Alijah Martin scored 18 points, Denzel Aberdeen added 16 and No. 8 Florida thumped top-ranked Tennessee 73-43 on Tuesday night to knock off the last unbeaten team in Division I basketball.

Alex Condon chipped in 12 points and 12 rebounds for his second double-double this season as the Gators (14-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) beat a No. 1 team for the third time in school history — the first in six tries at home — and extended their home-winning streak to 16.

Florida, a 2 1/2-point favorite according to BetMGM Sportsbook, dominated from the opening tip . The Gators scored the first 12 points as the Volunteers (14-1, 1-1) missed their first nine shots.

The Vols made four shots in the first 20 minutes and trailed by 36 points late.

Chaz Lanier, who played four seasons at North Florida before signing with Tennessee, scored 10 points on 3-of-16 shooting for the Vols.

Georgia beats No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 >> Freshman forward Asa Newell scored 12 of his 17 points after halftime and Georgia led the entire second half in beating No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 at home for its first win over a top-10 team in five years.

Blue Cain added 15 points and Silas Demary Jr. had 14 for Georgia (13-2, 1-1 Southeastern Conference).

Lamont Butler led Kentucky (12-3, 1-1) with 20.

Otega Oweh scored 12 points for Kentucky while shooting only 3 of 13 from the field.

Women’s basketball

UConn’s Bueckers avoids serious injury >> UConn guard Paige Bueckers has a left knee sprain, avoiding a serious injury.

She will miss tonight’s game against Xavier.

Bueckers injured the knee in the third quarter of UConn’s win over Villanova on Sunday. Coach Geno Auriemma said she may miss a few games.

“It is just a sprain,” Auriemma said. “There is nothing torn, there is nothing crazy about it. Her knee got twisted a certain way, her ankle got twisted a certain way. It is just an awkward thing. We are hoping we have her back in a week.”

Bueckers left the Huskies’ 83-52 win over Villanova on Sunday after Villanova freshman guard Jasmine Bascoe landed on the left leg of the UConn All-American as she dove on the floor for a loose ball. Bueckers limped off the court with 1:17 left in the third quarter and did not return.

Bueckers leads No. 7 UConn (13-2, 4-0 Big East) with an average of 19.9 points per game and is tied for the team lead with 29 3-pointers.

No. 1 UCLA cruises past Purdue >> Lauren Betts finished with 17 points and seven rebounds in 22 minutes and Timea Gardiner added 16 points off the bench as the No. 1 UCLA Bruins never trailed in a 83-49 rout at Purdue.

Coach Cori Close gave her starters plenty of rest with Jones logging the most minutes, 25, in the Bruins’ second game in four days in Indiana. UCLA pulled off a rare double by beating Purdue and Indiana on their home courts to remain a perfect 16-0 (5-0 Big Ten).

College football

Boise State star Jeanty enters NFL draft >> Boise State junior running back Ashton Jeanty made the obvious decision official by declaring for the 2025 NFL draft.

In a graphic posted to Jeanty’s social media posts, he thanked the Boise State coaches and community, as well as friends and family, before saying straightforwardly: “I’m excited to announce I’m declaring for the 2025 NFL draft.”

Jeanty’s decision to forego his senior year is no surprise. He put together one of the most impressive college seasons ever assembled by a running back in 2024, leading the nation in rushing yards (2,601) nearly 900 yards more than the next-best player and finishing second in rushing touchdowns (29) behind Army quarterback Bryson Daily (32).

Jeanty’s 2,601 rushing yards were the second-most in a single season in college football history. The junior finished just 27 yards from tying Barry Sanders’ record of 2,628 yards, set in 1988 for Oklahoma State in what was a Heisman Trophy-winning season.

Cal assistant Rolovich loses court case >> Washington State was justified in firing Nick Rolovich as head football coach because of his refusal to comply with the state’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements, a federal judge has ruled.

Rolovich, now a senior offensive assistant for Cal, sued the university following his dismissal midway through the 2021 season. He claimed that as a Catholic, he was exempted from the state’s vaccine mandate but his exemption request had been denied.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice ruled that Washington State could not accommodate Rolovich without undue hardship, including increased travel costs and hindered recruitment and fundraising efforts. The university also claimed damage to its reputation.

Rice also found no basis for Rolovich’s objection to the vaccine on religious grounds.

”(Rolovich) frequently expressed secular concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine to friends, family members and coworkers,” Rice wrote. “In the thousands of pages of discovery, Plaintiff does not invoke a religious objection to the vaccine. This alone is a basis for denying Plaintiff’s claimed religious objection.”

Rolovich’s lawsuit originally included Gov. Jay Inslee and then-Cougars athletic director Pat Chun, but those claims were dismissed in 2023.

Tennis

Norrie throws racket, accidentally hits a fan >> British tennis star Cameron Norrie apologized and avoided disqualification when a racket he tossed in the air struck a spectator at the ATP Tour tournament in Auckland.

Auckland-born Norrie was facing match point against Facundo Diaz Acosta of Argentina when he lightly tossed his racket into the air. The racket struck a woman in a court-side box who was unhurt.

Norrie received a warning from the chair umpire and went on to lose 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the tournament.