UNDATED (AP) — Davion Mitchell scored 27 points and No. 2 Baylor used a big run to pull away for an 83-69 victory over sixth-ranked Texas on Tuesday night. Baylor has won every game this season by at least eight points. Texas was within six points late before Baylor pulled away behind open 3-pointers from Adam Flagler and Mitchell. Andrew Jones scored a career-high 25 points for the Longhorns.
In other Top 25 action:
— Luka Garza scored 27 points to reach another milestone and Iowa beat Michigan State 84-78. Garza, the nation’s leading scorer, became the second 2,000-point scorer in program history. Garza, who has 2,009 points, is 107 points behind all-time leading scorer Roy Marble. Aaron Henry led Michigan State with 24 points. Joshua Langford had 15 points.
— Devontae Shuler scored 15 points and fueled a second-half rally as Mississippi beat Tennessee 52-50, the Rebels’ first win over a ranked team in more than two years. Ole Miss rallied from an 11-point first-half deficit and then withstood a late challenge by the Volunteers to stop a two-game skid. Yves Pons led the Vols with 13 points.
— Taz Sherman hit two free throws with 6.4 seconds remaining and finished with 18 points as West Virginia held on to beat Iowa State 76-72. Sherman was 5 of 7 from the floor and made 7 of 8 shots from the line to lead the Mountaineers. Solomon Young returned after missing two games due to COVID-related issues and scored 15 points. Tyler Harris also scored 15 points for Iowa State.
— Christian Braun hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points, half of them during an 18-3 charge midway through the second half, and Kansas rolled past Kansas State 74-51.David McCormack also had 18 points and Ochai Agbaji added 15 for the Jayhawks, who had lost four of their previous five games. Kansas improved to 200-94 against the Wildcats, the most wins by any Division I school over another in men’s college hoops. The Jayhawks have won 15 consecutive games against their longtime rivals in Allen Fieldhouse.
— Eric Ayala made two free throws with three seconds left, and Maryland scored the final six points to rally past Purdue 61-60, ruining the Boilermakers’ season debut in the Top 25. Aaron Wiggins had 18 points and 11 rebounds for Maryland and Ayala scored 16. The Terps went 8 for 13 from beyond the arc in the second half after going 1 for 12 from long range over the first 20 minutes. Trevion Williams had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Boilermakers, whose three-game road winning streak ended.
