Men
Michael Snaer scored 21 points and Bernard James added 13 on Wednesday night as No. 21 Florida State rallied in the second half to defeat Georgia Tech 68-54 for its sixth straight win.
The victory gave Florida State (15-6, 6-1 ACC) its best record in league play since joining the ACC for the 1991-92 season and it kept the Seminoles tied with North Carolina for first place. Duke is right behind at 5-1.
Miami 90, Maryland 86 (2OT): Miami blew a 16-point second-half lead, three of its players were disqualified and the Hurricanes still beat visiting Maryland in double overtime.
Freshman Shane Larkin scored six points in the second overtime for the Hurricanes, who sank seven of eight free throws in the final 51 seconds.
No. 14 Georgetown 58, Connecticut 44: Hollis Thompson regained his shooting touch with 18 points, and Georgetown held visiting Connecticut to season lows in scoring and shooting, in the Huskies' fourth straight loss.
No. 23 Michigan 68, No. 20 Indiana 56: Trey Burke scored 18 points, and Michigan raced to a 20-point first-half lead before holding on for a victory against visiting Indiana.
No. 13 Creighton 102, Illinois State 74: Doug McDermott scored 17 of his 25 points in the first half to lead six Creighton players in double figures and the Bluejays rode a fast start to a victory against visiting Illinois State.
No. 8 Kansas 84, Oklahoma 62: Thomas Robinson had 20 points and 17 rebounds in another performance sure to burnish his player of the year credentials, leading Kansas to a blowout of visiting Oklahoma.
No. 6 Baylor 63, Texas A&M 60: Pierre Jackson hit a 3-pointer with 17 seconds remaining to put visiting Baylor on top and added two free throws to give the Bears a victory against Texas A&M.
Davidson 71, Furman 53: De'Mon Brooks scored 19 points and visiting Davidson defeated Furman.
Georgia State 68, UNC Wilmington 53: Eric Buckner scored 17 points and Jihad Ali added 16 to lead visiting Georgia State past UNC Wilmington in a Colonial Athletic Association game.
East Carolina 62, Southern Methodist 43: Robert Sampson scored 13 points and Maurice Kemp added 11 for East Carolina in a win against visiting SMU, securing the Pirates' first home Conference USA victory of the season.
La Salle 85, UNC Charlotte 72: Tyreek Duren scored 22 points and Jerrell Wright added 18 as La Salle defeated visiting UNC Charlotte in an Atlantic 10 Conference game.
Davidson County CC 88, North Carolina JV 69: Tevin Richardson scored 19 points and Maurice Nash 17 for Davidson County CC. Christian Pulliam led the UNC JV with 15 points.
Women
No. 1 Baylor 71, Missouri 41: Brittney Griner scored 18 points and Kimetria Hayden added 15 points with four steals to help visiting Baylor roll past Missouri.
No. 18 Texas A&M 67, No. 25 Texas Tech 55: Sydney Carter scored 17 points and Adaora Elonu added 16 to lead visiting Texas A&M past Texas Tech.
Western Carolina 59, College of Charleston 45: Alex Abraham led Western (8-14, 3-10 Southern Conference) with 13 points in Cullowhee.
UNC Charlotte 80, Massachusetts 58: Amanda Dowe had 13 points and 17 rebounds for UNCC (14-8, 6-2 Atlantic 10).
Salem College 63, Bennett 54: Karoline Summerville scored 21 points and Zy Henderson and Amber Miller finished with 14 each for Salem (2-14).
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