Jarace Walker tallied 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists as No. 5 Houston handed No. 2 Virginia its first loss, 69-61, Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.
Marcus Sasser and Tramon Mark added 13 points each, while Jamal Shead had 11 points and four assists. The Cougars used their signature defense to limit the Cavaliers to 41.7 percent shooting from the floor and 27.3 percent from 3-point range. Houston shot 49 percent from the floor and 38.1 percent from beyond the arc.
Adama Sanogo collected 27 points and 14 rebounds as the Huskies survived their second-worst shooting performance of the season and remained unbeaten with a victory over the Bulldogs in Indianapolis in the Big East opener for both teams. Alabama , which had a four-game winning streak snapped, was led by freshman Brandon Miller with a game-high 36 points. Jaden Bradley added 18 points and four assists, while Noah Clowney chipped in nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds.Azuolas Tubelis scored 19 points and Pelle Larsson made a key three-point play late as the Wildcats held off the Volunteers in Tucson, Ariz.
Trayce Jackson-Davis had 13 points and a career-high nine blocked shots for Indiana , which lost its second straight game. Only Steve Downing, who had 10 against Michigan on Feb. 23, 1971, had more rejections in a game for the Hoosiers. Jalen Hood-Schifino and Race Thompson had 11 points apiece.Freshman Jordan Walsh scored a season-high 18 points and the Razorbacks extended their winning streak to seven games by beating the Braves in North Little Rock, Ark.
Freshman Chris Livingston scored a season-high 14 points off the bench, and Sahvir Wheeler added 11 to pace Kentucky. Oscar Tshiebwe recorded eight points, 16 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Wildcats , who saw their four-game winning streak come to a halt.Tolu Smith sparked an early second-half run with 10 of his 15 points and the Bulldogs remained unbeaten after they eked out a win over the Colonels in Starkville, Miss.
Garrett Hicks scored 13 points and reserve Messiah Thompson added 12 for the Bulldogs , who rattled off 16 straight points and pulled within 38-37 after Dailin Smith canned a pair of foul shots with 10:54 left.The Tar Heels rallied from a double-digit deficit in the second half to defeat the Buckeyes in New York on Saturday behind 28 points and 15 rebounds by Armando Bacot.
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