Recap Roundups
January 22, 2019
South Carolina 80, Auburn 77
Felipe Haase made a go-ahead 3-point basket with 31 seconds to play, and Chris Silva scored 32 points as South Carolina knocked off No. 16 Auburn 80-77 on Tuesday night in Columbia, S.C.
Kentucky 76, Mississippi State 55
PJ Washington scored a game-high 21 points as No. 8 Kentucky continued its mid-January run with a 76-55 victory over No. 22 Mississippi State on Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky.
Georgia Tech 63, Notre Dame 61
Georgia Tech got a combined 29 points and 18 rebounds from its inside duo of James Banks and Abdoulaye Gueye and survived a late Notre Dame comeback to defeat the visiting Irish 63-31 on Tuesday.
Michigan 59, Minnesota 57
Charles Matthews made a buzzer-beating put-back shot, and No. 5 Michigan bounced back from its first loss of the season to defeat Minnesota 59-57 on Tuesday at Ann Arbor, Mich.
Florida State 77, Clemson 68
Florida State responded from falling out of the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday with a 77-68 win over Clemson on Tuesday in Tallahassee, Fla.
Villanova 80, Butler 72
Eric Paschall scored 23 points, Phil Booth added 17 and No. 18 Villanova defeated host Butler 80-72 on Tuesday in Indianapolis.
Kansas State 58, Texas Tech 45
Kansas State used another stellar defensive effort to defeat No. 14 Texas Tech 58-45 on Tuesday night in Manhattan, Kan.
Northern Illinois 77, Buffalo 75
This was a moment that Northern Illinois hadn't seen in 47 years.
Florida 81, Texas A&M 72
Down big at halftime, Florida bombed its way back to an important conference win Tuesday night against visiting Texas A&M in Gainesville, Fla.
Alabama 74, Mississippi 53
John Petty led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points as host Alabama took advantage of a big edge in shots attempted to defeat No. 20 Ole Miss 74-53 Tuesday night in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Duke 79, Pittsburgh 64
RJ Barrett scored 26 points, and Zion Williamson made his first 10 shots from the field on the way to 25 points as the freshman duo guided No. 2 Duke past host Pittsburgh 79-64 in a game with a unique coaching matchup Tuesday night.
Virginia 68, Wake Forest 45
Despite a cold shooting night, No. 3 Virginia dispatched visiting Wake Forest 68-45 Tuesday at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.
Northwestern 73, Indiana 66
Oft-injured junior forward Aaron Falzon came off the bench to drill a career-high-tying six 3-pointers, sparking Northwestern to a 73-66 victory over Indiana on Tuesday night in Evanston, Ill.