SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20 , 2022. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ M2 D3
College basketballLAURENCE KESTERSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Villanova’s Justin Moore, a former star at DeMatha, scored 19 points Saturday against Georgetown.ASSOCIATED PRESSK ofi Cockburn scored 27 points,
Jacob Grandison had a season-
high 24, and No. 12 Illinois held off
No. 19 Michigan State, 79-74, on
Saturday in East Lansing, Mich.
Illinois (19-7, 12-4 Big Ten)
moved ahead of No. 15 Wisconsin
and into a first-place tie with No. 5
Purdue in the conference stand-
ings.
Tyson Walker scored a season-
high 26 points and A.J. Hoggard
had 15 for the Spartans (18-9, 9-6),
who never led and trailed by
16 points in the second half. Michi-
gan State has have lost four of five.
l GONZAGA 81, SANTA
CLARA 69: Drew Timme scored
23 points and grabbed nine re-
bounds, Andrew Nembhard add-
ed 21 points, and the top-ranked
Bulldogs (23-2, 12-0) beat the
Broncos (18-10, 8-5) in Spokane,
Wash., to clinch their 10th straight
West Coast Conference regular
season title.
Rasir Bolton added 18 points for
Gonzaga, which won its 16th con-
secutive game and its 67th
straight home game, a streak that
dates from 2018 and is the longest
in the nation.
l FLORIDA 63, AUBURN 62:
Tyree Appleby scored 20 of his
26 points in the second half, Colin
Castleton added 19, and the Ga-
tors (17-10, 7-7 SEC) rallied to ex-
tend their home dominance in the
series in Gainesville, Fla.
The No. 2 Tigers (24-3, 12-2) lost
their second straight on the road
and dropped their first game in
regulation.
l KENTUCKY 90, ALABAMA
81: Kellan Grady made seven
threes for a season-high 25 points,
Oscar Tshiebwe added 21 points
and 14 rebounds, and the No. 4
Wildcats (22-5, 11-3 SEC) rallied
twice to top the No. 25 Crimson
Tide (17-10, 7-7) in Lexington, Ky.
Shorthanded because of inju-
ries, the Wildcats trailed 46-34
with 3^1 / 2 minutes remaining before
halftime before closing with
13 straight points for their first
lead.
l KANSAS 71, WEST VIR-
GINIA 58: Ochai Agbaji scored
23 points and David McCormack
had 19 points and 11 rebounds to
help the Jayhawks beat the Moun-
taineers in Morgantown, W.Va.
Kansas (22-4, 11-2) maintained
its two-game lead in the Big 12
over No. 7 Baylor and No. 11 Texas
Tech with five games remaining
before the conference tourna-
ment. West Virginia (14-12, 3-10)
has lost 10 of its past 11.
l BAYLOR 72, TCU 62: Jeremy
Sochan matched his season high
with 17 points as five players
scored in double figures for the
seventh-ranked Bears (22-5, 10-4
Big 12), who led the Horned Frogs
(16-8, 5-7) throughout in Waco,
Tex.
Baylor played with only six
players, except for a two-minute
stretch by a seldom-used sopho-
more in the first half, while bounc-
ing back from a 10-point loss at
Texas Tech three nights earlier.
l DUKE 88, FLORIDA STATE
70: In Durham, N.C., freshman
Paolo Banchero scored 17 points as
the No. 9 Blue Devils (23-4, 13-3
ACC) avenged last month’s over-
time loss to the Seminoles (14-12,
7-9) and took sole possession of
first place in the ACC.
Reserve Joey Baker provided a
big lift for Duke, which had Hall of
Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski back
after he missed the second half of
the Blue Devils’ previous game be-
cause he wasn’t feeling well.
l TEXAS TECH 61, TEXAS 55:
Bryson Williams scored 17 points,
and the No. 11 Red Raiders (21-6,
10-4 Big 12) held off a late charge
by the No. 20 Longhorns (19-8,
8-6) in Austin to earn a sweep of
the regular season series.
Clarence Nadolny added
14 points for the Red Raiders, who
led by 10 with just over three min-
utes to play before the Longhorns
got within 56-55 with a 9-0 run.
l ARKANSAS 58, TENNES-
SEE 48: The No. 23 Razorbacks
(21-6, 10-4 SEC) held the No. 16
Volunteers (19-7, 10-4) to two field
goals in the final eight minutes
and used an 11-1 run in the second
half to win in Fayetteville, Ark.
Tennessee pulled within six
points with 58 seconds left, but
Arkansas hit seven straight
throws to seal it.
l IOWA 75, OHIO STATE 62:
Keegan Murray scored 24 points
as the Hawkeyes (18-8, 8-7 Big Ten)
used a big run early in the second
half to pull away from the No. 18
Buckeyes (16-7, 9-5) in Columbus,
Ohio.
Murray made 10 of 17 shots to
lead the Hawkeyes, who trailed by
four points with 17:35 left before
going on a 17-4 run.
l MURRAY STATE 62, UT-
MARTIN 60: KJ Williams con-
verted a three-point play with
10 seconds left, and the No. 21
Racers (26-2, 16-0) got past theSkyhawks (8-20, 4-12) in Martin,
Tenn., for their 16th straight win.
Down 59-54 with under three
minutes left, the Racers rallied.
Williams capped the comeback
with a layup and foul shot.
l WYOMING 75, AIR FORCE
67: Hunter Maldonado scored
29 points and Graham Ike had 27
to lead the No. 22 Cowboys (22-4,
11-2 Mountain West Conference)
past the Falcons (10-15, 3-11) in
Laramie, Wyo.
Maldonado also had eight as-
sists and seven rebounds and Ike
had 12 rebounds for the Cowboys.
l CONNECTICUT 72, XAVI-
ER 61: Former Huskies star James
Bouknight of the Charlotte Hor-
nets was tossed from his courtside
side by a game official in the sec-
ond half in Storrs, Conn., as the
No. 24 Huskies (19-7, 10-5 Big East)
held off Xavier (17-9, 7-8).
R.J. Cole and Tyler Polley each
scored 16 points for the Huskies,
who have won four of five.Hokies’ streak is snapped
Caleb Love scored 21 points
with seven assists, and North
Carolina defeated Virginia Tech,
65-57, in Blacksburg to snap the
Hokies’ six-game winning streak.
Keve Aluma scored 16 points
with nine rebounds and Justyn
Mutts added 10 points for the
Hokies (16-11, 8-8 ACC). The Tar
Heels improved to 19-8, 11-5.
l HOWARD 68, MORGAN
STATE 66: Kyle Foster scored
18 points and Randy Brumant and
Elijah Hawkins added 17 apiece as
the Bison (14-10, 7-3 Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference) came back
from a 12-point second-half deficit
to beat the Bears (8-13, 3-6) in the
inaugural HBCU Classic as part of
the NBA’s All-Star Weekend festiv-
ities in Cleveland.
l GEORGE WASHINGTON
72, RHODE ISLAND 61: Joe
Bamisile scored 20 points as the
Colonials (11-14, 7-6 Atlantic-10)
beat the Rams (13-12, 4-9) at Smith
Center.
l HOLY CROSS 55, NAVY 50:
The Midshipmen (18-9, 11-5 Patri-
ot League) shot a season-worst
26.6 percent from the field and
lost in Annapolis even after com-
ing back from a 15-point deficit in
the second half against the Cru-
saders (9-18, 7-8).
l UNC WILMINGTON 78,
JAMES MADISON 77 (OT):
Trazarien White hit a pair of free
throws with 0.6 seconds left in
overtime to push the Seahawks
(19-8, 13-3 Colonial Athletic Asso-
ciation) past the Dukes (15-12,
6-10) in Wilmington, N.C.MEN’S ROUNDUP
Cockburn lifts Illini to top of Big Ten
ILLINOIS 79,
MICHIGAN STATE 74FROM NEWS SERVICES
AND STAFF REPORTSMonika Czinano scored
22 points, Caitlin Clark added 16
of her 18 points in the second
half, and No. 22 Iowa held off
No. 5 Indiana’s furious fourth-
quarter rally in a 96-91 victory
Saturday in Bloomington, Ind.
The Hoosiers (19-5, 11-3 Big
Ten) scored a program-record
42 points in the fourth quarter to
close a 22-point deficit but
missed their final three shots.
The Hawkeyes (17-7, 11-4) had
25 points in the quarter and
made nine of 14 free throws to
close the game.
l IOWA STATE 89, OKLA-
HOMA 67: Ashley Joens scored
28 points to carry the sixth-
ranked Cyclones to a rout of the
No. 15 Sooners in Ames, Iowa.
With the win, Iowa State (22-4,
11-3 Big 12) remained tied atop
the conference standings.
Oklahoma (20-6, 9-5) entered
the contest averaging 85.3 points,
which ranked second nationally.
l BAYLOR 78, TCU 59: Na -
Lyssa Smith scored 23 points,
Queen Egbo had 14 points and
12 rebounds before fouling out,
and the seventh-ranked Bears
(21-5, 11-3 Big 12) handled the
Horned Frogs in Fort Worth for
their second win in four days
over TCU.
Okako Adika had 23 points
and nine rebounds for the
Horned Frogs (6-17, 2-12).
l BYU 63, GONZAGA 39:
Shaylee Gonzales scored 21 points
as the 20th-ranked Cougars domi-
nated the middle two quarters to
rout the Bulldogs in Provo, Utah.
Paisley Harding added
16 points for the Cougars (23-2,
13-1 West Coast Conference), whowon their 30th straight at home.
Gonzaga (21-6, 12-2) shot
25.5 percent from the field.
l FLORIDA GULF COAST
63, NORTH FLORIDA 5 2:
Tishara Morehouse scored
14 points and grabbed eight re-
bounds to lead the No. 25 Eagles
(24-2, 13-1 Atlantic Sun) past the
Ospreys in Jacksonville, Fla.
Emma Broermann paced
North Florida (11-15, 4-10) with
14 points.Eagles fall short in overtime
A merican couldn’t keep Army
off the offensive glass and was
unable to take advantage of
18 turnovers and fell to the Black
Knights, 67-62, in overtime in
West Point, N.Y.
Taylor Brown scored 14 points
to pace the Eagles (16-8, 9-5 Patri-
ot League), who surrendered
18 offensive rebounds and were
outrebounded 40-31 overall to
end a three-game winning streak.
Sam McNaughton (Fairfax
High) led Army (15-10, 9-6) with
14 points.
l HOLY CROSS 63, NAVY 57:
Jennifer Coleman had 17 points,
eight rebounds and six assists but
shot just 7 for 21 from the field as
the misfiring Mids (7-18, 4-11 Pa-
triot League) fell to the Crusaders
in Worcester, Mass.
Cara McCormack led Holy
Cross (17-9, 11-4) with 16 points.
l VCU 67, GEORGE MASON
56: A five-minute scoring drought
in the fourth quarter proved too
much to overcome as the Patriots
(8-17, 2-11 Atlantic 10) fell short at
EagleBank Arena for their fifth
straight loss.
Taya Robinson led the Rams
(14-8, 9-3) with 18 points.
l HOWARD 81, MORGAN
STATE 63: Destiny Howell scored
16 points in 29 minutes off the
bench as the Bison (14-8, 8-2 Mid-
Eastern Athletic Conference)
cruised past the Bears (13-7, 7-3) at
Burr Gymnasium.WOMEN’S ROUNDUPHawkeyes thwart rally,spring upset of HoosiersIOWA 96,
INDIANA 91BY AARON BRACYvillanova, pa. — Justin Moore
couldn’t find the range in the
first half, but he didn’t alter his
approach.
Moore scored 15 of his
19 points in the second half to
lead No. 10 Villanova to a 74-66
victory over Georgetown on Sat-
urday.
“Nothing changed,” said
Moore, the former DeMatha star
and 2019 All-Met Player of the
Year. “I stayed aggressive, and
my teammates found me in the
right spot.”
Moore missed 8 of 9 field goals
in the opening 20 minutes, in-
cluding all six of his three-point
tries, but made 5 of 7 shots and
2 of 3 from long range after the
break.
“Great looks in the first half
but they didn’t go in, and he
stayed confident in the second
half,” Coach Jay Wright said.
Brandon Slater added
11 points and Caleb Daniels and
Eric Dixon each had 10 for Vil-
lanova (21-6, 14-3 Big East),
which has won five in a row.Donald Carey scored 24 and
Dante Harris added 16 for
Georgetown (6-20, 0-15), which
remained winless in the Big East
while losing its 16th game in a
row.
“My kids, they fought the en-
tire the game,” Hoyas Coach
Patrick Ewing said. “They com-
peted. They did their best. It
didn’t work out for us, unfortu-
nately.”
The Wildcats didn’t need any
heroics from Collin Gillespie this
time, like in Tuesday’s 89-84
victory at No. 8 Providence when
the Big East preseason player of
the year scored a career-high
33 points and hit a key three-
pointer late.
But things weren’t as easy for
the Wildcats as might have been
expected.
Georgetown hit consecutive
three-pointers to open the sec-
ond half to trim Villanova’s
1 0-point halftime advantage to
four. And the Hoyas would get as
close as three twice more, the last
on Carey’s three-pointer with
8:22 left that pulled them within
56-53 to cap an 11-3 spurt.
But the Hoyas went cold and
Villanova took control from
there, scoring 10 of the next
14 points to go comfortably
ahead 66-57 on Moore’s three-point play with 4:19 left.
It was the 91st meeting be-
tween the longtime Big East
rivals, with the victory giving
Villanova a 46-45 edge in the
series.
Ewing still says the Hoyas can
get back to the level to make this
series one of the best not only in
the league but in the country.
“Even though things are not
going well for us right now, I still
believe in Georgetown,” Ewing
said. “I still believe in the
Georgetown brand. I still believe
that our day is coming.”
The Hoyas have long been
guaranteed their fifth nonwin-
ning conference record in as
many seasons under Ewing, who
took over beginning in 2017-18
and o wns a 26-59 mark in Big
East play.
Once-dominant Georgetown
will try to avoid its first winless
season in the league with a
victory over DePaul on Thurs-
day.
After that, the Hoyas have a
tough three-game stretch to fin-
ish the regular season, hosting
Connecticut before contests at
Seton Hall and Xavier.
— Associated PressHoyas’ losing streak hits 16VILLANOVA 74,
GEORGETOWN 66DePaul at Georgetown
Thursday, 8 p.m., CBSSNBY GENE WANGVirginia continued its frantic
NCAA tournament push with a
resume-boosting win at Miami,
74-71, behind another efficient
performance from Jayden Gard-
ner on Saturday night at Watsco
Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
The senior forward scored a
game-high 23 points and made
9 of 14 field goal attempts, none
more impactful than a contested
turnaround fadeaway jumper
from near the foul line as the shot
clock expired to give the Cava-
liers a 65-57 lead with 1:39 left in
the second half.
That basket contributed in
large part to Virginia (17-10, 11-6
ACC), which began the game
82nd in the NCAA’s net rankings,
adding a third Quadrant 1 tri-
umph to bolster what had been
spotty NCAA tournament cre-
dentials entering the weekend.
“We talk about not yielding,”
Cavaliers Coach Tony Bennett
said. “We made plays down the
stretch.”
The Cavaliers swept the regu-
lar season series against Miami
(19-8, 11-5), won for the fifth time
in six games and remained with-
in reach of finishing among the
top four in the conference during
the regular season and receiving
a double bye in the ACC tourna-
ment.
Kihei Clark scored 17 points,
all in the second half, after finish-
ing with just two in a 62-53 loss
to Virginia Tech on Monday
night, and Kadin Shedrick came
off the bench to chip in 13 points
and a career-high 13 rebounds
for his third double-double this
season.
The Hurricanes had four play-
ers score in double figures but
never drew closer than three
points in the final 1:06, during
which time Virginia made 7 of 10
foul shots to secure a sixth con-
secutive victory against Miami
and third in a row in Coral
Gables.
Virginia shot 62.5 percent in
the second half and 49 percent
overall in addition to going 19 for
25 at the free throw line, attempt-
ing 16 more than the Hurricanes,
who had a three-game winning
streak end despite a 42-24 advan-
tage in points in the paint.
Kameron McGusty led Miami
with 20 points, and Jordan Miller
had 15 on 7-for-11 shooting with
six rebounds.
Virginia initially was unable to
pull away after forging a nine-
point lead early in the second
half, allowing the Hurricanes to
get within 53-51 with 9:08 re-
maining on a three-pointer from
Charlie Moore, a dunk from Sam
Waardenburg and a layup from
Anthony Walker.
Trailing by 10 early in the
second half, the Cavaliers came
storming back thanks to Gardner
and Clark sparking a 23-4 bar-
rage that yielded a 53-44 lead
with 12:16 to play. Clark beganthe comeback with a three-point-
er from the left side in front of
the Virginia bench and made
another minutes later to put the
Cavaliers in front.
Gardner, who has scored in
double digits in 10 straight
games, followed with a jumper
on a pass from Clark and added
another midrange jumper before
Bennett called a timeout. The
Cavaliers got Clark’s three-point-
er out of the stoppage, and She-
drick made 1 of 2 free throws
when he was fouled stealing the
ball.
Virginia trailed at halftime
38-30 after failing to score over
the final 5:08 while missing all
six of its field goal attempts. It
also committed three turnovers
that contributed to the Hurri-
canes’ 8-0 run that included a
two-handed fast-break dunk
from Walker off a lob pass from
McGusty.
The collapse at the end of the
first half overshadowed stretches
of rigid defense, most notablywhen Virginia held Miami score-
less for nearly five minutes and
rallied to take a 28-25 lead with
6:17 to play on Shedrick’s offen-
sive rebound off his own miss
and ensuing putback.
“It’s huge to come out here and
win on the road,” said Gardner, a
transfer from East Carolina who
immediately joined the starting
lineup and leads Virginia in scor-
ing this season. “This team is
resilient. We haven’t lost a back-
to-back, after a loss, all year, so
you know we’re going to bounce
back.”
Here’s what to know about
Virginia’s win:Transition defense
When Virginia is executing the
pack-line defense at its best,
opponents especially struggle to
score on the fast break. The
Hurricanes, however, thrived in
transition against the ACC’s top
scoring defense, collecting
15 fast-break points, including 13
in the first half.
The second half began with
the Cavaliers surrendering a fast-
break basket when Gardner tele-
graphed an inbounds pass from
underneath the backboard that
McGusty intercepted and turned
into an uncontested layup for a
40-30 lead with 19:20 to play.Beekman steps up
Sophomore guard Reece Beek-
man, the Cavaliers’ top on-ball
defender, held Moore, the Hurri-
canes’ third leading scorer, in
check most of the game. Moore
finished with 15 points but had
just eight on 3-for-9 shooting
heading into the final minute.
Beekman had six points, a
team-high seven assists and four
rebounds but committed a team-
high four of the Cavaliers’
11 turnovers that led to 11 points
for Miami.
Moore and Beekman also each
entered the game first and sec-
ond, respectively, in the ACC in
steals.Cavaliers boost tournament résumé with road win
MARTA LAVANDIER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jayden Gardner had a game-high 23 points, none more impactful
than a jumper to give the Cavaliers a 65-57 lead with 1:39 to go.VIRGINIA 74,
MIAMI 71Duke at Virginia
Wednesday, 7 p.m., ESPN