BUTLER KNOCKS OFF NO. 1 ’NOVA
No. 1 Villanova learned a tough lesson Saturday.
The defense needs to improve dramatically if the Wildcats want to be the nation’s best team.
Kelan Martin scored 24 points, Paul Jorgensen added a career-high 23 and Butler made 15 3-pointers in a 101-93 upset over one of college basketball’s last unbeaten teams.
“This is the best offense we’ve played so far and it showed,” coach Jay Wright said. “We’ve really been outscoring teams to this point and we weren’t going to outscore this team tonight.”
HIGHLIGHTS
Deshon Taylor scored 18 points and Ray Bowles Jr. scored 16 and missed just 2 of 9 from the field and Fresno State handed Air Force a 71-59 defeat. Trevor Lyons’ layup with 2:46 left reduced Air Force’s deficit to 63-56, but Nate Grimes replied with a quick dunk. Ryan Swan led Air Force with 13 points. … Deandre Ayton scored 23 points and had 19 rebounds for No. 17 Arizona, which beat No. 3 Arizona State 84-78. … Freshman Marvin Bagley III had 32 points and a season-best 21 rebounds, and No. 4 Duke pulled away to beat No. 24
Florida State 100-93. Freshman Wendell Carter Jr. added 14 points and a season-high 16 rebounds, Grayson Allen scored 22 points and Trevon Duval scored 11 of his 16 in the second half for the Blue Devils. Phil Cofer scored a career-high 28 points and Braian Angola finished with a career-best 23 for the Seminoles. … John Petty made five 3-pointers and scored 18 points to help Alabama knock off No. 5 Texas A&M 79-57. Alabama big man Donta Hall had 17 points and six rebounds as four players accounted for 67 points. … Ty Jerome scored a careerhigh 31 points, including two free throws with 53 seconds left, and No. 9 Virginia held off Boston College 59-58. … Freshman Trae Young scored 39 points, including the tiebreaking free throws with 7.9 seconds left, as No. 12
Oklahoma overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half to beat No. 10
TCU 90-89 and end the nation’s longest winning streak at 17 games. … Joel Berry II hit a high-arcing floater in the paint with 10.3 seconds left to lift No. 13 North Carolina past
Wake Forest 73-69. Berry’s driving shot was over 7foot-1 shot blocker Doral Moore. … Daryl Macon and Jaylen Barford combined for 61 points and
Arkansas rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit for a 95-93 overtime victory over No. 19
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Tennessee.
COLLINS» Senior guard Stine Austgulen led all scorers with 17 points, while freshman guard Grace Colaivalu scored 15 points as Colorado State beat San Jose State 63-48.
Junior forward Annie Brady finished with nine points with 12 rebounds.
Air Force nearly erased a 22-point halftime deficit before falling to Fresno State, 64-58. Kaelin Immel scored 24 points for the Falcons. … Claire Gritt and Lauren Loven led Denver with 10 points each but South Dakota routed the Pioneers 79-51. … Savannah Smith scored 24 points to lead over
Northern Colorado Idaho 78-72.