Gonzaga won its West Coast opener as Corey Kispert scored 26 points on 9-of-11 shooting in the top-ranked Bulldogs’ 85-62 pounding of San Francisco. Joel Ayayi added 18 points and Andrew Nembhard had 14 in the Zags’ 44th consecutive home win, the longest in the nation. Drew Timme had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the rout.
Jared Butler delivered 21 points and second-ranked Baylor resumed its Big 12 schedule with a victory over Iowa State, 76-65. Macio Teague and Davion Mitchell each had 13 points in the Bears’ closest win of the season. The Bears trailed 55-53 before a 10-0 spurt allowed them to pull away to improve to 9-0.
Umoja Gibson made eight 3-pointers and scored a season-high 29 points in Oklahoma’s 75-71 upset of ninth-ranked West Virginia. The Mountaineers shot 23% from the field in the first half, allowing the Sooners to build a 38-20 lead by the break.
Luka Garza scored 15 of his 25 points in the second half of 10th-ranked Iowa’s 77-75 downing of No. 14 Rutgers. Jordan Bohannon scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting for the Hawkeyes, while Keegan Murray had 14 points. Jacob Young had 17 points for the Scarlet Knights, who were just 4-for-12 from the foul line.
Eleventh-ranked Creighton pulled out a 67-65 win over Providence on Christian Bishop’s go-ahead dunk with 0.8 seconds left. Marcus Zegarowski drained six 3-pointers and 20 points to help the 8-2 Bluejays earn their fourth straight victory.
Jeremiah Tilmon dropped in a career-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for No. 12 Missouri in an 81-68 win against previously-unbeaten Arkansas. Xavier Pinson furnished 23 points and the Tigers outrebounded the Razorbacks, 51-36.
Issac Likeleke and Avery Anderson III both had 17 points for Oklahoma State in an 82-77 victory against No. 13 Texas Tech. Bryce Williams scored 15 points, including a steal and breakaway dunk in overtime after the Cowboys coughed up an 11-point, second-half lead.
No. 15 Illinois earned a 66-58 win over Purdue as Kofi Cockburn had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the Illini’s seventh straight Big Ten home win. Ayo Dosunmu and Da’Monte Williams each added 12 points for the Illini, who withstood a 16-0 run that gave the Boilermakers a 39-33 lead.
Aaron Henry scored a career-high 27 points and 17th-ranked Michigan State ended a three-game losing streak with an 84-77 decision over Nebraska. Joshua Langford had 15 points as the Spartans bounced back from a 25-point loss at Minnesota on Monday and beat Nebraska for the seventh straight time.
No. 21 Oregon rolled to a 73-56 win over Stanford behind Chris Duarte’s 23 points. Eugene Omoruyi (oh-moh-ROO’-ee) dropped in 15 points and LJ Figueroa added 13 with 12 rebounds in the Ducks’ eighth win in a row.
