Here is the latest Big 12 Conference sports news from The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Umoja Gibson scored 14 points, including a crucial three-point play with less than a minute to go, and Oklahoma rallied in the second half for a 72-67 victory over third-ranked Baylor in the Big 12 quarterfinals. Jacob Groves added 15 points, Marvin Johnson made two foul shots with five seconds left to finish with 12, and the Sooners avenged two regular-season losses to the Bears with a win that could go a long way toward an NCAA Tournament bid. They'll play No. 14 Texas Tech or Iowa State in the Big 12 semifinals Friday night. James Akinjo finished with 16 points for Baylor.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji led sixth-ranked Kansas with 18 points in a 87-63 victory over West Virginia in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Tournament. Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins picked up two technical fouls and was ejected 10 minutes into the game. The top-seeded Jayhawks, who also beat the Mountaineers twice in the regular season, will play fifth-seeded TCU on Friday night for a spot in the title game. Christian Braun added 11 points and 14 rebounds for Kansas. Malik Curry led West Virginia with 19 points.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Terrence Shannon Jr. scored 15 points and No. 14 Texas Tech rolled to a 72-41 rout of sloppy, mistake-prone Iowa State on Thursday night in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals. Kevin McCullar added 11 points and Adonis Arms and Kevin Obanar had 10 apiece for the third-seeded Red Raiders, who built a 39-20 halftime lead and cruised into a semifinal showdown with No. 7 seed Oklahoma on Friday night. Tyrese Hunter led the Cyclones with nine points, though he also had seven turnovers. All-Big 12 guard Izaiah Brockington scored seven but was just 3 of 16 from the field and 1 of 6 from the 3-point line.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Damion Baugh led TCU on a frantic second-half comeback, Eddie Lampkin provided the go-ahead bucket with 39 seconds left, and the Horned Frogs rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat No. 22 Texas 65-60 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Baugh finished with 17 points and Mike Miles overcame an ankle injury and a dreadful first half to add 13 points as fifth-seeded TCU rode its school-record fifth win over a ranked team this season into a semifinal matchup with No. 6 Kansas or West Virginia on Friday. Timmy Allen led the Longhorns with 16 points and nine rebounds. Courtney Ramey had 15 points and nine boards.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bruce Weber has resigned as the basketball coach at Kansas State. The move came one day after the Wildcats lost to West Virginia in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament to cap a third straight losing season. He led the Wildcats to five NCAA tournaments in his first seven seasons, including a share of two Big 12 regular-season titles. He took Illinois to the 2005 national champion game and his career record is 407 wins against 301 losses, with 13 appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madisen Smith tossed in 19 points and West Virginia dominated the first half in a 68-48 victory over TCU in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament. Smith made 4 of 7 shots from 3-point range and added five assists for the seventh-seeded Mountaineers (15-14). Ja'Naiya Quinerly added 16 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Jayla Hemingway scored all nine of her points in the first half and Smith and Quinerly added seven each to lead West Virginia to a 34-11 lead at halftime. TCU (6-22) made just 3 of 22 shots (14%), missed all nine of its 3-pointers and sank only 5 of 10 at the free-throw line. Okako Adika had 17 points to lead the Horned Frogs. The Mountaineers advance to play No. 2 seed Iowa State in the quarterfinals on Friday.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lauren Fields scored 22 points, Lexy Keyes added 19 and ninth-seeded Oklahoma State took control in the second half to defeat eighth-seeded Texas Tech 73-58 in the Big 12 Conference tournament first round. The Cowgirls hit three 3-pointers and scored the first 15 points of the fourth quarter to ensure a quarterfinal date with top-seeded and fourth-ranked Baylor on Friday. Keys and Fields both had 14 points in the second half. Vivian Gray scored 20 points for the Lady Raiders, who were outscored 45-24 in the second half.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was ejected from the Mountaineers' quarterfinal game against No. 6 Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament after he was given two technical fouls in quick succession by referee Doug Sirmons. Jalen Wilson made five of the six free throws awarded for the three technical fouls with 9:55 left in the first half. Larry Harrison, the Mountaineers' longtime associate head coach, took over when Huggins walked to the locker room.
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