Caleb Grill scored 22 points off the bench and sank clutch free throws with five seconds left as Missouri upset No. 5 Florida 83-82 Tuesday night in Gainesville, Fla.
Grill’s key shot came just one second after Alex Condon converted a layup to get the Gators (15-2, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) within 81-79. Alijah Martin followed with a 3-pointer, but Florida didn’t have enough time to complete the comeback.
Mark Mitchell filled the Grill with 15 points and eight rebounds for the Tigers (14-3, 3-1), while Anthony Robinson II added 12 points and Tamar Bates had 10. . Missouri went 11-for-29 from beyond the arc (37.9 percent), six of those threes coming from Grill (on 10 attempts).
Walter Clayton Jr. from Florida scored a game-high 28 points and grabbed three steals, Martin scored 14 points and Will Richard added 12 points. Rueben Chinyelu had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Gators, who were 8-0 at home on Tuesday.
No. 1 Auburn 88, No. 15 Mississippi State 66
Five Tigers scored in double figures and host Auburn survived its first test without its best player, Johni Broome, who won for the Bulldogs.
Broome is dealing with a sprained ankle. Chad Baker-Mazara scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the first half for the Tigers (16-1, 4-0 SEC), while Chaney Johnson added 17 points, eight rebounds and four shots for Auburn 10 are blocked.
Josh Hubbard scored 17 points for the Bulldogs (14-3, 2-2) but made just 2 of 12 field goal attempts, making most of his goals by going 11-for-12 from the foul line. RJ Melendez added 15 points and 10 rebounds.
No. 3 Duke 89, Miami 54
Freshman Kon Knueppel scored a season-high 25 points as the Blue Devils cruised to their 11th straight victory, defeating the Hurricanes in Durham, NC.
Cooper Flag, just three days after scoring an Atlantic Coast Conference record 42 points against Notre Dame, scored 13 points and Khaman Maluach had 12 points and 15 rebounds for Duke ( 15-2, 7-0 ACC).
Lynn Kidd scored 20 points for Miami (4-13, 0-6), which has dropped its last six games. Austin Swartz added 11 points, finishing half of the Hurricanes’ six 3-pointers.
No. 21 Ole Miss 74, No. 4 Alabama 64
Malik Dia set a season high with 23 points and 19 rebounds, and the Rebels used a stifling defense to beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Jaylen Murray and Jaemyn Brakefield scored 13 points apiece for the Rebels (15-2, 4-0 SEC), who held Alabama to 21 turnovers. Sean Pedulla scored 12 points and Matthew Murrell 11 as Ole Miss won for the first time in 35 road games against AP Top 5 teams. It was the first win in Tuscaloosa since 2015.
Aden Holloway scored 15 points, and Mark Sears — the SEC’s leading scorer (19.1 ppg) — had 11 for Alabama (14-3, 3-1), which scored Only 28 in the second half.
No. 7 Marquette 85, DePaul 83 (OT)
David Joplin scored a career-high 30 points and opened overtime with three consecutive three-pointers as the Golden Eagles escaped Chicago with a victory over the Blue Demons.
Joplin made 7 of 13 point attempts, no more than two to start the extra session, when Marquette (15-2, 6-0 Big East) scored 12 of its first 14 points, then held on for its sixth straight win. the game.
CJ Gunn scored 21 points and Isaiah Rivera sank four treys 43 seconds into overtime and finished with 20 points for DePaul (9-9, 0-7). The Blue Demons dropped their fifth straight game overall and their 39th consecutive Big East regular season contest.
No. 8 Kentucky 81, No. 11 Texas A&M 69
Jaxson Robinson scored 22 points and the Wildcats won the battle of the boards with a victory over the Aggies in a key SEC preseason tournament in Lexington, Ky.
Kentucky (14-3, 3-1 SEC) had a three-point halftime lead that grew to twelve less than four minutes into the second half. Short-handed Texas A&M (13-4, 2-2) cut that margin to six with just under seven minutes to play, but the Wildcats pushed their lead to 63-53 with less than a minute left and held to at least eight points. pillow all the way.
The Wildcats outrebounded Texas A&M 40-30, holding a 28-22 edge in points in the paint and a 24-16 advantage in free throws made in a tough game. Zhuric Phelps led Texas A&M with 21 points, while Pharrel Payne added 15.
No. 19 Illinois 94, Indiana 69
Kylan Boswell scored 22 points and backcourt mate Kasparas Jakucionis added 21 as the Illini put up 60 first-half points in a Big Ten win over the Hoosiers in Bloomington, Ind.
Tomislav Ivisic posted 17 points and 11 rebounds and Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn added 12 points as the Illini (13-4, 5-2) bounced back from a 10-point loss at home to Southern California on Saturday which came without Jakucionis.
Oumar Ballo led Indiana (13-5, 4-3) with 16 points and 15 rebounds before being ejected with 2:24 left. Luke Goode, who played the last three years at Illinois, scored 13 points and Myles Rice had 12.
No. 24 Wisconsin 70, Ohio State 68
John Tonje scored 17 points and the Badgers held off the Buckeyes’ second-half effort in a victory in Madison, Wis.
John Blackwell added 15 points for the Badgers (14-3, 4-2), including a foul shot with 1.5 seconds left to take a two-point lead. Steven Crowl scored 14 points for Wisconsin, which won six straight and gave coach Greg Gard his 200th career victory.
The Buckeyes (10-7, 2-4) had a chance to tie or win the game, but Devin Royal stepped out of bounds before attempting the game-winning 3-pointer. Bruce Thornton scored a game-high 21 points for Ohio State, including 19 in the second half.
Arizona 81, No. 25 Baylor 70
Henri Veesaar’s 19 points led the Wildcats to their seventh straight win as they beat the Bears in Tucson, Ariz.
Jaden Bradley had 13 points, five rebounds and six assists for Arizona (11-5, 5-0 Big 12). KJ Lewis finished with 11 points and seven assists.
Baylor (11-5, 3-2), which cracked the AP Top 25 on Monday after winning six of its past seven games, played heavily with six players in rotation because Jalen Celestine and Langston Love missed their fourth straight game with ankle injuries. . Robert Wright led Baylor with 16 points off the bench and VJ Edgecombe had 14. Duke transfer Jeremy Roach scored 13.
–Field Level Media