Mark Sears hit a game-winning floater as time expired, and No. 7 Alabama spoiled the home finale of rival and No. 1 Auburn with a 93-91 overtime win Saturday.

The off-balance buzzer-beater from the free-throw line was only the third made basket of the game for Sears, who finished with nine points.

Alabama (24-7, 13-5 Southeastern Conference) got 23 points from Grant Nelson and 15 points each from Labaron Philon and Clifford Omoruyi.

The win ended a two-game losing skid for Alabama and handed a second straight loss to Auburn (27-4, 15-3).

The Tigers’ Johni Broome scored 34 points, including a game-tying layup in the final minute of regulation and a game-tying 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime.

Tahaad Pettiford added 19 points for Auburn, which was without second-leading scorer Chad Baker-Mazara for the final 10:52 of regulation and overtime.

NEW MEXICO 81, UNLV 67: Junior Donovan Dent and senior Nelly Junior Joseph helped lead the Lobos to a win over the Runnin’ Rebels on Friday night in Albuquerque and an outright Mountain West Conference regular-season title.

Joseph had 26 points, 16 rebounds, and three blocks for the top-seeded Lobos (25-6, 17-3), who earn a bye into the tournament quarterfinals Thursday in San Jose.

Dent, a Centennial High grad, had 20 points and six assists and became the first Mountain West player ever to average at least 20 points (20.9) and six assists (6.0) in conference play.

Dent also became the 14th player in NCAA history to have 600 points and 200 assists in the regular season. He is the first to do that since Ja Morant of Murray State in 2018-19.

It is New Mexico’s third outright MWC title and first since the 2012-13 season.

Jalen Hill had 16 points for UNLV (17-14, 11-9).

No. 4 Tennessee 75, South Carolina 65: Chaz Lanier scored 23 points to lead the Volunteers at home over the Gamecocks on Saturday.

Cade Phillips came off the bench to score 15 points for Tennessee (25-6, 12-6 SEC).

Jamarii Thomas scored 20 points to lead South Carolina (12-19, 2-16).

No. 6 St. John’s 86, Marquette 84 (OT): Zuby Ejiofor hit a tiebreaking shot at the buzzer, Kadary Richmond got the first St. John’s triple-double this century and the Red Storm beat the host Eagles for their sixth consecutive victory.

St. John’s (27-4, 18-2 Big East) matched a program record for regular-season wins. The Red Storm went 27-4 in the 1985-86 regular season and ended up finishing 31-5 that year.

RJ Luis Jr. had 28 points and 11 rebounds, while Ejiofor had 17 points and 12 rebounds. Richmond finished with 10 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds for St. John’s first triple-double since Ron Artest had 13 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists against Seton Hall on Jan. 9, 1999.

No. 10 Iowa St. 73, Kansas St. 57: Curtis Jones scored 24 points to lead the visiting Cyclones (23-8, 13-7 Big 12) over the Wildcats (15-16, 9-11).

Penn St. 86, No. 12 Wisconsin 75: D’Marco Dunn had 25 points and Yanic Konan Niederhauser added 15 points and 11 rebounds as the Nittany Lions rallied in the second half to upset the host Badgers (23-8, 13-7 Big Ten).

John Blackwell and Steven Crowl had 19 points apiece for Wisconsin.

Penn State (16-15, 6-14) trailed by 13 late in the first half.

WOMEN

No. 3 UConn 71, St.John’s 40: Paige Bueckers had 20 points to lead the Huskies past the Red Storm (16-15) in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament on Saturday in Uncasville, Conn.

Sarah Strong added 10 points and 14 rebounds for UConn (29-3).

No. 5 South Carolina 93, No. 10 Oklahoma 75: Joyce Edwards scored 21 points and the top-seeded Gamecocks (29-3) advanced to the SEC Tournament championship game with a win over the Sooners in Greenville, S.C.

Sahara Williams had 17 points for Oklahoma (25-7).

No. 11 Duke 61, No. 6 Notre Dame 56: Oluchi Okananwa had 14 points off the bench to help the Blue Devils top the Fighting Irish in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament semifinals in Greensboro, N.C.

Duke (25-7) will meet N.C. State, the top seed, in the ACC title game today.

Hannah Hidalgo had 14 of her 23 points in the first half for second-seeded Notre Dame (26-5), which was held to 25 second-half points.

No. 7 N.C. State 66, No. 14 North Carolina 56: Aziaha James scored 19 points and the Wolfpack (26-5) beat the Tar Heels in the ACC Tournament semifinals.

Indya Nivar had 13 points to lead North Carolina (27-7), which shot 27.9% from the field.

No. 8 TCU 71, No. 16 West Virginia 65: Hailey Van Lith had 19 points, six rebounds and eight assists, Sedona Prince added 18 points with 16 rebounds, and the Horned Frogs held off the Mountaineers to reach the Big 12 Tournament championship game.

Madison Conner hit five 3-pointers and added 16 points for TCU (30-3).

JJ Quinerly had 20 points for fourth-seeded West Virginia (24-7).

Texas-Arlington 87, California Baptist 73: Khloe Lemon scored 24 points for the Lancers (12-18,9-7 WAC) in their road loss to the Mavericks (15-12, 10-6).