UNDATED (AP) — No. 11 Alabama was barely able to avoid a second straight SEC loss.
John Petty Jr. scored 20 points and Jahvon Quinerly added 13 as the Crimson Tide got past South Carolina, 81-78. Petty also provided a team-high eight rebounds in his first 20-point performance in six games.
The Gamecocks had a chance to tie it late, but they settled for Justin Minaya’s two-pointer with two seconds left instead of going for a three.
AJ Lawson finished with 21 points and Minaya had 15 for South Carolina.
Also in Tuesday’s top-25 schedule:
— Sean McNeil scored a career-high 26 points and 14th-ranked West Virginia finished a regular-season sweep of No. 7 Texas Tech with an 82-71 victory over the Red Raiders. McBride scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and the Mountaineers ended a four-game skid at Lubbock.
— Andrew Jones scored 24 points and No. 13 Texas snapped a three-game slide by holding off Kansas State, 80-77. Greg Brown added 17 points and Courtney Ramey had 14 for the 12-5 Longhorns.
— Christian Bishop scored 17 points and No. 19 Creighton capitalized on Georgetown’s worst shooting performance in a decade while rolling to a 63-48 win The Bluejays never trailed and led by as many as 24 points as the Hoyas shot 27% for the game.
