MANHATTAN, Kan. — Manu Lecomte scored 26 points after battling early foul trouble, Ish Wainright and Al Freeman had key baskets down the stretch and top-ranked Baylor outlasted No. 25 Kansas State 77-68 on Saturday.
Wainright and Freeman had 15 points apiece for the Bears (15-1, 3-1 Big 12), who bounced back from a lopsided loss at No. 10 West Virginia in their first game as the nation’s No. 1 team to deal the Wildcats (13-4, 2-3) another close, disheartening conference defeat.
(2) KANSAS 87, OKLAHOMA STATE 80: Frank Mason III scored 22 points, freshman Josh Jackson added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the Jayhawks (16-1, 5-0 Big 12) held off the Cowboys (10-7, 0-5) in Lawrence, Kansas.
(3) VILLANOVA 70, ST. JOHN’S 57: Redshirt freshman guard Dante DiVincenzo had 19 points and the Wildcats (17-1, 5-1 Big East) pulled away to a win over the Red Storm (8-11, 2-4) in New York.
(4) UCLA 83, UTAH 82: Lorenzo Ball had 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds, helping UCLA (18-1, 5-1 Pac-12) defeat Utah (12-5, 3-2) at Salt Lake City.
(6) KENTUCKY 92, AUBURN 72: Malik Monk scored 24 points, helping the Wildcats (15-2, 5-0 SEC) earn a victory over the Tigers (11-6, 1-4) in Lexington, Kentucky.
(14) LOUISVILLE 78, (7) DUKE 69: Anas Mahmoud had a career-high 17 points and 11 rebounds, Donovan Mitchell added 15 points and the Cardinals (15-3, 3-2 ACC) shot 59 percent in the second half to top the Blue Devils (14-4, 2-3).
(8) CREIGHTON 101, TRUMAN STATE 69: Marcus Foster scored 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting, and the Bluejays (17-1) defeated Division II Truman State (13-4) in Omaha, Nebraska.
(11) NORTH CAROLINA 96, (9) FLORIDA STATE 83: Joel Berry II scored 26 points, and the Tar Heels (16-3, 4-1 ACC) pulled away late to beat the Seminoles (16-2, 4-1) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
(12) BUTLER 83, (15) XAVIER 78: Freshman Kamar Baldwin scored all 21 of his points in the second half and the Bulldogs (15-3, 4-2 Big East) took down another Top 25 team, beating the Musketeers (13-4, 3-2) in Indianapolis.
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