UNDATED (AP) — Fifth-ranked Auburn needed overtime to end its three-game road losing streak.
K.D. Johnson scored 12 of his 14 points in overtime as the Tigers downed Mississippi St., 81-68. Johnson scored the first 10 points of overtime to help Auburn clinch at least a tie for the SEC regular-season title.
Jabari Smith had 27 points, including a tying 3-pointer in the final minute of regulation.
Auburn is 26-4 overall, 14-3 in the SEC.
Also in top-25 men’s basketball:
— No. 14 Arkansas pulled out a 77-76 win over LSU as JD Notae made two free throws with 8.6 points left. Stanley Umude had 23 points to guide the Razorbacks to the 14th win in their last 15 games and ninth straight at home. Pinson had 12 points on 5-of-21 shooting for the Tigers, missing an attempt at the buzzer.
— Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half and Creighton held off No. 18 UConn 64-62. The Bluejays won for the seventh time in eight games despite squandering a 16-point lead. R.J. Cole led the Huskies with 20 points.
— Quenton Jackson scored 28 points as Texas A&M beat 25th-rated Alabama, 87-71. Tyrece Radford added 22 points and eight rebounds for the Aggies, while Henry Coleman III had 18 points and 11 boards. Jaden Shackelford had 16 points for the Tide, who fell to 19-11 overall and 9-8 in the SEC.
Patrick Ewing gets statement of support from Georgetown AD
UNDATED (AP) — Georgetown men’s basketball coach Patrick Ewing has received a public show of support from athletic director Lee Reed.
The statement from Reed was issued hours before the team was going to try to end its school-record 18-game losing streak in a game at Seton Hall. The Hoyas are 6-22 and 0-17 in Big East play.
In other college basketball news:
— Milwaukee has fired coach Pat Baldwin one day after a first-round loss in the Horizon League Tournament concluded his fifth straight losing season. The Panthers went 57-92 overall and 34-59 in league play under Baldwin.
— UMass has fired men’s basketball coach Matt McCall. The move is effective at the end of the season. McCall is 58-81 over five seasons in Amherst.
