D4 EZ M2 THE WASHINGTON POST.SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 , 2022
College basketballl IOWA STATE 93, TCU 70:
Ashley Joens scored a season-high
32 points while Emily Ryan re-
corded a career-best 17 assists to
lift the No. 9 Cyclones (21-3, 10-2
Big 1 2) past the Horned Frogs
(6-15, 2-10) i n Fort Worth.
l BAYLOR 75, WEST VIR-
GINIA 57: NaLyssa Smith
(30 points) and Queen Egbo had
double-doubles and Jordan Lewis
made consecutive three-pointers
to finally put the 1 0th-ranked
Bears (19-5, 9-3 Big 12) ahead to
stay in a win over the Mountain-
eers (11-11, 4-8) in Waco, Tex.
l TEXAS 78, OKLAHOMA 63:
Audrey Warren matched her ca-
reer high with 21 points, and the16 th-ranked Longhorns (17-6, 7-5
Big 1 2) rode a huge third quarter t o
race p ast the 1 2th-ranked Sooners
(20-4, 9-3) in Austin.
l BYU 84, SAINT MARY’S 69:
Shaylee Gonzales scored a career-
high 35 points with seven steals
and six assists to carry the
2 0th-ranked Cougars (21-2, 11-1
West Coast Conference) past the
Gaels (12-12, 6 -7 ) in Moraga, C alif.
l STETSON 58, FLORIDA
GULF COAST 55: Yazz Wazeer-
ud-Din scored 15 points as the
Hatters (15-10, 8-4 Atlantic Sun)
edged the 22 nd-ranked Eagles
(22-2, 11-1) in Fort Myers, Fla., to
end FGCU’s 33-game conference
winning streak.Huge comeback propels GW
George Washington (9-14, 2-8
Atlantic 10) was struggling before
catching a spark in the fourth
quarter, stunning S t. Bonaven-
ture, 60 -47, at Smith Center by
outscoring the Bonnies 23-2 dur-
ing the final period for its second
straight win following an eight-
game losing streak.
Asianae Johnson led the Bon-
nies (12-11, 4-8) w ith 1 7 points.
l AMERICAN 56, BOSTON
UNIVERSITY 48: Jade Edwards
led a ll scorers w ith 1 7 points as the
Eagles (15-7, 8-4 Patriot League)
beat the Terriers at B ender A rena.
Maren Durant led Boston Uni-
versity (14-10, 1 0-3) with 14 p oints.l ARMY 70, NAVY 66: The
Mids held a two-point advantage
in the final minutes before the
Black Knights (13-10, 7-6 Patriot
League) c losed the game o n an 8-2
run and held on to edge Navy in
West Point, N.Y.
Jennifer Coleman flirted with a
triple-double while logging
40 minutes before finishing with
24 points, 10 rebounds and eight
assists for the Mids (7-16, 4 -9).
l HOWARD 83, DELAWARE
STATE 44: Krislyn Marsh scored
17 points in 20 minutes off the
bench to power the B ison (13-8, 7-2
Mid-Eastern Athletic) to a blow-
out of the Hornets (0-16, 0-7 ) at
Burr Gymnasium.l VILLANOVA 73, SETON
HALL 67: In Philadelphia, J ustin
Moore scored 1 4 of his 16 points in
the second half for the N o. 15
Wildcats (19-6, 12-3 Big East).
l OHIO STATE 68, MICHI-
GAN 57: E. J. Liddell l ed the N o. 16
Buckeyes (15-6, 8-4 Big Ten) with
26 points in Ann Arbor, Mich. The
Wolverines fell t o 13-10 and 7-6.
l MICHIGAN STATE 76, IN-
DIANA 61: Malik Hall scored
18 points to lead the No. 17 Spar-
tans (18-6, 9-4 Big Ten) over the
Hoosiers in East Lansing, Mich.
l BUTLER 85, MARQUETTE
79: Bryce Golden scored 2 2 points
as the Bulldogs (12-13, 5-9 Big
East) upset the No. 18 Golden
Eagles (16-9, 8-6) in Indianapolis.
l TENNESSEE 73, VANDER-
BILT 64: Zakai Zeigler scored
16 points for the No. 19 Volunteers
(18-6, 9-3 SEC) in Knoxville, Tenn.
l MURRAY STATE 57,
MOREHEAD STATE 53: In
Morehead, Ky., T evin Brown made
a layup with 16 seconds to go t o lift
the N o. 23 Racers (24-2, 14-0 Ohio
Valley) to their 14 th straight win.Navy holds on to beat Army
T yler Nelson had 16 points and
seven rebounds a s Navy (17-8, 10-4
Patriot League) notched a 52-49
victory over A rmy (13-13, 7-7) in
West Point, N.Y.
l VIRGINIA TECH 71, SYRA-
CUSE 59: Justyn Mutts had
12 points, 14 rebounds and 11 as-
sists to lead the Hokies (15-10, 7-7
ACC) over the Orange (13-12, 7-7)
in Blacksburg, Va.
l VCU 85, GEORGE MASON
70: Vince Williams Jr. and Adrian
Baldwin Jr. scored 18 points
apiece to pace the Rams (16-7, 9-3
Atlantic 10) at EagleBank Arena.
Josh Oduro had 18 points for the
Patriots (12-11, 5-5).
l HOWARD 85, DELAWARE
STATE 72: Kyle Foster poured in
27 points to propel the Bison
( 12-10, 5-3 Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference) o ver the Hornets
(2-19, 0-9) at B urr Gymnasium.
l DAYTON 8 0, GEORGE
WASHINGTON 54: Kobe Elvis
had 13 points as the Flyers (17-8,
9-3 Atlantic 10) won in Dayton,
Ohio. The Colonials fell to 9-14
and 5-6.
l BOSTON UNIVERSITY 85,
AMERICAN 67: Javante McCoy
scored 25 points to lead the Terri-
ers (18-9, 9-5 Patriot) at home.
Elijah Stephens had 15 points for
the E agles (6-18, 2-10).ASSOCIATED PRESSA dam Flagler scored 20 points
for No. 10 Baylor, which defeated
No. 20 Texas, 80 -63, on Saturday
in Waco, Tex., but lost b ig man
Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua
to a l eft knee injury.
Flagler scored 13 points in the
first half for the Bears (21-4, 9-3
Big 12). The 6-foot- 9 Tchamwa
Tchatchoua was going down the
court in the first half when his left
leg turned awkwardly and he
crumbled to the floor. T he Long-
horns fell to 18 -7 a nd 7-4.
l AUBURN 75, TEXAS A&M
58: Walker Kessler had 1 2 blocks,
12 points and 11 rebounds to lead
the top-ranked Tigers (22-3, 11-1
SEC) over the Aggies (15-10, 4-8) in
Auburn, Ala.
l ARIZONA 92, WASHING-
TON 68: Bennedict Mathurin
scored 25 points to lead the No. 4
Wildcats (22-2, 12-1 Pac-12) over
the Huskies ( 13-10, 8-5) in Seattle.
l KENTUCKY 78, FLORIDA
57: I n Lexington, Ky., O scar Tshie-
bwe had 2 7 points and 19 re-
bounds as the N o. 5 Wildcats ( 21-4,
10 -2 S EC) b eat the Gators.
l MEMPHIS 69, HOUSTON
59: Landers Nolley II scored
20 points a s the Tigers (14-8, 8-4
American Athletic) snapped the
37-game h ome winning streak of
the Cougars ( 20-4, 9-2).
l DUKE 72, BOSTON COL-
LEGE 61: Paolo Banchero had
16 points and 14 rebounds as the
No. 7 Blue Devils (21-4, 11-3 ACC)
beat the host Eagles (9-14, 4-9).
l KANSAS 71, OKLAHOMA
69: Jalen Wilson scored 22 points
as the No. 8 Jayhawks (20-4, 9-2
Big 12) held off the S ooners (14-11,
4-8) in Lawrence, K an.
l TEXAS TECH 82, TCU 69:
Terrence Shannon scored
20 points for the N o. 9 Red Raiders
(19-6, 8-4 Big 12), who o vercame a
13-point deficit i n Lubbock, Tex.
l PROVIDENCE 76, DEPAUL
73 (OT): Jared Bynum scored
26 points, and the No. 11 Friars
(21-2, 11-1 Big East) won in over-
time in P rovidence, R.I.
l RUTGERS 73, WISCONSIN
65: Ron Harper Jr. scored 21 points
as the Scarlet Knights (15-9, 9-5)
beat the No. 14 B adgers (19-5, 10 -4)
in Madison, Wis.
MEN’S ROUNDUP
Bears defeat Longhorns
but lose player to injury
BAYLOR 80,
TEXAS 63FROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTSGrace Berger scored a career-
high 29 points to lead No. 7 Indi-
ana ( 18-3, 10 -1 B ig Ten) past Michi-
gan State (13-11, 7-6), 76 -58, on
Saturday i n Bloomington, Ind.
“She was cooking,” Indiana
Coach Teri Moren said. “I didn’t
think they had an answer for her
in the second half. That was just,
as I say, G race b eing Grace.”
Berger scored 21 points in the
second half, including 17 in the
third quarter, topping the Spar-
tans in the p eriod by herself.WOMEN’S ROUNDUP
Home cooking suits Hoosiers
just fine in win over Spartans
INDIANA 76,
MICHIGAN STATE 58BY PATRICK STEVENSAs the games tick down in
Georgetown’s worst season in a
half-century, it is easy to wonder
whether there’s any reason to
believe the Hoyas can engineer a
turnaround anytime soon.
Saturday’s 80 -66 loss to
Creighton at Capital One Arena,
which extended the longest los-
ing streak in program history to
13, did little to foster any such
optimism. The same problems
continue to resurface for the
Hoyas.
“The good thing, I guess, about
the way our schedule is right now
is we have another game on
Monday,” Coach Patrick Ewing
said. “... It’s a lot like the NBA
season where if you have a bad
loss, you try to forget a bout it and
move on to the next one.”
The Hoyas (6-17, 0-12 Big East)
would probably be well served if
they developed amnesia about
the past two months. They ha-
ven’t won since Dec. 15, and they
matched the seventh-worst start
to league play in Big East history
with their latest loss.
But forgetting this one with a
makeup game Monday at Creigh-
ton (15-8, 7-5) would not be wise.
It would mean overlooking Blue-
jays forward Ryan Hawkins’s sea-
son-high 30 points and the com-
plete inability to limit 7-foot- 1
sophomore Ryan Kalkbrenner in
the pick-and-roll. The Creighton
center had career highs in points
(22) and rebounds (15).
Creighton hadn’t scored more
than 60 points in five of its past
six games and entered the day
ranked last in Big East play in
adjusted offensive efficiency ac-
cording to KenPom.com. Against
a Hoyas defense ranked last in
adjusted defensive efficiency, the
Bluejays reached 80 points for
the second time against a league
foe.
A stoppable force got the better
of a movable object, and Hawkins
— a star the past five seasons at
Division II Northwest Missouri
State — played a big part by tying
his career high with eight made
three-pointers. Creighton also
moved the ball well, collecting
26 assists on 30 field goals.“Georgetown plays two big
guys a lot, so their coverage is
really to give a quick show and try
to get back,” Creighton Coach
Greg McDermott said. “We were
able to create some separation
and get Hawk some open looks.”
Georgetown again hung
around into the second half, trail-
ing 42 -37 at t he break and getting
within 50 -46 with 14:30 left. But
Creighton uncorked a 12-0 run,
and KeyShawn Feazell’s dunk
with 11:01 to go — one of nine
slams against the defenseless
Hoyas — prompted Ewing to call
a timeout with his team down 16.
The Hoyas got back within
seven with a 9-0 spurt, but Haw-
kins made three-pointers on con-
secutive trips to push the margin
to double digits for good with
6:47 remaining.
Donald Carey and Kaiden Rice
each scored 16 points for George-
town, which is 11 games under
.500 for the first time since it
went 3-23 in 197 1-72 — the pro-
gram’s last season before Hall of
Fame coach John Thompson Jr.’s
hire. The Hoyas play road games
against NCAA tournament con-
tenders Creighton, Marquette
and Villanova in a six-day span
starting Monday.
It’s not a promising situation,and the possibility of a winless
season in league play looms larg-
er with every loss. However, the
Hoyas profess they still possess
hope things can change.
“We still believe in each other
every day in practice and every
game day,” Carey said. “We still
approach it as if the record is
reversed. That’s how we have to
do it if we’re going to turn the
season around.”
Here’s what to know from Sat-
urday’s game:Mutombo’s first start
Freshman center Ryan Mu-
tombo made his first career start,
with usual starter Timothy Ighoe-
fe coming off the bench.
“We had to make a change,”
Ewing said. “Nothing’s been
working, so you make changes.
I’m going to continue to make
changes until we find a way to get
a win, so there will be more
changes to come.”
Mutombo, usually the most
effective of Georgetown’s three
7-footers at t he offensive end, had
four points in 12 minutes. But he
struggled mightily on defense,
and it was junior Malcolm Wilson
who began the second half on the
floor and grabbed eight rebounds
in 15 scoreless minutes.Kalkbrenner’s breakout
Kalkbrenner appears to be
over an ankle injury that had
slowed him of late. His 22 points
doubled his total from the Blue-
jays’ past three games combined,
and his 15 rebounds were the
most for any Creighton player
this season. He also added two
blocks.
“His ability to protect the rim
and score around the rim is much
better than it’s been,” McDermott
said. “I think he feels a bit better.
It’s good to see him have a game
like this as we enter the stretch
run.”In need of threes
Given its defensive struggles,
Georgetown’s best bet to stay in
games might be its outside shoot-
ing. But even that was a chore
Saturday, with the Hoyas making
just 6 of their 24 attempts from
beyond the arc.
Carey and Rice are George-
town’s best perimeter threats,
and they combined to go 5 for 15
from deep. However, both took
only one outside shot in the final
13 minutes as Creighton pulled
away.Hoyas’ losing streak reaches 13 gamesCREIGHTON 80,
GEORGETOWN 66B luejays roll in first
of two straight matchupsJOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST
Collin Holloway had two points on 1-for-5 shooting, and Georgetown shot 36 percent overall Saturday.Georgetown at Creighton
Tomorrow, 9 p.m., Fox Sports 1BY GENE WANGcharlottesville — Virginia
was in danger of allowing visit-
ing Georgia Tech, mired near the
bottom of the ACC, to come all
the w ay b ack from a considerable
deficit before stout defense down
the stretch and timely scoring
allowed the surging Cavaliers to
earn their fourth straight win,
63 -53.
The Cavaliers (16-9, 10-5 ACC)
matched their longest winning
streak o f the season and defeated
Georgia Tech for a ninth consec-
utive time to remain within
reach of claiming the ACC regu-
lar season championship for a
second straight year.
“We talk about just pursuing
and chasing quality, and if that
results in a win, then all the
better,” Cavaliers Coach Tony
Bennett said after the win at
John Paul Jones Arena. “They’re
understanding. I told them the
bigger things, and what we need
to do now is turn the screws on
the little things.”
Jayden Gardner led Virginia
with 26 points, the most by a
Cavaliers player in an ACC game
this season. The senior transfer
from East Carolina shot 10 for 19
from the field and had game
highs of seven rebounds and
three blocks in addition to two
assists without a turnover.
Kihei Clark a dded 15 points, 12
of which came in the second half.
The senior point guard made
3 of 7 three-pointers, the last of
which gave the Cavaliers a 57-49
lead with 2:34 remaining in the
second half after Georgia Tech
( 10-14, 3-10) rallied within 49-47
with 5:44 to play.
Gardner scored o n a layup and
jumper immediately after the
Yellow Jackets closed within two,
and Francisco Caffaro sank 1 of 2
free throws before Clark’s three-
pointer drew a frenzied reaction
from the announced crowd of
14,253.
Virginia opened a 17-point
lead in the first half and led by 13
at halftime before the Yellow
Jackets began their rally.
“I was just taking the shot that
comes to me, just trying to take
what the defense gives us,” said
Clark, who has scored in double
figures in five of six games.
“Obviously I knew we could use a
big basket. Reece [Beekman] did
a good job of driving and, when
they converged on him, k icking it
out.”
Virginia made six straight free
throws over the final 1:07 and 21
of 23 overall to help offset 4-for-18 three-point s hooting. The Cav-
aliers also improved to 17-2 in
their past 19 games against Geor-
gia Tech, which h as d ropped four
of its past five.In another defensive gem —
Virginia has limited three of its
past four opponents to 58 points
or fewer — the Cavaliers forced
15 turnovers that l ed t o 19 points.They finished plus-six in points
off turnovers and had seven
blocks and six steals.
They a lso o wned a 12-5 margin
in second-chance points thanks
in large part to an 11-5 advantage
in offensive rebounds. Gardner
and Caffaro each collected a
game-high four offensive re-
bounds, and Virginia held an
overall rebounding margin of
32 -24.
Guard Michael Devoe led the
Yellow Jackets with 17 points,
and Jordan Usher chipped in
11 points, five assists and three
steals.
Here’s what else to know from
Virginia’s win:Beekman delivers
Virginia’s most skilled on-ball
defender was tasked to guard
Devoe over the final minutes
and bothered the Yellow Jackets’
most dependable scorer several
times. He forced a miss on a
step-back jumper and closed
out to induce an errant three-
point attempt from the right
corner.
Beekman finished with just
four points while managing foul
trouble but frequently has drawn
praise from Bennett for impact-
ing the outcome in ways other
than scoring.
“I thought Reece, I would liked
to have h ad him on [Devoe] moreand longer,” Bennett said of foul
trouble limiting the sophomore’s
playing time. “He’s got to keep
growing and learning in that
area.”Quadrant 1 chances ahead
With five games left in the
regular season, the Cavaliers
continue to seek coveted Quad-
rant 1 wins to add to their NCAA
tournament résumé. They had
no such opportunity against
Georgia Tech, which entered at
152nd in the NCAA Net Rankings
that help the selection commit-
tee determine at-large bids.
But Virginia can secure Q1
wins over its next three games,
beginning Monday night against
Virginia Tech (44 in the Net) in
Blacksburg. It then plays at Mi-
ami (72) next Saturday before a
rematch with seventh-ranked
Duke (11) on Feb. 23.
Home victories over oppo-
nents ranked 1-30 in the Net,
1-50 at a neutral site and 1-75 on
the road are considered Q1 wins.
The Cavaliers, who are ranked
80 th in the Net, have two such
triumphs this season, most re-
cently beating Duke, 69 -68, on
Monday thanks to Beekman’s
three-pointer with 1.1 seconds
remaining.Gardner delivers a big game, but it’s the Cavaliers’ defense that really stings
VIRGINIA 63,
GEORGIA TECH 53Virginia at Virginia Tech
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Jayden Gardner’s 26 points were the most by a Cavalier in an ACC
game this season as Virginia’s winning streak reached four.