OXFORD, Miss. — Chris Warren’s 25-foot 3-pointer over two defenders rattled home with 2.9 seconds remaining and Mississippi beat No. 10 Kentucky 71-69 on Tuesday night for its first victory over a top-10 team since 2002.
“Winning is fun, and we haven’t been doing that much lately,” Warren said. “We called the play, ran it the right way and it felt good when it left my hand. We needed this.”
Warren finished with 22 points, including 4-of-7 3-pointers for the Rebels (14-8, 2-5 SEC).
Terrance Jones scored 22 points and Doron Lamb added 20 for the Wildcats (16-5, 4-3), who rallied from an 11-point, second-half deficit to take the late lead. Lamb missed a running 3-pointer at the buzzer.
“We got the look we wanted,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said. “We missed.”
No. 2 Kansas 88, Texas Tech 66
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Jayhawks (21-1, 6-1 Big 12) never trailed, scored 48 points in the paint and steadily built an insurmountable lead.
No. 19 Wisconsin 66, No. 11 Purdue 59
MADISON, Wis. — Ryan Evans hit a jumper from the free- throw line with 50 seconds remaining to give the Badgers (16-5, 6-3 Big Ten) the lead for good.
Florida 65, No. 24 Vanderbilt 61 (OT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kenny Boynton scored 15 points, the last of them coming on a huge 3-pointer with 1:04 left in overtime.
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New Mexico 75, Air Force 61
AIR FORCE ACADEMY — The Lobos led wire-to-wire and by as many as 23 points on the way to handing coach Steve Alford his 400th victory.
It seemed the Lobos (16-7, 4-4 Mountain West) were a step or two ahead all game until they slowed it down in the last 4:58 with the outcome safely in hand.
“We wanted to make it an athletic game,” Alford said. “That was one of the reasons we started four guards. I think that bothered Air Force. We were able to get the game going up and down, and we made shots early. That always helps.”
Air Force (12-9, 3-5) committed 16 turnovers, which the Lobos turned into 25 points, and nine offensive rebounds by New Mexico added up to 14 second-chance points.
“We didn’t defend, and our team has to defend to win,” Falcons coach Jeff Reynolds said. “They got on a roll and really stretched our matchups. They do a good job moving the ball and we were late getting there.”
Irv Moss, The Denver Post
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