San Diego State’s men’s basketball team overcame a 21-point first-half deficit and a big second-half deficit to knock off sharp-shooting San Jose State 71-68 on Tuesday night in San Diego.

The Aztecs trailed by 16 inside 13 minutes to go before salvaging the Mountain West Conference victory over a Spartans team that made nine 3-pointers in the first half and 15 for the game, the most against the Aztecs since 2021.

The savior was 7-foot redshirt freshman Magoon Gwath, who had his second straight dominant game, following 15 points and 13 rebounds Saturday at Nevada with 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting against the Spartans.

Miles Byrd didn’t score until there was 12:38 left in the game but still finished with 13 points after making three deep 3s for San Diego State (14-5, 7-3). Nick Boyd added 11 points but missed the front end of a one-and-one up three with 6.6 seconds left, giving San Jose State one last chance at a tie.

Will McClendon’s contested 3 missed everything, Miles Heide — starting for the injured Jared Coleman-Jones (shoulder), grabbed the rebound, and the buzzer sounded to the utter relief of the majority of those at Viejas Arena.

San Diego State needed a 32-13 run over the final 13 minutes to overcome the second-largest deficit in a victory since at least 1996-97 (which is how far SDSU’s records go back for these sorts of statistics). The largest was 22 down against Green Bay on Nov. 20, 2010, but that team was loaded with seniors and a sophomore named Kawhi Leonard.

Latrell Davis scored 23 points and Josh Uduje had most of his 21 points during a 30-10 start for San Jose State (10-12, 3-7).

— San Diego Union-Tribune

NO. 15 ST. JOHN’S 66, GEORGETOWN 41: Kadary Richmond and Zuby Ejiofor had 13 points apiece as the Red Storm extended their winning streak to seven games.

It is the longest run of consecutive wins in Big East play since 2000 for conference-leading St. John’s (18-3, 9-1). Coach Rick Pitino’s team is off to its best start since opening the 1985-86 season 20-2 during the program’s heyday under Hall of Fame coach Lou Carnesecca.

Malik Mack had 13 points for Georgetown (13-8, 4-6).

NO. 7 MICHIGAN ST. 72, MINNESOTA 51: Tre Holloman scored all 12 of his points in the first half, Jaden Akins had 10 of his 12 after halftime as the Spartans (18-2, 9-0 Big Ten) won at East Lancing, Mich.

Dawson Garcia scored 21 points for Minnesota (11-10, 3-7).

NO. 12 KENTUCKY 78, No. 8 TENNESSEE 73: Koby Brea scored 18 points and Jaxson Robinson added 17 as the Wildcats (15-5, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) overcame injuries to ballhandlers Lamont Butler and Kerr Kriisa for the win in Knoxville, Tenn.

Igor Milicic had 19 points and nine rebounds for Tennessee (17-4, 4-4).

No. 9 MARQUETTE 78, BUTLER 69: Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half as the Golden Eagles (18-3, 9-1 Big East) won in Indianapolis.

NO. 11 KANSAS 91, UCF 87: Zeke Mayo scored 24 points, including a pair of clinching free throws with 3.1 seconds left, as the Jayhawks (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) rallied to avoid its first back-to-back losses in Allen Fieldhouse in 36 years.

Hunter Dickinson added 24 points for Kansas, coming off a double-overtime loss to sixth-ranked Houston.