No. 1 Auburn rolls No. 17 Kentucky

lexington, ky >> Miles Kelly scored a season-high 30 points to lead No. 1 Auburn to a 94-78 win over No. 17 Kentucky. The Tigers won their sixth straight game and clinched at least a tie for the SEC regular-season title.

Auburn won in Lexington for the first time since a 53-52 triumph over then-No. 1 Kentucky in 1988. Chad Baker-Mazara followed Kelly with 22 points and Tahaad Pettiford scored 21.

Koby Brea led Kentucky on Saturday with 21 points. Andrew Carr had 20 points and Amari Williams had 13 points and 14 rebounds.

No. 2 Duke 100, Florida State 65>> Isaiah Evans scored 19 points and No. 2 Duke overcame freshman star Cooper Flagg’s injury scare to rout Florida State 100-65. Flagg sat out more than 11 minutes to end the first half, twice leaving the gym to be evaluated after he was struck in the face on a hard foul.

Flagg was on the court for the first 12 minutes of the second half, when he racked up 12 of his 16 points. Duke (26-3, 17-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) maintained a one-game lead over Clemson in the league standings.

No. 3 Florida 89, No. 12 Texas A&M 70>> Will Richard scored 25 points with the help of six 3-pointers, Thomas Haugh added 17 and No. 3 Florida handed 12th-ranked Texas A&M a fourth consecutive loss, 89-70.

Alijah Martin chipped in 14 points for the Gators, who bounced back from a midweek loss at unranked Georgia and moved a step closer to securing a double bye in the Southeastern Conference Tournament in two weeks.

No. 4 Houston 73, Cincinnati 64>> L.J. Cryer scored 20 points and No. 4 Houston clinched the outright Big 12 regular-season title for a second straight season with a 73-64 win over Cincinnati in Houston.

Terrance Arceneaux added 10 points for Houston, which has won eight straight. Day Day Thomas scored 19 points and Jizzle James added 18 for Cincinnati.

No. 5 Tennessee 79, No. 6 Alabama 76>> Jahmai Mashack raced up the court and hit a 3-pointer from well beyond the arc at the buzzer to give No. 5 Tennessee a 79-76 victory over No. 6 Alabama on Saturday in Knoxville.

The Volunteers (24-5, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) got the final shot by forcing a five-second inbounds violation under Alabama’s basket with 3.8 seconds left.

No. 7 St. John’s 71, Seton Hall 61>> RJ Luis Jr. scored 21 points and No. 7 St. John’s beat Seton Hall 71-61 to clinch its first outright regular-season Big East title since 1985 on Saturday. The Red Storm improved to 18-0 at home as they played in front of their third straight sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden.

Zuby Ejiofor added 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Red Storm shot 43.4% and struggled until the final minutes.

No. 10 Texas Tech 78, Kansas 73>> JT Toppin had 21 points to lead No. 10 Texas Tech to a 78-73 win over Kansas. It was the second win at Allen Fieldhouse in the school’s history.

Christian Anderson had 15 points and Darrion Williams scored 14 for Texas Tech. KJ Adams Jr. had 21 points for the Jayhawks, who had multiple runs of at least six points.

The Red Raiders used a 16-2 run early in the half to turn a six-point deficit into an eight-point lead. They led 48-37 at halftime.

No. 13 Clemson 71, Virginia 58>> Ian Schieffelin scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to help No. 13 Clemson come from behind to beat Virginia 71-58.

Schieffelin, coming off a 24-point outing against Notre Dame, also grabbed 13 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season, as the Tigers stayed a game behind first-place Duke in the conference standings.

Isaac McKneely had 16 points for the Cavaliers. Virginia had hit 10 or more 3-pointers in seven of its last 10 games before Saturday, but went 8 for 19 from beyond the arc.

Vanderbilt 97, No. 14 Missouri 93, OT>> Chris Manon had 23 points and a game-high 11 rebounds as Vanderbilt beat No. 14 Missouri 97-93 in overtime for its third win in a row.

AJ Hoggard scored 21 points, Jason Edwards finished with 17 and Tyler Nickel added 12 for Vanderbilt (20-9, 8-8 Southestern Conference).

With 4:49 left in the first half Missouri turned a 25-24 deficit into a 38-29 halftime lead with a 14-5 run.

No. 16 Maryland 68, Penn State 64>> Derik Queen had 23 points, Ja’kobi Gillespie scored 19 and No. 16 Maryland beat Penn State 68-64 in State College, Pa.

Selton Miguel added 17 points for the Terrapins, who overcame a 36-30 halftime deficit to snap a seven-game losing streak in Happy Valley on Saturday.

No. 19 Louisville 79, Pittsburgh 68>> Chucky Hepburn scored a career-high 37 points to lead No. 19 Louisville to a 79-68 victory over Pittsburgh.

Terrence Edwards Jr. added 23 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals who shot 51.1% from the field (23 for 45) and went 11 for 21 (52.4%) from 3-point range.

No. 21 Marquette 76, Georgetown 61>> Kam Jones scored 13 points and had a career-high 13 assists for his fifth double-double as No. 21 Marquette easily topped Georgetown 76-61.

Jones has scored in double figures in 45 straight games and had nine of Marquette’s 11 first-half assists to help the Golden Eagles to a 39-22 lead at the break.

David Joplin had 17 points and Ben Gold added 15 as Marquette led by as many as 28 in the second half.

No. 24 Misssissippi State 81, LSU 69>> Josh Hubbard scored 20 of his 30 points in the second half to help No. 24 Mississippi State beat LSU 81-69. Riley Kugel had 12 points for Mississippi State on 5-for-6 shooting.

The 20-9 Bulldogs trailed by as many as eight points in the first half and were down 37-35 at halftime. Mississippi State reached 20 wins for the third consecutive season under coach Chris Jans.

— The Associated Press