COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Pierre Jackson hit a 3-pointer with 17 seconds remaining to put No. 6 Baylor on top and added two free throws to give the Bears a 63-60 victory over Texas A&M on Wednesday night.
The Bears (20-2, 7-2 Big 12) were up by four points with five minutes left before the Aggies used a 9-3 run capped by a short jump shot by David Loubeau to take a 60-58 lead with 29 seconds remaining.
Jackson’s second 3 of the game put the Bears ahead before Elston Turner missed a 3-pointer, forcing the Aggies (12-9, 3-6) to foul. Jackson missed his first free-throw attempt, but was fouled again after the rebound and made the insurance shots. It was Jackson’s second straight game with a big play late after he hit the go-ahead 3-pointer in Baylor’s 76-71 win over Texas on Saturday.
“I don’t know, but if we could clone it or duplicate it, we’d inject it in a lot of people,” Bears coach Scott Drew said. “The bigger the moment, the bigger the play, the better he performs. You’ve either got it or you don’t and he definitely has it.”
No. 8 Kansas 84, Oklahoma 62
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Thomas Robinson had 20 points and 17 rebounds, and the Jayhawks (18-4, 8-1 Big 12) outscored the Sooners (13-8, 3-6) 50-31 in the second half.
No. 13 Creighton 102, Illinois State 74
OMAHA — The Bluejays (21-2, 11-1 Missouri Valley Conference) made 13 3-pointers and shot 56.4 percent while winning their 11th straight overall and fourth in a row against the Redbirds (14-9, 6-6).
No. 14 Georgetown 58, Connecticut 44•WASHINGTON — The Hoyas (17-4, 7-3 Big East) held the Huskies to 30 percent shooting and sent UConn (14-7, 4-5) to its fourth straight loss.
No. 17 San Diego State 58, Boise State 56•SAN DIEGO — Jamaal Franklin had 16 points and Chase Tapley added 14 as the Aztecs (19-3, 5-1 Mountain West) rallied from a 12-point deficit early in the second half.
The Broncos (10-11, 0-6) could have won it, but a 3-point attempt by Thomas Bropleh from the baseline rimmed out at the buzzer.
No. 23 Michigan 68, No. 20 Indiana 56
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Tim Hardaway’s 3-pointer with 2:58 remaining helped the Wolverines (17-6, 7-3 Big Ten) hold off the Hoosiers (17-6, 5-6).
“It was a walk-in 3, and we got it from penetration. That’s when, as a team, we strive to shoot those types of balls,” he said. “Lucky enough, it went in.”
Michigan scored the game’s first 13 points and led by 20 before the Hoosiers rallied to cut the deficit to two. With the score 52-50, Hardaway and Stu Douglass made shots from beyond the arc.
No. 21 Florida State 68, Georgia Tech 54
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Trailing 25-24 at halftime, the Seminoles (15-6, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) used a 10-0 run to pull away and took a 43-32 lead with 13:07 left in the game on a thunderous dunk by Okaro White.
TCU 58, Wyoming 52
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Horned Frogs (13-8, 3-3 Mountain West) used a 14-2 second-half run to get past the Cowboys (17-5, 3-3).
Women
Denver 76, Louisiana-Lafayette 39
LAFAYETTE, La. — With 23 points from Kaetlyn Murdoch, the Pioneers (16-8, 8-2 Sun Belt) extended their winning streak to six games in a rout over the Ragin’ Cajuns (5-17, 0-10).
Denver opened the game on a 19-2 run that took six minutes off the clock, and made 12 3-pointers, three shy of tying the Pioneers’ school record.
Wyoming 64, TCU 54
LARAMIE — Kayla Woodward scored 21 points, Chaundra Sewell had 20 points and 11 rebounds and the Cowgirls (8-12, 4-3 Mountain West) scored the first eight points to erase a 30-29 halftime deficit and take the lead for good.
Woodward and Sewell scored four points in the 8-0 run and they combined for 26 of the Cowgirls’ 35 points after halftime.
Natalie Ventress led TCU with 18 points.
No. 1 Baylor 71, Missouri 41
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Brittney Griner scored 18 points while helping to hold Christina Flores, Missouri’s leading scorer, to just seven points, and the Lady Bears went on a 24-5 run over the first seven minutes of the second half to put the game away.
No. 18 Texas A&M 67, No. 25 Texas Tech 55
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Aggies (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) held the Lady Raiders (15-6, 3-6) without a field goal for six minutes to start the second half.
