West Virginia celebrated the life of NBA great Jerry West, the school’s career leading scorer, at its sellout game Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va., against No. 2 Iowa State, and announced at halftime that his No. 44 would be retired across all sports at the university.

Video tributes and stories about West, who died on June 12, 2024, at the age of 86, were shown throughout the game, including past clips from Pat Riley, Magic Johnson and former West Virginia stars Rod Thorn, Willie Akers and the late “Hot Rod” Hundley.

To cap things off, the Mountaineers beat Iowa State 64-57, with fans storming the court afterward to join the players in singing John Denver’s “Country Roads, Take Me Home.”

“We got the win for Jerry,” said West Virginia guard Javon Small, who scored a game-high 27 points. “He was with us today, for sure.”

West Virginia’s win ended the Cyclones’ national-best 12-game winning streak. West Virginia beat a ranked team for the fourth time this season.

As part of Saturday’s remembrance, Clippers chairman Steve Ballmer announced a $5 million gift to support West Virginia students in West’s memory. West worked for the Clippers as a consultant for the seven years prior to his death.

Fans posed for photos next to a statue of West outside West Virginia’s arena and were given commemorative gold-and-blue pennants with the No. 44 and the inscription “Forever a Mountaineer.” The university retired West’s No. 44 uniform number in 2005.

West’s wife, Karen, and three of his sons were given a standing ovation at halftime on the court, including Jonnie West, a member of the Mountaineers’ Final Four team in 2010.

No. 1 AUBURN 70, No. 23 GEORGIA 68: Tahaad Pettiford hit 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range, scoring 24 off the bench to help Auburn escape with a victory in Athens, Ga. Auburn (17-1, 5-0 SEC) has won 10 in a row and a second straight game without star Johni Broome, who injured his ankle Jan. 11.

NO. 3 DUKE 88, BOSTON COLLEGE 63: Cooper Flagg scored 28 points, settling down after missing four of his first five shots to lead visiting Duke to its 12th straight victory.

Tyrese Proctor added 20 points for the Blue Devils (16-2, 8-0 ACC). But the person drawing the pro scouts and a sellout crowd — the bulk of them Duke fans — was Flagg, who was playing his first college game in New England since leaving Maine for Tobacco Road.

NO. 4 ALABAMA 102, NO. 8 KENTUCKY 97: Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Alabama (15-3, 4-1 SEC) beat Kentucky (14-4, 3-2) in Lexington, Ky., in a matchup of two of the top offensive teams in the country. Nelson was 7 for 13 from the field and 9 for 10 at the line.

VANDERBILT 76, NO. 6 TENNESSEE 75: Jason Edwards scored 18 points as Vanderbilt held off Tennessee in Nashville, Tenn.

Fans stormed the court for the first sellout at Memorial Gym since 2019 after the Commodores (15-3, 3-2 SEC) won for only the second time in the last 14 games of this series. Jaylen Carey added 14 for Vanderbilt.

NO. 17 PURDUE 65, NO. 13 OREGON 58: Trey Kaufman-Renn had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help lead Purdue past Oregon in Eugene, Ore.

Kaufman-Renn missed his first six shots from the field, but finished 7 for 20 while making all nine of his free throws. Braden Smith added 15 points and seven rebounds as the Boilermakers (15-4, 7-1 Big Ten) won their seventh straight game.

Nate Bittle led Oregon (15-3, 4-3) with 18 points.

CREIGHTON 68, NO. 14 UCONN 63: Jamiya Neal had a career-high 24 points to help Creighton snap UConn’s 28-game home winning streak.

The Huskies (13-5, 5-2) hadn’t lost at home since an 82-79 loss on Jan. 25, 2023, to then-No. 13 Xavier.

Ryan Kalkbrenner had 16 points and Steven Ashworth scored 12 for the Bluejays (12-6, 5-2 Big East).

NO. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE 84, NO. 21 MISSISSIPPI 81, OT: Riley Kugel scored a season-high 21 points, including two free throws with 11 seconds remaining in overtime, and host Mississippi State (15-3, 3-2 SEC) knocked off Mississippi (15-3, 4-1).

CAL STATE FULLERTON 83, LONG BEACH STATE 67: Donovan Oday scored 24 points as visiting Cal State Fullerton earned its first Big West victory. Oday also had six rebounds for the Titans (6-14, 1-7). Zion Richardson scored 15 points and added three steals.

TJ Wainwright led the way for Long Beach State (7-12, 3-4) with 31 points and three steals.