Recap Roundups
February 20, 2019
Mississippi State 68, Georgia 67
Senior Quinndary Weatherspoon scored a career-high 31 points, including one of three free throws with a fraction of second left, as Mississippi State survived a fevered Georgia comeback bid for a 68-67 win Wednesday night in Athens, Ga.
Michigan St 71, Rutgers 60
Cassius Winston scored 28 points, including 19 in the second half, to help No. 10 Michigan State overcome a sluggish start and beat visiting Rutgers 71-60 in East Lansing, Mich.
Georgetown 85, Villanova 73
Freshman Mac McClung scored 21 points to lead host Georgetown past No. 17 Villanova 85-73 on Wednesday in Washington D.C.
Florida 82, Louisiana State 77
Senior guard KeVaughn Allen scored 12 of his game-high 21 points in overtime, and Noah Locke made a pair of clinching free throws with 8.6 seconds left to lift Florida to an 82-77 victory over No. 13 LSU on Wednesday night in Baton Rouge, La.
Syracuse 69, Louisville 49
Elijah Hughes scored 11 of his 18 points in the second half as host Syracuse cruised to a 69-49 victory over 18th-ranked Louisville on Wednesday in an Atlantic Coast Conference clash.
Syracuse 69, Louisville 49
Louisville coach Chris Mack turned to humor as a defense mechanism after seeing his team's defense nearly squander a seven-point lead with 17 seconds remaining in its last outing.
Xavier 70, Seton Hall 69
Xavier's Naji Marshall scored 28 points, Tyrique Jones recorded a double-double in the first half and the Musketeers withstood a Seton Hall rally to defeat the host Pirates 70-69 on Wednesday at Newark, N.J.
NC State 89, Boston College 80
North Carolina State opened the overtime on a 7-0 run and escaped with an 89-80 victory over visiting Boston College in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup Wednesday night in Raleigh, N.C.
Auburn 79, Arkansas 56
Bryce Brown scored a game-high 18 points as host Auburn, which led by as many as 30 in the first half, rolled to a 79-56 win over Arkansas on Wednesday night.
Ohio St. 63, Northwestern 49
Kaleb Wesson scored 22 points and had eight rebounds as Ohio State defeated Northwestern 63-49 at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday night to end a two-game losing streak.
Providence 78, St. John's 59
Nate Watson scored 21 points and Alpha Diallo registered a double-double of 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Providence past St. John's 78-59 on Wednesday night in Providence, R.I.
Georgia Tech 73, Pittsburgh 65
Guard Jose Alvarado scored a career-high 29 points and helped Georgia Tech break a seven-game losing streak with a 73-65 win over visiting Pittsburgh on Wednesday in Atlanta.
North Carolina 88, Duke 72
North Carolina senior Luke Maye scored 30 points in his final appearance at Cameron Indoor Stadium and the eighth-ranked Tar Heels took advantage of the absence of Duke's Zion Williamson for an 88-72 victory Wednesday night in Durham, N.C.
Marquette 79, Butler 69
Markus Howard scored a game-high 28 points Wednesday night while Theo John kicked in a double-double as No. 11 Marquette took control of first place in the Big East Conference with a 79-69 win over Butler at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
Creighton 79, DePaul 67
Ty-Shon Alexander and Marcus Zegarowski hit 3-pointers to thwart a DePaul second-half rally Wednesday night, allowing Creighton to continue its dominance over its Big East Conference rival with a 79-67 victory in Chicago.
Arizona State 80, Stanford 62
Remy Martin had 16 points and six assists and Rob Edwards scored 16 points as Arizona State pulled away in the second half for an 80-62 Pac-12 victory over Stanford on Wednesday in Tempe, Ariz.
Washington St. 76, Colorado 74
Isaiah Wade hit a go-ahead layup in the final 90 seconds, and the Washington State Cougars beat the Colorado Buffaloes 76-74 in Pullman, Wash., on Wednesday night.
Washington 62, Utah 45
Nahziah Carter came off the bench to score 12 points and lead a balanced attack as Washington pulled away in the second half for a 62-45 victory against visiting Utah in Pacific-12 Conference play Wednesday night in Seattle.
San Diego St. 65, Nevada 57
Senior guard Devin Watson recorded 15 points and eight assists as host San Diego State posted a 65-57 upset victory over No. 6 Nevada on Wednesday night in Mountain West play.