Wednesday's Top 25 Men's College Basketball Capsules

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - Marcus and Markieff Morris both scored 13 points and No. 2 Kansas wrapped up at least a share of its seventh straight Big 12 regular-season championship with a 64-51 victory over No. 24 Texas A&M on Wednesday night.

Seniors Tyrel Reed and Brady Morningstar played key roles in the Jayhawks' 27th straight Senior Night win.

Kansas (28-2, 13-2) holds a one-game lead over No. 8 Texas with one game left.

David Loubeau had 14 points for the Aggies (22-7, 9-6).

Both teams shot horribly in the first half and the Aggies trailed only 43-41 in the second after Naji Hibbert made a free throw and B.J. Holmes canned a free throw and drilled a 3-pointer.

But Elijah Johnson's basket gave the Jayhawks a 45-41 lead and got them rolling on a take-charge 13-2 run en route to their 17th win in 18 games against Texas A&M.

New Mexico 82, No. 3 BYU 64

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Phillip McDonald scored 26 points to lead New Mexico to the upset of BYU two days after the Cougars dismissed leading rebounder Brandon Davies for a violation of the school's honor code.

The loss left the Cougars (27-3, 13-2 Mountain West) reeling just as they had vaulted into the top five nationally and sought a coveted No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Jimmer Fredette had 33 points but it came on 10-of-26 shooting including 1 of 9 from 3-point range in a game that saw BYU try to find the right combination on the court without Davies.

BYU started 6-foot-10 junior James Anderson in Davies' place but coach Dave Rose quickly went to Plan B and inserted Kyle Collinsworth.

Not much seemed to work as BYU's inside game disappeared. The Cougars made just 8 of 30 shots in the first half and were outrebounded 25-14 as the Lobos (19-11, 7-8) took a 42-26 lead.

The Cougars came in averaging 83 points a game and shooting 38 percent from 3-point range. They finished 5 of 26 on 3-pointers in losing to the Lobos for the second time this season.

The Lobos hit their first four shots and six of their first seven in taking leads of 10-2 and 27-12.

No. 4 Pittsburgh 66, South Florida 50

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nasir Robinson scored 18 points and Ashton Gibbs added 16 as Pittsburgh overcame a slow start to clinch at least a share of the Big East regular-season championship.

The Panthers (26-4, 14-3) bounced back from an overtime loss at Louisville to set a school record with their seventh conference road win. They can claim the league title outright by beating No. 19 Villanova at home Saturday, or if second-place Notre Dame loses its regular season finale at Connecticut.

South Florida (9-21, 3-14) led 27-24 at halftime, limiting Gibbs and Pitt's second-leading scorer, Brad Wanamaker, to just three points apiece.

The Bulls saw their chances for an upset fade in the opening minutes of the second half when Robinson and Gary McGhee sparked a 25-7 run.

Pitt coach Jamie Dixon set an NCAA Division I record for most victories in the first eight seasons of a career with 214 - one more than Everett Case had at North Carolina State and Roy Williams had at Kansas in their first eight years.

Augustus Gilchrist and Jarrid Famous scored 15 points each for USF, which has lost 16 of 19.

No. 4 Duke 70, Clemson 59

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Nolan Smith scored 21 points and Kyle Singler had 18 in their final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Seth Curry also had 18 points for the Blue Devils (27-3, 13-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).

They overcame a season-high 20 turnovers and never trailed in the second half, capping a 17-0 season at Cameron - their second straight undefeated season at home - by shooting 42 percent against the league leader in scoring defense.

Demontez Stitt scored 14 points to lead the Tigers (19-10, 8-7), who were held to two field goals in a late 11-minute span.

Smith, the ACC's leading scorer, approached his average of 23 points, but was 7 of 20 from the field with a career-high eight turnovers.

Duke won its NCAA-best 36th straight home game, its 56th in a row at Cameron against unranked opponents and avoided its first losing streak since 2008-09.

The Blue Devils went 65-2 at Cameron during the careers of Singler and Smith, the only losses coming in their freshman and sophomore seasons to North Carolina.

No. 11 Louisville 87, Providence 60

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Preston Knowles had 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in his final home game to lead Louisville.

Kyle Kuric had 25 points and Chris Smith added 12 for Louisville (23-7, 12-5), which clinched one of the top four spots in next week's Big East tournament and a double-bye into the quarterfinals.

Vincent Council led the Friars (14-16, 3-14) with 20 points but the Cardinals held Providence star Marshon Brooks in check. The Big East's leading scorer lit Louisville up for 27 points in an upset win on Jan. 22, but finished with 12 points - 13 below his average - on 3-of-12 shooting in the rematch. Providence has lost seven straight.

The Cardinals shot 47 percent and outscored the Friars 27-11 in second-chance points.

The Cardinals, picked to finish eighth in the Big East in the coaches' preseason poll, capped a perfect conference home record.

No. 13 North Carolina 72, Florida St. 70

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Freshman Harrison Barnes' 3-pointer from the top of the key with 3 seconds to play gave North Carolina the win.

John Henson had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Barnes added 18 points for the Tar Heels (23-6, 13-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their sixth straight game overall and their fifth in a row on Florida State's court.

North Carolina took the lead midway through the second half and was up 67-60 on Kendall Marshall's 3-pointer with 3:59 left. Florida State rallied to take a 70-69 lead with 18 seconds left on two free throws by Derwin Kitchen, who led the Seminoles (20-9, 10-5) with 13 points.

Florida State turned the ball over before getting off a final shot after Barnes' game-winner.

The Tar Heels can clinch the top seed in next week's ACC tournament win a win over No. 4 Duke on Saturday.

Michael Snaer added 11 points for the Seminoles, who were without top scorer Chris Singleton (broken right foot) for the fourth straight game.

North Carolina shot 47.3 percent for the game and had a 39-28 rebound advantage.

West Virginia 65, No. 16 Connecticut 56

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Kevin Jones scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half and West Virginia used a late run to beat Connecticut.

Jones had 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double. Joe Mazzulla led the Mountaineers (19-10, 10-7 Big East) with 18 points, three after halftime.

Kemba Walker led Connecticut (21-8, 9-8) with 22 points on 8-of-23 shooting. Shabazz Napier added 18.

Napier's jumper with 2:49 remaining broke a 5-minute scoring drought and brought the Huskies within 56-53, but West Virginia scored the next nine points, with Truck Bryant making seven free throws over the final 1:19.

West Virginia moved into a three-way tie for sixth place in the Big East entering the conference's final weekend. Connecticut lost for the third time in four games and dropped into a three-way tie for ninth.

No. 23 Xavier 68, Charlotte 48

CINCINNATI (AP) - Senior guard Dante Jackson scored 18 points and Xavier tied a league record by clinching at least a share of its fifth straight Atlantic 10 regular-season title.

During its 16 seasons in the A-10, Xavier (23-6, 14-1) has won outright or shared nine regular-season titles and four tournament championships. The victory on Wednesday secured the top seed in the conference tournament.

Jamel McLean had 11 points and 13 rebounds as Xavier completed its fifth straight undefeated A-10 season at home. The Musketeers have won a league-record 40 consecutive home games.

Derrio Green and Chris Braswell had 14 points each for Charlotte (10-19, 2-13), which gave the Musketeers their only league loss.

The five straight titles ties the league record with Massachusetts, which finished with the best record in the A-10 from 1992-96.

No. 25 Utah St. 58, New Mexico St. 54

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Brockeith Pane scored 12 points, including two free throws with 14.4 seconds to play, to lead Utah State.

Tai Wesley scored 11 points and Nate Bendall and Tyler Newbold each added 10 for Utah State (27-3, 14-1 Western Athletic Conference), which shot 61.9 percent from the field in the second half.

Troy Gillenwater had 17 points for New Mexico State (14-16, 8-7), while Tshilidzi Nephawe and Hernst Laroche both scored 10.

New Mexico State outscored Utah State 19-5 to take a five-point lead with 7:33 to play. Utah State scored on its next six possessions to go up 51-49 on Pane's jumper with 3:15 left. After Gillenwater missed the front end of a 1-and-1, Wesley scored inside and Newbold hit a 3-pointer to put Utah State up 56-49 with 2:14 to play.

New Mexico State closed within two with 21.7 seconds left, but Pane converted a 1-and-1 with 14.4 seconds left to make it 58-54. Pane's free throws came after Wesley and Morgan Grim both missed the front end of 1-and-1s.

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