Cartier Diarra tied a career high with 25 points, Xavier Sneed added 16, Dujuan Gordon had a career high 15, and Kansas State held off No. 12 West Virginia 84-68 for their first win in Big 12 play this season. Kansas State (8-9, 1-4 Big 12) went up by as many as 23 points on Saturday, but a 15-0 run by the Mountaineers cut the lead to eight in the second half, thanks in part to seven turnovers in four minutes by the Wildcats. West Virginia (14-3, 3-2) would get as close as six, but the Wildcats held on and won by 16.
Devon Dotson returned from a hip injury to score 21 points and lead No. 6 Kansas over Texas 66-57. Dotson scored the Jayhawks' final seven points of the game. He made a long 3-pointer with just under 3 minutes left and then closed out the victory with four straight free throws in the final 39 seconds. Udoka Azubuike scored 17 points and a scoring burst from him early in the second half allowed Kansas to take the lead after trailing much of the first half. Jericho Sims led Texas with 20 points.
Fabian White scored 14 points for Houston as the balanced Cougars emphatically defeated No. 16 Wichita State 65-54. Houston is tied with Tulsa atop the American Athletic Conference standings. Wichita State lost its second straight game Saturday and managed just one player scoring in double figures.
For the Kansas City Chiefs, stopping the run in their AFC championship game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday isn't just the first order of business. It's also the second and third because of how valuable running back Derrick Henry is to the Titans. Henry ran wild against the Patriots and Ravens in the first two rounds of the playoffs, just as he did when Tennessee beat the Chiefs in Week 10 of the regular season. Stopping him will be crucial if the Chiefs want to return to the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years.
Saturday Scores
Final (2)Baylor 75 Oklahoma St. 68
Final (11)Louisville 79 (3)Duke 73
Final Florida 69 (4)Auburn 47
Final DePaul 79 (5)Butler 66
Final (6)Kansas 66 Texas 57
Final (7)San Diego St. 68 Nevada 55
Final OT (8)Oregon 64 Washington 61
Final OT (9)Florida St. 83 Miami 79
Final (10)Kentucky 73 Arkansas 66
Final Kansas St. 84 (12)West Virginia 68
Final (14)Villanova 61 UConn 55
Final Houston 65 (16)Wichita St. 54
Final (17)Maryland 57 Purdue 50
Final (18)Seton Hall 82 St. John's 79
Final Arizona 75 (20)Colorado 54
Final Penn St. 90 (21)Ohio St. 76
Final (23)Texas Tech 72 Iowa St. 52
Final (24)Illinois 75 Northwestern 71
Final (25)Creighton 78 Providence 74