Golden Bears drew even one final time at 41-all on two free throws by Justin Pippen with 15:03 remaining, but led by Boozer, the Blue Devils overpowered the hosts the rest of the way.

Cal was hanging around at 48-45 at the 11:47 mark, but Boozer contributed four layups, two dunks and a free throw to a 20-6 push that opened a 17-point lead.

Boozer finished 9 of 16 for the Blue Devils, who outshot Cal 45.2% to 36.5% and outrebounded the hosts 44-30.

With Evans going 4 of 13 from deep, Duke made only seven of its 32 3-point attempts. But that was two more than the Golden Bears managed in 23 attempts.

Evans found time for three blocks, while Patrick Ngongba aided the Duke cause with eight points and six rebounds.

Camden had 11 points and Pippen 10 points and five steals for Cal, which fought foul trouble through most of the second half. Camden fouled out of the game.

Cal’s Pippen and Dai Dai Ames matched Duke’s Boozer, Caleb Foster and Maliq Brown for game-high assist honors with three each.

–Field Level Media

NCAA changes transfer-portal rules for basketball, other sports


The NCAA’s Division I cabinet on Wednesday announced several changes to transfer windows in multiple sports, most notably men’s and women’s basketball.

Before Wednesday, the transfer windows for men’s and women’s basketball opened following the second round of the respective NCAA Tournaments and extended for 30 days. Now, the windows are only open for 15 days but they do not open until the day after the national championship game for each sport.

The changes were first proposed by the oversight committees of the respective sports. Another proposal that was adopted brings basketball more in line with football when it comes to transfer rules regarding coaching changes.

When a coach exits, players will have 15 days to enter the transfer portal, but the window to the portal does not open until five days after the new coach is hired. If a new coach is not announced within 30 days of the coaching job becoming vacant and the regular transfer window is closed, a 15-day window will open on the 31st day for the players from that school.

Among the changes to other sports, the wrestling transfer window was cut from 45 days to 30 days. The window will open April 1, as opposed to the previous window opening after the Division I championships.

In men’s ice hockey, the window opens the Monday after the Division I championship game and remains open for 15 days. The coaching-change rules now mirror those for basketball.

The transfer window for track and field that opened after the indoor season was removed altogether.

–Field Level Media

No. 4 Michigan rebounds from 1st loss, tops Washington


Aday Mara scored 20 points on 10-of-11 shooting to lead No. 4 Michigan to an 82-72 victory over host Washington in Big Ten action Wednesday night at Seattle.

Morez Johnson Jr. recorded 16 points and a career-best 16 rebounds as the Wolverines (15-1, 5-1) bounced back from their first setback of the season, 91-88 to visiting Wisconsin on Saturday.

Yaxel Lendeborg added 14 points and seven rebounds for Michigan in the opener of a two-game West Coast trip that includes a visit to Oregon.

JJ Mandaquit scored 15 points, Quimari Peterson added 13 and Zoom Diallo had 12 for the Huskies (10-7, 2-4).

Hannes Steinbach had 11 points and 14 rebounds and Jacob Ognacevic had 10 points for Washington, which lost for the third time in the past four games.

Michigan connected on 46.4% of its shots, but was just 5 of 23 from 3-point range. Mara also blocked three shots.

The Huskies made 37.5% of their attempts and were 9 of 33 from behind the arc.

Washington trailed 59-53 after a 3-pointer by Ognacevic with 12:24 left in the contest.

The Huskies again were within six four-plus minutes later on two free throws by Diallo.

Washington was within 69-63 with 6:57 left before Roddy Gayle Jr. scored five straight points and Lendeborg drove for a layup to give Michigan a 13-point lead with 4:23 remaining.

A short time later, Mara’s dunk and Johnson’s layup pushed the Wolverines’ lead to 80-65 with three minutes left en route to closing out the Huskies.

Johnson collected 11 first-half rebounds and tied Mara for a team-high eight first-half points as the Wolverines led 39-30 at the break. Peterson scored nine points in the half for Washington.

Michigan rattled off 12 consecutive points to take a quick 12-3 lead. Mara ended the run with consecutive baskets.

Will Tschetter later scored five straight points to give the Wolverines a 22-11 advantage.

Michigan led by 12 before the Huskies scored 10 of the next 15 points. Peterson drained a 3-pointer to bring Washington within 33-26 with 2:27 left in the half.

–Field Level Media

Koa Peat (double-double), No. 1 Arizona hold off Arizona State


Koa Peat achieved his first game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds and Tobe Awaka scored a career-high 25 points to help No. 1 Arizona hold off visiting Arizona State 89-82 Wednesday night at Tucson, Ariz.

Peat finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds after making all seven of his shots from the field in the second half.

Arizona (17-0, 4-0 Big 12) used a stretch of 11 straight made field goals to pull away to a 75-63 lead with 7:01 left.

Arizona State (10-7, 1-3) responded with a 6-of-7 stretch from the field, including two 3-pointers by Noah Meeusen, to cut the lead to 83-79 with 1:37 left.

The Sun Devils’ Maurice Odum made a 3-pointer while being fouled with 55 seconds left, but missed the free throw and Arizona led 85-82.

Jaden Bradley, who finished 12 points, four assists and no turnovers, made a jumper with 27 seconds left to increase the lead to 87-82.

After Odum missed a 3-pointer, Awaka was fouled with 19 seconds left and he made both free throws to secure the win.

Awaka made all eight of his free-throw attempts and was 8 of 11 from the field.

Odum finished with 23 points and seven assists to lead Arizona State. Massamba Diop added 16 points and six rebounds in the loss.

Peat had more turnovers (three) than made field goals (two) in the first half. In the second half, he had 16 points behind his 7-of-7 shooting from the field.

The game was tied seven times and neither team had a lead of more than six points in the first half.

Arizona State led 39-38 at halftime after committing only one turnover and producing nine assists on its 15 made field goals in the half.

Awaka reached 15 points in the first half on 6-of-8 shooting from the field.

A 9-3 run by Arizona put the Wildcats ahead 51-46 with 15:50 left in the game, but Arizona State answered with a 7-1 stretch that included a 3-pointer and jumper by Odum.

–Field Level Media

No. 23 Utah State passes first conference test, bests Nevada


Mason Falslev scored 26 points to lift No. 23 Utah State to a 71-62 win over visiting Nevada on Wednesday night in Logan, Utah.

Falslev hit 9 of 14 shots from the field to boost the Aggies (15-1, 6-0) to their eighth straight victory while remaining unbeaten in Mountain West action.

Corey Camper Jr. scored 14 points and Elijah Price notched his third consecutive double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Wolf Pack (12-5, 4-2).

MJ Collins Jr. was the only other Aggie to score in double figures with 14 points.

This was a solid test for Utah State, which had been beating conference foes by an average of 26 points.

The Aggies went to halftime with a 29-23 lead.

Utah State held Nevada to 26.5% shooting in the opening half. USU also had seven blocked shots in the first 20 minutes and finished with eight.

However, Nevada opened the second half with an 11-2 run, taking a 34-31 lead after a 3 by Vaughn Weems.

The Aggies regained momentum a few minutes later, using a 10-point spurt to go up 50-44.

USU stretched its lead to double digits after a 3-pointer from Adlan Elamin and a Falslev layup with under five minutes remaining.

Nevada was within seven in the final minute, but Falslev ran the shot clock down, then hit a pair of free throws with 44.5 seconds left to put an end to the Wolf Pack’s hopes.

Utah State finished shooting 44.9% and made 20 of 24 free throws.

Nevada won the rebounding battle 39-34 but struggled from the field by making only 21 of 61 field goals (34.4%) while falling for the second time in three games.

–Field Level Media

Boopie Miller’s half-court buzzer-beater lifts SMU over Virginia Tech


Boopie Miller poured in a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from just beyond halfcourt to lift SMU to a wild 77-76 win over Virginia Tech on Wednesday in an Atlantic Coast Conference game in Dallas.

The Hokies trailed by a point at intermission but leapfrogged to the front early in the second half and built an eight-point advantage with 14:24 left to play. SMU (13-4, 2-2 ACC) fought back, drawing to within 67-63 on a pair of free throws by Miller with 5:53 remaining and setting the stage for a furious finish.

A jumper and a free throw by Miller, the latter with 58 seconds to play, brought the Mustangs to within a point. But Jaden Schutt canned a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left and the shot clock running down to push Virginia Tech’s lead back to four.

A layup by B.J. Edwards with five seconds left cut SMU’s deficit to two. After two missed free throws by the Hokies, SMU called a timeout with 2.6 seconds left. Miller caught the inbounds pass on the run and pushed a two-handed shot toward the far rim where it found the bottom of the net.

Miller finished with 24 points, Samet Yigitoglu added 14 points for the Mustangs, with Jaron Pierre Jr. scoring 13 and Jaden Toombs hitting for 12 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. SMU snapped a two-game losing streak.

Jailen Bedford led Virginia Tech (13-5, 2-3) with 22 points. Schutt added 15 while Ben Hammond had 11 and Tobi Lawal and Neoklis Avdalas had 10 each.

With the game tied at 12-all, the Mustangs put together a 9-0 run punctuated by back-to-back baskets by Toombs. Virginia Tech answered with seven straight points and pulled within a bucket when Amani Hansberry scored on a layup at the 8:27 mark.

The Hokies closed the half with three free throws by Lawal to pull to within 39-38 at the break. Bedford led all players with nine points before halftime while Washington, Toombs and Pierre scored eight points each to pace SMU.

–Field Level Media

No. 15 Texas Tech’s dynamic duo saves Red Raiders vs. Utah


Utah showed an intention to stick close to the 15th-ranked Texas Tech in the opening minutes Wednesday night. Once the Red Raiders’ dominant dynamic duo kicked into high gear, though, the Utes’ hopes faded away quickly.

Sparked by stars JT Toppin and Christian Anderson, Texas Tech broke away from Utah with a huge run heading into halftime and weathered a brief rally early in the second half on the way to an 88-74 victory in Lubbock, Texas.

Toppin and Anderson, regarded as one of the best tandems in the country, were at their best in the victory. Toppin led the Red Raiders (13-4, 3-1 Big 12 Conference) with 31 points and 13 rebounds, along with seven assists and five blocked shots. Anderson burned Utah (8-9, 0-4) for 26 points and 10 assists, buoyed by six 3-pointers. Texas Tech connected on 13 of 31 from beyond the arc, its 12th game this season with 10 or more.

Keanu Dawes and Don McHenry paced the Utes with 18 points apiece, and Terrence Brown contributed 17. That trio combined to hit 18 of 34 shots from the field; the rest of the Utes were a combined 7 of 24 (29.2%).

Coming off a game when it pushed ninth-ranked BYU to the edge in a four-point loss on Saturday, Utah climbed out of an early 12-3 hole to pull even at 17-17, then pulled in front 20-19 on Obomate Abbey’s 3-pointer at the 10:45 mark of the first half.

The Red Raiders responded with Toppin hitting second-chance basket and a 3, but Dawes’ 3-pointer closed the gap to 24-23 just past the midway juncture of the opening period.

Toppin dampened the Utes’ momentum with a put-back and Anderson cranked in a 3-pointer, triggering an 18-1 surge over the ensuing 3:37. When the dust settled, Texas Tech was on top 42-24.

After trailing 50-38 at halftime, Utah crept within 52-43 when Dawes hit another 3-pointer with 18:29 on the second-half clock. But Red Raider guard Donovan Atwell responded with consecutive daggers from outside the arc and Texas Tech’s lead never fell below 12 points the rest of the night.

Brown heated up after a rough first half and scored 12 points in the final 12 minutes, but the Utes never figured out a way to slow down Toppin, who scored 13 of his team’s 38 second-half points.

Led by Toppin, the Red Raiders dominated the backboards 41-28, with 13 offensive boards leading way to 14 second-chance points.

–Field Level Media