No. 1 Auburn escapes No. 23 Bulldogs

athens, ga. >> Tahaad Pettiford hit 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range, scoring 24 off the bench to help No. 1 Auburn escape No. 23 Georgia with a 70-68 win. Auburn has won 10 in a row and a second straight game without star Johni Broome, who injured his ankle in a Jan. 11 win over South Carolina.

Georgia struggled with free throws on Saturday, making 9 of 20 from the line. The Bulldogs suffered their first home loss of the season.

West Virginia 64, No. 2 Iowa State 57>> Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a 64-57 win over No. 2 Iowa State in Morgantown. The loss ended the Cyclones’ national-best 12-game winning streak.

Amani Hansberry added 12 points for the Mountaineers, who beat a ranked team for the fourth time this season. Curtis Jones scored 18 points to lead Iowa State.

West Virginia fans stormed the court and joined the players in singing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” on a day in which the school celebrated the life of late NBA great Jerry West.

No. 4 Alabama 102, No. 8 Kentucky 97>> Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 in Lexington 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. He scored a total of 21 points in his previous three games. Mark Sears scored 16 of his 24 points in the second half for Alabama, which had five players score in double figures.

No. 3 Duke 88, Boston College 63>> Cooper Flagg scored 28 points, settling down after missing four of his first five shots to lead No. 3 Duke to its 12th straight victory, 88-63 over Boston College.

Tyrese Proctor added 20 points for the Blue Devils. 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. 5 Florida 84, Texas 60>> Alijah Martin scored 22 points, Walter Clayton Jr. added 19 and No. 5 Florida beat Texas 84-60 to start a new home-winning streak.

Four days after Missouri snapped their 16-game winning streak in Gainesville, the Gators bounced back. Florida made eight 3-pointers and outrebounded the Longhorns by eight. The Southeastern Conference’s leading scorer, Tre Johnson, led Texas with 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting.

Vanderbilt 76, No. 6 Tennessee 75>> Jason Edwards scored 18 points as Vanderbilt held off No. 6 Tennessee 76-75 on Saturday for the Commodores’ second straight win.

Fans stormed the court at Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tenn., and Vanderbilt won for only the second time in the last 14 games of this series.

Jaylen Carey added 14 for the Commodores. Tyler Nickel had 13 and AJ Hoggard 11.

Xavier 59, No. 7 Marquette 57>> Zach Freemantle had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Xavier hung on in the final seconds to beat No. 7 Marquette 59-57 in Milwaukee and earn its third straight victory while snapping the Golden Eagles’ six-game win streak.

Xavier never trailed and led by as many as 19 but needed to make a stop in the final seconds to preserve the victory.

Xavier’s Dailyn Swain appeared to knock the ball away as Marquette’s Stevie Mitchell was driving to the basket before a potential tying shot could be attempted.

No. 9 Kansas 84, Kansas State 74>> Hunter Dickinson had 25 points and Zeke Mayo scored 24 to lead No. 9 Kansas over Kansas State 84-74 in Lawrence.

Kansas built a big lead Saturday to start the game and then kept K-State at arm’s length. The Wildcats never got closer than six points. Coleman Hawkins led the Wildcats with 15 points and 10 assists.

No. 10 Houston 69, UCF 68>> J’Wan Roberts made a go-ahead layup with 1.1 seconds left to lift No. 10 Houston to a 69-68 win over UCF. Roberts powered his way to the basket off an inbounds pass, beating UCF’s shot blockers to the rim. The Knights were unable to get off a final shot attempt.

Roberts scored 17 of his 21 points in the second half. He went 10 for 17 from the field for the game, and also grabbed nine rebounds.

No. 17 Purdue 65, No. 13 Oregon 58>> Trey Kaufman-Renn had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help lead No. 17 Purdue past No. 13 Oregon 65-58.

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 won their seventh straight game.

Creighton 68, No. 14 UConn 63>> Jamiya Neal had a career-high 24 points to lead Creighton to a 68-63 win over No. 14 UConn.

Ryan Kalkbrenner had 16 points and Steven Ashworth scored 12 for the Bluejays. Hassan Diarra and Solo Ball each had 15 points for UConn. The Huskies’ loss on Saturday snapped a 28-game home winning streak.

No. 15 Mississippi St. 84, No. 21 Ole Miss 81, OT>> Riley Kugel scored a season-high 21 points, including two free throws with 11 seconds remaining in overtime, and No. 15 Mississippi State knocked off No. 21 Mississippi 84-81.

Ole Miss battled back from a 73-69 deficit in the final 42 seconds of regulation and tied the game at 74-74 on Matthew Murrell’s 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining. Kugel missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer and the game went to overtime.

No. 24 Wisconsin 84, USC 69>> John Blackwell scored 28 points and No. 24 Wisconsin defeated Southern California 84-69 in Los Angeles to extend its winning streak to seven games.

Max Klesmit added 18 points and Nolan Winter 13 for the Badgers (15-3, 5-2 Big Ten).

— The Associated Press