NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Matt Coleman III banked in a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to lift Texas to a 52-51 win over Oklahoma. The Longhorns won their fifth consecutive game and kept alive their NCAA Tournament hopes that seemed all but vanished in mid-February. Texas took advantage of three missed free throws by Oklahoma in the final 19 seconds, including two by Kristian Doolittle with six seconds left. Brock Cunningham grabbed the rebound and handed it to Coleman, who dribbled up court, slipped around a screen by Royce Hamm Jr., and pulled up for the winner. Doolittle led the Sooners with 20 points.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Derek Culver and Miles McBride scored 17 points apiece and West Virginia outlasted Iowa State for a 77-71 victory. McBride hit four free throws in the final 16 seconds left to help quell the Cyclones’ last -gasp rally. Iowa State’s Rasir Bolton scored 17 of his game-high 21 points in the second half.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas State football players are facing marijuana possession charges. Nineteen-year-old safety Wayne Jones and 21-year-old linebacker Daniel Green were arrested Monday night. They both posted $1,000 bond. The arrests come after three other Kansas State players were arrested over the weekend. Freshman running back Jacardia Wright was arrested for an outstanding warrant for failing to show proof of insurance. Linebackers DeMarrquese Hayes and Nick Allen were arrested separately on suspicion of DUI. Kansas State says coach Chris Klieman will handle any internal discipline. Klieman says he is extremely disappointed.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Andrew Miller will be sidelined for an undetermined amount of time as he tries to regain the feel for his pitches. The two-time All-Star and 2016 ALCS MVP with Cleveland struggles to describe the feeling he experiences when releasing the ball. He says there's no pain, it simply doesn't feel right. Miller says the issue dates back to last season, his first with St. Louis, and contributed to his disappointing 5-6 record and 4.45 ERA.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox say starter Chris Sale has undergone an MRI after experiencing soreness in his throwing elbow. Manager Ron Roenicke said Sale felt the soreness in his elbow Monday morning, the day after his 18-pitch batting practice session. Sale missed the last seven weeks of last season due to elbow inflammation, finishing the year 6-11 with a 4.40 ERA in 25 starts.
UNDATED — The coronavirus has prompted an advocacy group for college athletes to urge the NCAA to consider holding its winter sports championships with no fans, an idea that has not been dismissed out of hand. NCAA Chief Operating Officer Donald Remy told Bloomberg News today that the association has contingency plans for all circumstances, although the NCAA declined further comment to The Associated Press on the possibility of no fans in the stands. The NCAA did announce it has established an advisory panel of medical, public health and epidemiology experts and member schools to address the virus.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada football coach Jay Norvell has a received a new five-year contract that runs through the 2024 season. Norvell is 18-20 overall in three seasons but is coming off back-to-back winning seasons and consecutive bowl appearances after going 3-9 in his first year with the Wolf Pack. Nevada was 7-5 last season and played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
UNDATED (AP) — Michigan State has pulled into a first-place tie with Maryland in the Big Ten. Xavier Tillman scored 23 points and the 16th-ranked Spartans improved to 13-6 in the conference by turning a 19-point, first-half deficit into a 78-71 victory at No. 20 Penn State. The Terrapins lost for the third time in four games as Jacob Young came off the bench to score a team-high 17 points in Rutgers’ 78-67 win against Maryland.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — John Fulkerson scored a career-high 27 points and Tennessee rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset sixth-ranked Kentucky, 81-73 at Lexington. The Wildcats (24-6, 14-3 Southeastern Conference) appeared in control leading 51-34 early in the second half before the Volunteers outscored them 29-9 over the next 10:09. Tyrese Maxey had 21 points and Immanuel Quickley 15 for the Wildcats.
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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final Tennessee 81 (6)Kentucky 73
Final Rutgers 78 (9)Maryland 67
Final (16)Michigan St. 79 (20)Penn St. 71
Final Purdue 77 (18)Iowa 68
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final San Antonio 104 Charlotte 103
Final OT Brooklyn 129 Boston 120
Final Minnesota 139 New Orleans 134
Final L.A. Clippers 109 Oklahoma City 94
Final Golden State 116 Denver 100
Final Toronto 123 Phoenix 114
Final Sacramento 133 Washington 126
Final L.A. Lakers 120 Philadelphia 107