— Texas Tech 78, Arizona 75 OT
Arizona loses second game in row, after a 23-0 start.
Arizona led by 7 with 3:29 left in regulation.
JT Toppin had 31 points, 13 rebounds for Tech.
— Gonzaga 94, Santa Clara 86
Misleading score; this was a highly competitive game.
Santa Clara led by 5 with 12:10 left in the game.
Gonzaga shot 71.7% inside the arc.
Loss snaps Santa Clara’s nine-game winning streak.
— Miami 77, NC State 76
Miami outscored Wolfpack 7-0 in last 1:07 of the game.
Hurricanes won despite shooting 10-20 on the foul line.
Miami has won 5 of last 6 games, is a surprising 20-5, 9-3 in ACC.
— Iowa State 74, Kansas 56
Kansas shot 37.3% from floor; Darryn Peterson scored 10 points in 23:00.
Iowa State won six of last seven games, is 22-3, 9-3 in Big X.
Cyclones are #8 team in country at forcing turnovers.
— St John’s 79, Providence 69
Seven players got tossed after a fight caused by a cheap shot foul by Providence.
Red Storm wins their 11th game in a row.
PG Darling had 23 points, 8 rebounds off the bench.
— Upsets of the Day:
Texas Tech (+9) 78, Arizona 75
Southern Utah (+8.5) 78, Tex-Arlington 73
South Alabama (+7.5) 92, Arkansas State 88 OT
Western Michigan (+7.5) 76, Eastern Michigan 62
Delaware (+7.5) 76, Missouri State 67
Elon (+7.5) 81, Wm & Mary 78
Florida State (+6.5) 92, Virginia Tech 69
Samford (+6.5) 82, East Tennessee 72, OT
— Cal-Northridge 84, Hawaii 60
Loss drops Rainbows into a first place tie with Cal-Irvine.
Matadors have won five in a row, after an 11-10 start.
Larry Hughes Jr scored 27 points for Northridge.
— Liberty 73, UTEP 64
UTEP led by 10 late in first half.
Liberty has won 16 games in row, leads C-USA by five games.
Flames have #4 eFG% in country; they’ll need to win C-USA tourney to make NCAA’s.
— VCU 78, Richmond 67
VCU has won nine games in a row, is 11-2 in A-14.
Rams led 47-27 at halftime.
Richmond has lost seven of its last eight games.
— Michigan 86, UCLA 56
This was Michigan’s 10th win this year by 30+ points.
Wolverines led by 2 at the half, outscored UCLA 46-18 in second half.
Michigan shot 77.4% inside the arc.
— Famous birthdays, February 15th:
Steve Preece, 79
Ron Cey, 78
Ken Anderson, 77
Jane Seymour, 75
Christopher McDonald, 71
Marc Wilson, 69
Irv Pankey, 68
Darrell Green, 66
Russell Martin, 43
Johnny Cueto, 40
Mark Canha, 37
Kyle Teel, 24
Cesar Romero, the Joker on the Batman TV series, was born on this day in 1907.
— South Alabama 92, Arkansas State 88 OT
Jaguars were down 18 with 6:37 left in regulation.
South Alabama shot 16-36 on arc, only 33.3% inside arc.
Jaguars won six of last seven games, are 9-4 in Sun Belt.
— Virginia 70, Ohio State 66
Virginia was 22-32 on foul line, Buckeyes 6-9.
Cavaliers had a 40-26 edge on the boards.
Virginia won 11 of its last 12 games.
— Yale 76, Harvard 75 OT
Harvard led by 11 late in the first half.
Jordan Brathwaite was 5-9 on arc, scored 17 points in 26:00 off bench.
With the win, Yale now leads the Ivy League by a game.
— Northern Colorado 77, Portland State 65
Just second loss in last 13 games for Portland State.
Vikings still lead Big Sky by two games over Montana State.
6-3 senior Denker had 23 points, 7 assists for Northern Colorado
— Samford 82, East Tennessee State 72, OT
Samford was 31-40 on foul line, ETSU 17-22.
Loss snaps ETSU’s 4-game win streak; they lead SoCon by two games.
Last five years, five different teams have won the SoCon Conference Tournament.
