Clemson beats No. 3 North Carolina in OT

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. >> PJ Hall hit a go-ahead basket with just over three minutes remaining and finished with 25 points as Clemson overcame a squandered 16-point lead and beat No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 on Tuesday night in a marquee win to improve its NCAA Tournament chances.

Joseph Girard III added 21 points for the Tigers (15-7, 5-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), including a timely 3-pointer at the 2:09 mark that followed Hall’s basket.

NO. 1 UCONN 71, BUTLER 62>> Donovan Clingan had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead UConn to its 11th straight win.

Cam Spencer added 20 points for the Huskies (21-2, 11-1 Big East).

DJ Davis scored 21 points and Jahmyl Telfort had 17 for Butler (15-8, 6-6), which entered on a four-game winning streak.

NO. 5 HOUSTON 79, OKLAHOMA STATE 63>> Jamal Shead scored 23 points, Emanuel Sharp added 16 and Houston extended its home winning streak to 18 games after playing most of the second half without coach Kelvin Sampson, who got two technical fouls and was ejected with about 15 minutes remaining.

NO. 14 IOWA STATE 70, TEXAS 65>> Milan Momcilovic scored 13 points and Iowa State held off a furious Texas rally over the final 10 minutes.

The Cyclones (17-5, 6-3 Big 12) led by 19 points in the second half only to see Texas claw its way back to within three points. Tamin Lipsey added 12 points in the win.

NO. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA 68, MISSISSIPPI 65>> Collin Murray-Boyles scored 16 points and South Carolina reached 20 victories for the first time in seven years.

The Gamecocks (20-3, 8-2 Southeastern Conference) won their first game as a ranked team — and sixth in a row overall — after not appearing in the Top 25 since 2017.

NO. 17 KENTUCKY 109, VANDERBILT 77>> Antonio Reeves scored 24 points and led six players in double figures as Kentucky snapped a two-game skid.

The Wildcats (16-6, 6-4) had lost three of their last four to fall to sixth in the Southeastern Conference standings with 10 games remaining until the league tournament in Nashville in March.

NO. 18 DAYTON 94, SAINT JOSEPH’S 79>> Nate Santos and Kobe Elvis each scored 21 points and Javon Bennett added 18 in Dayton’s win overSaint Joseph’s.

DeRon Holmes II had 13 points for the Flyers (19-3, 9-1 Atlantic 10), who shook off a sluggish start and outscored the Hawks 60-41 in the second half.

OKLAHOMA 82, NO. 21 BYU 66>> Javian McCollum scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half in Oklahoma’s win over BYU.

Milos Uzan had 16 points and Rivaldo Soares added 12 for Oklahoma (17-6, 5-5 Big 12), which dropped out of the AP Top 25 for the first time in 10 weeks on Monday.

Nevada 77, No. 22 Utah State 63>> Nick Davidson scored a career-high 25 points and had 10 rebounds as Nevada beat No. 22 Utah State 77-63 on Tuesday night to stop the Aggies’ 13-game home winning streak.

Kenan Blackshear added 18 points for the Wolf Pack (18-5, 5-4 Mountain West), who topped an AP Top 25 team on the road for the first time since beating UNLV in 1981.

NO. 25 NEW MEXICO 91, WYOMING 73>> Donovan Dent had 19 points and seven assists and Jaelen House added 17 points and eight rebounds to lead New Mexico.

J.T. Toppin set a New Mexico freshman record with his eighth double-double, finishing with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

No. 22 West Virginia routs Texas Tech

MORGANTOWN, W. Va.>> JJ Quinerly scored 21 points and Kyah Watson scored 19 and No. 22 West Virginia unloaded on Texas Tech in the third quarter and rolled the Lady Raiders in an 82-59 win on Tuesday night.

Lauren Fields scored 11 points and Kyle Blacksten scored 10 for the Mountaineers (20-2, 9-2 Big 12), who won their seventh straight.

No. 21 CREIGHTON 77, XAVIER 46>> Mallory Brake and Lauren Jensen scored 17 points apiece, Morgan Maly added 14 and No. 21 Creighton cruised to a victory over short-handed Xavier for its ninth straight win.

Brake surpassed her previous career best of 12 points, shooting 7 of 8 from the field to go with eight rebounds. Jensen hit 7 of 14 field goals, Maly was 5-of-7 shooting.

— The Associated Press