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No. 4 Kansas gets final say

Jayhawks complete 19-point swing in final matchup with rival No. 3 Tigers, who are off to SEC.

LAWRENCE, Kan. Kansas and Missouri kept their storied rivalry alive just a little bit longer. Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor and Thomas Robinson made it a memorable ending.

Robinson kept the game going with a three-point play in the closing seconds of regulation, and Taylor's two free throws with 8.3 seconds left in overtime gave the fourth-ranked Jayhawks an 87-86 victory over No. 3 Missouri on Saturday in their final scheduled regular-season matchup.

The Tigers, who blew a 19-point second-half lead, never got a potential winning shot off in the closing seconds. They will head off to the SEC next season with a bitter taste in their mouths.

Robinson finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds for Kansas (24-5, 14-2), which wrapped up at least a share of its eighth straight Big 12 title. Taylor added 24 points, seven in overtime.

Marcus Denmon led Missouri (25-4, 12-4) with 28 points. Ricardo Ratliffe had 22.

No. 1 Kentucky 83, Vanderbilt 74: Freshman Anthony Davis scored a career-high 28 with 10-of-11 shooting, and the Wildcats beat the Commodores in Lexington, Ky., to win the SEC regular-season title for the 45th time.

The Wildcats (28-1, 14-0) have won 51 straight at home.

Jeffery Taylor scored 19 points for Vanderbilt (20-9, 9-5).

No. 2 Syracuse 71, Connecticut 69: Fab Melo's follow-up dunk with 31 seconds left lifted the Orange to a win against the Huskies in Storrs, Conn., and clinched the Big East regular-season title for Syracuse (29-1, 16-1).

C.J. Fair blocked a shot before the buzzer to preserve the victory for Syracuse which has won nine in a row. Jeremy Lamb had 19 points for UConn (17-11, 7-9), which overcame a 17-point second-half deficit to tie the score with 47 seconds to go.

No. 6 Michigan State 62, Nebraska 34: Draymond Green had 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans (24-5, 13-3 Big Ten) in East Lansing, Mich.

The Cornhuskers fell to 12-15 and 4-11.

No. 9 Georgetown 67, Villanova 46: Otto Porter had 15 points and six rebounds for the Hoyas in Washington.

The victory moves the Hoyas (21-6, 11-5) into sole possession of fourth place in the Big East.

Dominic Cheek scored 19 points to lead the Wildcats (11-17, 4-12).

Purdue 75, No. 11 Michigan 61: Terone Johnson scored a career-high 22 points and Robbie Hummel added 17 to help the Boilermakers (19-10, 9-7 Big Ten) upset the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich., handing Michigan its first home loss of the season.

Michigan fell to 21-8 and 11-5.

Georgia 76, No. 12 Florida 62: Freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 and Gerald Robinson 15 in Athens, Ga., as Georgia (13-15, 4-10 SEC) snapped Florida's three-game winning streak.

Bradley Beal had 19 points for Florida (22-7, 10-4).

No. 13 Baylor 70, Oklahoma 60: Pierre Jackson scored 18 points, including the tie-breaking 3-pointer that started the Bears' deciding spurt in Waco, Texas.

Jackson and Heslip both had four 3-pointers for the Bears (24-5, 11-5 Big 12).

Steven Pledger had 21 points for Oklahoma (14-14, 4-12), which led 34-31 at halftime.

Texas Christian 83, No. 18 New Mexico 64: Amric Fields scored eight consecutive points for the Horned Frogs (17-11, 7-5 Mountain West) in a 48-second span in Fort Worth, Texas, in their tie-breaking run.

New Mexico fell to 22-6 and 8-4.

No. 19 Wichita State 81, Drake 58: Ben Smith scored 18 points to lead Wichita State (26-4, 16-2) in Wichita, Kan.

The Shockers avenged their only loss, a 93-86 triple-overtime thriller at Drake on Jan. 28, in their last 17 games.

Ben Simons scored 21 points, hitting seven 3-pointers, to lead the Bulldogs (16-14, 9-9).

St. John's 61, No. 20 Notre Dame 58: Moe Harkless had 22 points and nine rebounds at Madison Square Garden in New York to lead St. John's (13-16, 6-10 Big East) to its first win over a ranked team in 11 games this season.

Scott Martin and Jack Cooley both had 18 points for the Fighting Irish (20-9, 12-4).

No. 21 Nevada-Las Vegas 68, Air Force 58: Chace Stanback scored 21 points to lead UNLV (24-6, 8-4 Mountain West) in Las Vegas.

Michael Lyons scored 18 points and Kyle Green added 17 for Air Force (13-13, 3-9).

Saint Joseph's82, No. 22 Temple 72: Langston Galloway scored 22 points to lead Saint Joseph's (19-11, 9-6 Atlantic 10) in Philadelphia.

Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson and Ramone Moore had 15 points for the Owls (22-6, 11-3).

ACC

Georgia Tech 63, Maryland 61: Kammeon Holsey had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and the Yellow Jackets (10-18, 3-11) used stifling defense in the second half to beat the Terrapins (16-8, 6-8) in Atlanta.

Big South

UNC Asheville 67, Winthrop 55: J.P. Primm scored 17 points and UNC Asheville (21-9, 16-2) defeated Winthrop (12-19, 8-10) in Asheville to tie a Big South record with 16 wins.

Elsewhere

Alabama-Birmingham 61, East Carolina 57: Cameron Moore scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead UAB (13-14, 8-6 C-USA) over the Pirates in Greenville.

Shamarr Bowden led the Pirates (12-15, 3-11) with 27 points.

Wingate 86, Brevard 53: Jaime Vaughn had 22 points, including 4 of 5 from beyond the 3-point arc, and the Bulldogs improved to 17-11 overall and 13-5 in the South Atlantic.

Chase Smith added 15 for the Bulldogs, and Paidrick Matilus had 10.

Brevard (5-23, 4-14) was paced by Aleks Vasiljevic's 17 and Gaither Hendrix's 16.


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