MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Desi Sills flirted with a triple-double in his Bramlage Coliseum farewell, Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell also had big senior send-offs, and No. 11 Kansas State beat Oklahoma 85-69 on Wednesday night. Sills finished with 15 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Nae'Qwan Tomlin added 19 points, Johnson had 16 and Nowell finished with 11 points and 10 assists for the Wildcats. Milos Uzan had 20 points to lead the Sooners and Otega Oweh finished with 18. The Wildcats snapped a three-game losing streak against Oklahoma.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Damion Baugh scored a career-high 24 points, Emanuel Mille had 20 and No. 22 TCU held on to beat Texas 75-73. The loss denies the ninth-ranked Longhorns a chance to play for a share of the Big 12 title in their upcoming regular-season finale. Baugh scored on a breakaway layup off the opening tip and TCU never trailed. It was the second loss in a row and third in five games for the 22-8 Longhorns who haven’t won a conference title since 2008. They play league champion third-ranked Kansas in their regular-season finale Saturday. Sir'Jabari Rice had 16 points for Texas.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger announced that guard Caleb Grill has been dismissed from the team for a failure to meet expectations. Grill started 22 of 25 games and was the Cyclones' third-leading scorer. The fourth-year player from Maize, Kansas, averaged just under 10 points per game. He started every game this season before coming off the bench in a Feb. 15 game against TCU. Otzelberger said at the time Grill needed to rest his sore back. The coach did not elaborate on the reasons for the dismissal.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Skylar Vann scored a career-high 23 points and Madi Williams scored 19 and No. 16 Oklahoma beat Kansas State 90-86 in overtime. The contest saw Oklahoma squander a 22-point second-quarter lead while committing 26 turnovers overall. Kansas State missed 3 of 4 foul shots in the final six seconds with two-point lead at the end of regulation squandering the chance to win it. The Wildcats were 18 of 30 overall from the line. Serena Sundell scored a career-high 33 points for Kansas State.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Offsetting a milestone night from No. 23 Iowa State’s Ashley Joens, Zakiyah Franklin scored a career-high 31 points and Wyvette Mayberry added 22 and Kansas ended a 16-game losing streak to the Cyclones with a 98-93 victory. Joens scored 33 points to jump two spots to 16th place on the Division I all-time scoring list with 2,935. Joens moved past LSU’s Joyce Walker (2,906) and Penn State’s Kelly Mazzante (2,919). Franklin shot 12 of 20, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and all four of her free throws for the Jayhawks (18-10, 8-9 Big 12 Conference). Mayberry made four 3s adding six assists. Freshman Denae Fritz scored a career-high 26 points shooting 9 for 10 with four 3s for the Cyclones (18-9, 10-7).
UNDATED (AP) — There will be no Big 12 regular-season title for the Baylor women for the first time in 13 seasons. But they can still clinch their 23rd consecutive season winning at least 20 games in their regular-season finale at home Saturday before going to the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments. The 19-10 Bears are 4-0 in road games against Top 25 teams, and just won at 12th-ranked Texas. After two-time Big 12 player of the year NaLyssa Smith was one of three Baylor players taken in the last WNBA draft, the Bears went into this season with eight newcomers.
UNDATED (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is starting his new job as president of the NCAA this week. At the top of his to-do list is getting a handle on name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes. Like his predecessor, Mark Emmert, Baker says the NCAA needs help from Congress in the form of a federal law to govern NIL. But Baker brings a different way of thinking about regulating NIL. He views the athletes as the consumers in a burgeoning market that lacks transparency and is littered with unqualified and even unscrupulous actors.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter, projected as one of the top players in the NFL draft, has been charged with reckless driving and racing in conjunction with the crash that killed offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. The Athens-Clarke County Police Department issued an arrest warrant alleging that Carter was racing his SUV against an SUV driven by the recruiting staffer, which led to the Jan. 15 wreck. Carter had been due in Indianapolis on Wednesday for the NFL's scouting combine. Police say he is expected to address the arrest warrant when he returns to Athens. Carter posted a statement on his Twitter account saying he expects to be “fully exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing.”
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour has approved sweeping changes to its 2024 schedule. That starts with 16 designated events that includes the majors. Eight of them will not have cuts and will have fields of no more than 80 players. Commissioner Jay Monahan informed the players of the changes in a memo. Those changes include the Player Impact Program bonus being cut from $100 million for 20 players to $50 million for 10 players. The rest of the money is redirected into performance bonus pools. It also includes room for players on the outside to play their way into the elite events.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Players have largely been pleased with Major League Baseball's rollout of several new rules this spring, but fans getting their first look in person have mixed reviews. MLB has added a pitch clock, limited infield shifts and made other changes to quicken the pace of play. It seems to be working, with games running about 20 minutes shorter on average compared to last spring training. Some fans have felt indifferent to the rules, while others are gushing about the faster pace. Others wish the game would just stay as it's been for most of their lives.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers says he will make a decision on his future “soon enough” as the four-time MVP quarterback ponders whether to play next season and if his future remains with the Green Bay Packers. The 39-year-old Rodgers discussed his future while speaking on an episode of the “Aubrey Marcus Podcast." He spent much of the 1 1/2-hour conversation describing his recent isolation retreat in which he said he spent four days alone in a dark room.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The path to the 2024 Paris Olympics for Ukrainian athletes is clouded by war, anger and pain. Russian bombardments have wrecked training venues. Air raids disrupt training sessions. Athletes have lost family members and friends. Or they worry that they will. Traveling to international competitions has become arduous because Russia’s invasion has closed the country’s airspace. A Ukrainian diver proudly bears the name of his late grandfather who died in the bombarded Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Ukraine's Olympic medal-winning artistic swimmers say war's terrors are taking a mental toll on them.
WEDNESDAY SCORES
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (2)Alabama 90 Auburn 85
Final (22)TCU 75 (9)Texas 73
Final (10)Gonzaga 104 Chicago St. 65
Final (11)Kansas St. 85 Oklahoma 69
Final (14)UConn 88 DePaul 59
Final (19)Xavier 94 (20)Providence 89
Final Ohio St. 73 (21)Maryland 62
Final Vanderbilt 68 (23)Kentucky 66
Final Notre Dame 88 (25)Pittsburgh 81
INTERLEAGUE
Final Detroit 8 Pittsburgh 7
Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Washington 2
Final L.A. Angels 4 Milwaukee 3
Final San Diego 5 Texas 1
Final L.A. Dodgers 4 Texas 2
Final Chicago Cubs 5 Seattle 3
Final Kansas City 8 Colorado 6
Final Tampa Bay 3 Atlanta 3
Final Philadelphia 4 Minnesota 4
Final Oakland 14 Cincinnati 14
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Toronto 2 Baltimore 1
Final Cleveland 9 Chicago White Sox 6
Final Boston 4 Houston 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final N.Y. Mets 8 Miami 4
Final Arizona 8 San Francisco 5
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Phoenix 105 Charlotte 91
Final Chicago 117 Detroit 115
Final Philadelphia 119 Miami 96
Final Boston 117 Cleveland 113
Final New York 142 Brooklyn 118
Final Memphis 113 Houston 99
Final Milwaukee 139 Orlando 117
Final L.A. Lakers 123 Oklahoma City 117
Final New Orleans 121 Portland 110
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final OT N-Y Rangers 3 Philadelphia 2
Final Edmonton 5 Toronto 2
Final Dallas 4 Arizona 2
Final New Jersey 7 Colorado 5
Final OT Washington 3 Anaheim 2
Final Vegas 3 Carolina 2