No. 2 Florida crushes Oklahoma in SEC play

gainesville, fla. >> Walter Clayton Jr. scored 18 points, Will Richard added 14 and No. 2 Florida steamrolled Oklahoma 85-63 for its fifth consecutive victory.

Alijah Martin chipped in 14 points off the bench for the Gators, who tied a a season-low with six turnovers and improved to 13-1 at home.

Jeremiah Fears led the Sooners with 22 points and five rebounds. Clayton, Richard and Martin combined to make 15 of 31 shots, including nine 3-pointers. They scored 25 of the team’s first 37 points as the Gators opened up a double-digit lead and never looked back.

No. 5 Houston 80, Arizona State 65>> L.J. Cryer scored 18 points, Emanuel Sharp added 17 and No. 5 Houston dominated Arizona State 80-65 in Tempe.

Houston had a much easier time on the second leg of its desert trip, building a 16-point halftime lead and stretching it to 23. The Cougars have won 18 of 19 and have the nation’s longest active road winning streak at 12.

Alston Mason had 26 points and B.J. Freeman added 17 to lead the Sun Devils, who have lost six straight.

TCU 69, No. 9 Texas Tech 66>> Noah Reynolds scored 16 points, including the last seven for TCU as the Horned Frogs beat ninth-ranked Texas Tech 69-66.

Reynolds’ turnaround jumper with 11.6 seconds left was the first field goal in more than four minutes for the 15-11 Horned Frogs, and put them up five points.

Trazarien White also had 16 points for TCU. Ernest Udeh Jr. had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Darrion Williams had 21 points to lead the 20-6 Red Raiders.

No. 11 Wisconsin 95, Illinois 74>> John Tonje scored 31 points and No. 11 Wisconsin beat Illinois 95-74 to earn its fifth straight victory and end its recent run of futility in this series.Wisconsin (21-5, 11-4 Big Ten) had lost its last nine matchups with the Fighting Illini.

No. 16 Marquette 80, Seton Hall 56>> Kam Jones scored 14 points, Chase Ross added 11 points and No. 16 Marquette cruised to an 80-56 win over Seton Hall. Ben Gold scored 10 points for Marquette (20-6, 11-4 Big East).

Seton Hall (7-19, 2-13) was led by Isaiah Coleman with 13 points and Scotty Middleton with nine.

BYU 91, No. 23 Kansas 57>> Richie Saunders scored 22 points to lead BYU to a 91-57 victory over no. 23 Kansas.

Trevin Knell added 15 points and Mawot Mag had 13 to help the Cougars (18-8, 9-6 Big 12) get their third straight win. Saunders, Knell, and Mag combined to make 11 3-pointers.

Hunter Dickinson led the Jayhawks (17-9, 8-7) with 12 points. Kansas trailed by as many as 38 points in the second half.

Wyoming 69, Air Force 62>> Obi Agbim had 22 points in Wyoming’s 69-62 victory over Air Force on Tuesday night.

Agbim shot 7 of 13 from the field, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 4 for 4 from the line for the Cowboys (12-15, 5-11 Mountain West Conference). Cole Henry scored 16 points and added nine rebounds. Dontaie Allen had 12 points and finished 5 of 10 from the field. The Cowboys broke a five-game slide.

No. 24 Oklahoma State 68, Utah 64>> Micah Gray scored 18 points and made four 3-pointers, Praise Egharevba had 10 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 24 Oklahoma State beat Utah 68-64.

Gray closed the third quarter with a 3-pointer to get Oklahoma State within 56-50. She added two 3s in the opening three minutes of the fourth to give Oklahoma State its first lead, 59-58, since it was 32-30.