No. 13 Oregon blows out No. 5 Arizona
Tyler Dorsey scored 23 points, including six three-pointers, and Oregon snapped Arizona’s 15-game winning streak with a decisive 85-58 victory Saturday.
Deonte Burton hit seven three-pointers and scored 29 points, Monte Morris added 25 and the Cyclones (14-8, 6-4 Big 12) rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit to end the 51-game home winning streak of the Jayhawks (20-3, 8-2).
Naz Mitrou-Long added six three-pointers and 22 points for Iowa State, which had a school-record 18 three-pointers while forcing Kansas into 21 turnovers.
Kamau Stokes scored 15 points and the Wildcats (16-7, 5-5 Big 12) held off a late rally to hand the Bears (20-3, 7-3) their first home loss of the season.
Stokes made both of the Wildcats’ field goals in the final 6:29, including a baseline jumper with 1:40 to go off an inbounds pass with 1 second left on the shot clock that made it 55-51.
Deng Adel scored a career-high 19 points, and Donovan Mitchell also had 19 as the visiting Cardinals (19-4, 7-3 ACC) won for the seventh time in eight games.
Phil Forte scored all 13 of his points in the second half to lead the visiting Cowboys (15-8, 4-6 Big 12), who have the league’s longest current winning streak at five after No. 2 Baylor and No. 3 Kansas both lost on Saturday.
Tyus Battle had a career-high 23 points and Andrew White also had 23 as the host Orange (15-9, 7-4 ACC) beat a ranked team for the second time in eight days.
Kyle Guy had 14 points for the Cavaliers (17-5, 7-3 ACC), which failed to move into a tie with North Carolina for the conference lead.
The victory would have been the 1,000th for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, but the NCAA stripped him of 101 victories as part of punishment handed down in 2015 after a multiyear investigation of the school’s athletic department.
Kyle Washington scored a career-high 27 points, and Gary Clark had his fifth double-double of the season (20 points, 11 rebounds) as the Bearcats (21-2, 10-0 American Athletic) never trailed while winning their 22nd in a row on their home court and 14th straight win overall.
The Terrapins didn’t make a basket over the final 71/2 minutes, scoring their final 14 points at the free throw line.
#19 S. Carolina 77, Georgia 75: PJ Dozier scored seven of his 21 points in the final 2:21 as the Gamecocks (19-4, 9-1 SEC) finished off their first regular-season sweep of the Bulldogs (13-10, 4-6) in eight years.
Grayson Allen scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half, and the host Blue Devils (18-5, 6-4 ACC) won in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s return after a four-week break following back surgery.
J.P. Macura scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, and the visiting Musketeers (17-6, 7-3 Big East) made 7 of 9 shots, including five three-pointers, during a 19-7 spurt that turned their 66-59 deficit into a 78-73 lead with 2 minutes left.