Curtis Jones scored 25 points on 9-for-17 shooting, including 5-for-6 accuracy from 3-point range, and No. 2 Iowa State pulled away for a 74-57 win over No. 9 Kansas on Wednesday in Ames, Iowa.
Dishon Jackson scored 17 points for Iowa State (15-1, 5-0 Big 12), which won its 12th game in a row. Joshua Jefferson registered 10 points and 12 rebounds as the Cyclones increased their home-court winning streak to 28 games.
Zeke Mayo scored 17 points on 7-for-19 shooting to lead Kansas (12-4, 3-2), which had a three-game winning streak end. Dajuan Harris Jr. finished with eight points to go along with a team-high seven assists.
Iowa State finished the game on a 17-5 run to secure the victory. It was the Cyclones’ first game since they reached No. 2 in the rankings for the first time in program history. Iowa State has never been No. 1.
No. 6 Tennessee 74, No. 23 Georgia 56
Jordan Gainey registered 19 points and seven rebounds and the Volunteers overcame a slow start to post a victory over the Bulldogs in Knoxville, Tenn.
Zakai Zeigler recorded 16 points, seven assists and a career-best six steals for Tennessee (16-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference). Jahmai Mashack had 11 points and Cade Phillips added 10 for Tennessee, which opened the second half with a 26-4 burst.
Asa Newell scored 13 points and Silas Demary Jr. added 12 for the Bulldogs (14-3, 2-2), who are ranked in the AP poll for the first time since January 2011. Georgia committed 19 turnovers and shot 37.7 percent from the field.
No. 10 Houston 70, West Virginia 54
J’Wan Roberts scored a game- and season-high 22 points as the Cougars extended the nation’s longest home winning streak to 32 games with a win against the Mountaineers.
L.J. Cryer scored 18 points and Emmanuel Sharp added 14 points for Houston (13-3, 5-0 Big 12), which has won nine straight overall.
Amani Hansberry led West Virginia with 16 points off the bench, with of his points coming in the second half. Javon Small scored 13 points for the Mountaineers (12-4, 3-2), who have dropped two of three since winning seven in a row.
No. 12 Michigan State 90, Penn State 85
Frankie Fidler had a season-high 18 points to go with seven rebounds and four steals as the Spartans beat the Nittany Lions in East Lansing, Mich., to extend their winning streak to 10 games.
Jaden Akins supplied 16 points for the Spartans (15-2, 6-0 Big Ten). Tre Holloman added 10 points and six assists for Michigan State, which turned 14 Penn State turnovers into 27 points.
Ace Baldwin Jr. led the Nittany Lions (12-6, 2-5), losers of four straight games, with 20 points and nine assists. D’Marco Dunn logged 18 points.
No. 17 Purdue 69, Washington 58
Trey Kaufman-Renn had 19 points and six rebounds to help the Boilermakers overcome a slow first half and notch a victory over the Huskies in Seattle.
Braden Smith recorded 17 points, six rebounds and five assists, and he tied his season high of five steals as the Boilermakers (14-4, 6-1 Big Ten) won their sixth straight game.
Great Osobor scored a season-best 28 points on 8-of-9 shooting and was 5 of 5 from 3-point range. Osobor also had nine rebounds and three steals. Washington (10-8, 1-6) has lost four consecutive games, all to ranked teams.
UNLV 65, No. 22 Utah State 62
Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain and Jailen Bedford each scored in double figures and the Runnin’ Rebels scored the final seven points for an upset victory over the Aggies in Las Vegas.
Hill led the way for UNLV (10-7, 4-2 Mountain West) with 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting in addition to grabbing a team-high eight rebounds. Rishwain scored 13 points with four 3-pointers and Bedford added 10 points in 17 minutes off the bench.
Tucker Anderson led the Aggies (16-2, 6-1) with 19 points, making six of his 12 attempts from the field and 4 of 8 attempts from 3-point range. Ian Martinez added 15 points, shooting 5 of 11 from the field overall. Karson Templin scored eight points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for the Aggies.
–Field Level Media
