No. 7 Houston downs No. 12 Kansas 92-86 in double overtime

LAWRENCE, Kan.>> J’Wan Roberts scored 24 points, including six in two overtime periods, and No. 7 Houston beat No. 12 Kansas 92-86 on Saturday.

Roberts hit two free throws with 13.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game. At the end of the first overtime, Houston got back-to-back 3-pointers from Emanuel Sharp and Mylik Wilson to send it to the second overtime.

The Cougars got 18 from Mylik Wilson and 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists from Milos Uzan. Kansas was led by Flory Bidunga with 19 points and Hunter Dickinson with 17.

No. 1 Auburn 53, No. 6 Tennessee 51>> Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as No. 1 Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 53-51 win over No. 6 Tennessee.

Auburn was held to its lowest point total of the season by Tennessee’s physical defense.

Tennessee had a chance to take the lead in the final seconds, but a 3-point try the Vols’ Zakai Zeigler missed the mark.

Vanderbilt 74, No. 9 Kentucky 69>> Tyler Nickel’s 3-pointer with 1:50 left put Vanderbilt ahead to stay as the Commodores upset a Top 10 team on their home court for a second straight Saturday by beating Kentucky.

Vanderbilt fans stormed the court again after the win — its first over Kentucky at Memorial Gym since 2016 — in a repeat from a week ago when the Commodores knocked off then-No. 6 Tennessee.

No. 2 Duke 63, Wake Forest 56>> Star freshman Cooper Flagg had 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists to push Duke past Wake Forest on the road.

Fellow freshman Kon Knueppel had 15 points for the Blue Devils, who missed their first 13 shots after halftime and went 1 for 19 through the first 12 minutes of the second half.

No. 3 Iowa State 76, Arizona State 61>> Curtis Jones scored 33 points, Keshon Gilbert had seven of his 12 during a key run and Iowa State pulled away in Tempe, Ariz.

Iowa State took nearly four minutes to score its first point and trailed 40-33 at half. The Cyclones went back and forth with the Sun Devils in the second half until ratcheting up their defense in a game-closing 19-3 run.

No. 4 Alabama 80, LSU 73>>Aden Holloway scored 19 points and Mouhamed Dioubate added 14 as No. 4 Alabama survived a scoreless night from its top scorer for an 80-73 win over LSU.

It was the second consecutive game that Holloway and Dioubate came off the bench to have big nights for Alabama.

Alabama guard Mark Sears, the SEC’s leading scorer at 19 points per game, did not play in the second half after going scoreless on 0-for-5 shooting in the first half.

No. 5 Florida 89, Georgia 59>> Alijah Martin and Walter Clayton Jr. scored 17 points apiece as Florida extended its winning streak in the series against Georgia to 12. It’s the longest streak by either team in the SEC rivalry that began in 1923.

No. 8 Michigan State 81, Rutgers 74>> Freshman guard Jase Richardson scored a career-high 20 points as Michigan State rolled to its 12th consecutive victory.

Coen Carr added 14 points on 5-of-5 shooting for the Spartans and pulled down eight rebounds at Madison Square Garden.

Texas 70, No. 13 Texas A&M 69>> Tramon Mark’s layup with 3 seconds left sent Texas to a narrow win over Texas A&M as the Longhorns rallied from a 22-point second-half deficit in Austin.

Freshman Tre Johnson scored 30 points for Texas, with 24 in the second half to lead the rally.

No. 14 Mississippi State 65, South Carolina 60>> Josh Hubbard’s two foul shots with 56.5 seconds left in overtime rescued Mississippi State after blowing a 14-point lead in the last nine minutes of regulation in Columbia, S.C.. Riley Kugel had 15 points to lead Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3 SEC).

Minnesota 77, No. 15 Oregon 69>> Dawson Garcia scored a season-high 31 points on 13-for-19 shooting and Parker Fox had 13 points and 11 rebounds to help Minnesota upset Oregon in Minneapolis.

Lu’Cye Patterson added 11 points as the Gophers won their third straight Big Ten game to match their longest streak in four seasons under coach Ben Johnson.

No. 22 Missouri 83, No. 16 Mississippi 75>> Tamar Bates scored 26 points, Caleb Grill added 22 and Missouri extended Mississippi’s losing streak to three games with a win in Columbia, Mo.

Anthony Robinson II added seven points and seven rebounds for the Tigers, who improved to 15-0 at home and 3-1 against ranked opponents.

Xavier 76, No. 19 UConn 72>> Dailyn Swain and Zach Freemantle each scored 15 points to help Xavier defeat No. 19 UConn 76-72.

Xavier had lost four straight to the Huskies. It was the Musketeers’ second win over a ranked conference opponent recently. They won at then-No 7 Marquette last Saturday.

Kansas State 73, No. 23 West Virginia 60>> Dug McDaniel scored 15 points and David N’Guessan added 14 as Kansas State snapped a six-game skid with a home win.

The Wildcats charged to a 19-2 lead and shot 26 for 55, including 6 for 17 from 3-point distance.

West Virginia’s Javon Small, the leading scorer in the Big 12, had 22 points, three steals and five assists.