MANHATTAN, Kan. — Keyontae Johnson scored 25 points, Markquis Nowell added 14 points and 10 assists, and No. 14 Kansas State followed a long first-half slump with a big second-half run to beat ninth-ranked Baylor 75-65 on Tuesday night. Plus more AP Top 25 action from Tuesday.
Cam Carter added 10 points for the Wildcats (21-7, 9-6 Big 12), who trailed 34-31 at the break before their 18-4 charge gave them control. They coasted from there to a school record-tying seventh win over a ranked team this season.
Keyonte George hit six 3-pointers and scored 23 points for Baylor (20-8, 9-6), which had won seven of its last eight against the Wildcats and three straight in Manhattan. LJ Cryer added four 3s and finished with 16 points.
The game was a rematch for Bears coach Scott Drew and Kansas State counterpart Jerome Tang, who spent 19 years on Drew’s bench. And it was every bit as wild as the Wildcats’ 97-95 overtime win in early January.
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Baylor was coming off an 87-71 loss at Kansas on Saturday in which the Bears were phenomenal in the first half, building a 17-point lead, and dreadful in the second, when they were outscored 55-26 while looking listless and lost.
NO. 8 TEXAS 72, NO. 23 IOWA ST. 54: Sir’Jabari Rice and Tyrese Hunter each scored 15 points and Texas raced away from visiting Iowa State with a big first half.
Texas (22-6, 11-4) is tied with No. 3 Kansas for first place in the Big 12 with three games left in the regular season. The Longhorns haven’t won even a share of the league crown since 2008.
Texas made nine 3-pointers in the first half and led by 19 at halftime. Osun Ossunniyi scored 12 points to lead Iowa State (17-10, 8-7).
Marquette’s Kam Jones, center, shoots against Creighton’s Ryan Kalkbrenner, obscured, during the first half of Tuesday’s game in Omaha, Neb.
NO. 10 MARQUETTE 73, NO. 19 CREIGHTON 71: Tyler Kolek’s short jump shot gave Marquette the lead with 29 seconds left, and the Golden Eagles took a huge step toward the Big East regular-season title with a road victory over Creighton.
The Golden Eagles (22-6, 14-3) saw a 10-point lead with eight minutes left evaporate before Kolek came up big during a wild finish before a sellout crowd at CHI Health Center.
Kam Jones led Marquette with 19 points and Kolek and Oso Ighodaro added 18 apiece.
Baylor Scheierman had 18 points to lead the Bluejays (18-10, 12-5). Ryan Nembhard added 16.
NO. 25 TEXAS A&M 68, NO. 11 TENNESSEE 63: Wade Taylor IV scored 25 points, including four free throws down the stretch, and host Texas A&M extended its winning streak to six games with a victory over Tennessee.
The Aggies (21-7, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) are off to their best start since joining the SEC in the 2012-13 season.
It’s the fourth loss in five games for the Volunteers (20-8, 9-6), with their only win in this stretch coming in a 68-59 victory over then-No. 1 Alabama on Wednesday.
Santiago Vescovi and Zakai Zeigler had 14 points each for Tennessee.
NO. 13 MIAMI 76, VIRGINIA TECH 70: Norchad Omier had 17 points and 14 rebounds as Miami won at Virginia Tech for its seventh straight win.
Nigel Pack added 16 points for the Hurricanes (23-5, 14-4 Atlantic Coast Conference), who placed five players in double figures.
Sean Pedulla led Virginia Tech (16-12, 6-11) with 17 points.
Miami, which trailed by as many as nine in the first half, led the entire second half and built a 10-point lead with 9:58 remaining.
Villanova guard Mark Armstrong chases down a loose ball during the first half of Tuesday’s game against Xavier in Cincinnati.
VILLANOVA 64, NO. 16 XAVIER 63: Justin Moore scored 25 points to give Villanova a road victory over Xavier for its biggest victory under first-year head coach Kyle Neptune.
Cam Whitmore added 11 points for the Wildcats (14-14, 8-9 Big East) who dealt a big blow to the Musketeers’ Big East title hopes.
Souley Boum led the Musketeers (20-8, 12-5) with 17 points.
The Musketeers beat Villanova 88-80 on Jan. 7. It was their first true road win in the series since the 1955-56 season, but they fell short of a series sweep at home.
MICHIGAN ST. 80, NO. 17 INDIANA 65: Tyson Walker shook off a slow start to score 23 points and lift Michigan State to a win over Indiana in its first home game since last week’s shootings on campus that killed three students and hospitalized five students.
The Spartans (17-10, 9-7 Big Ten) surged into the lead late in the first half after Walker started making 3-pointers following an 0-for-4 start from the field and were ahead by double digits for much of the second half.
The Hoosiers (19-9, 10-7) relied heavily on Trayce Jackson-Davis, who had 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
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