Saturday's Top 25 College Men's Basketball Capsules

Games played on Jan. 17, 2015

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jahlil Okafor scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, Amile Jefferson added 19 and No. 4 Duke dominated No. 6 Louisville inside in a 63-52 victory Saturday.

Staggered by a 16-point loss to Miami on Tuesday night that ended their 41-game home winning streak, the Blue Devils (15-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) gave coach Mike Krzyzewski his 998th victory.

Louisville (15-3, 3-2) shot was 18 of 61 from the field and failed again to beat one of the ACC's traditional powerhouses. The Cardinals lost at North Carolina last Saturday.

Terry Rozier led Louisville with 17 points.

NO. 10 ARIZONA 69, NO. 8 UTAH 51

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Stanley Johnson scored all 18 of his points in the second half, T.J. McConnell added 16 points in a rare display of offensive aggression and Arizona rolled over Utah.

Arizona (16-2, 4-1 Pac-12) came out shaky at both ends in the Pac-12's first game between Top 10 teams in nearly seven years. The Wildcats rallied behind McConnell, the pass-first point guard who created his own shots while still setting up his teammates.

McConnell had six assists, and Brandon Ashley added 14 points and eight rebounds.

Brandon Taylor had 12 points for Utah (14-3, 4-1).

NO. 1 KENTUCKY 70, ALABAMA 48

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Devin Booker scored 13 points and Kentucky coasted to its second straight lopsided Southeastern Conference victory.

The Wildcats (17-0, 4-0) withstood an early second-half rally by Alabama (12-5, 2-2) before brushing off the potential challenge. It wasn't a laugher like Kentucky's 86-37 win over Missouri on Tuesday night, but the Wildcats easily overwhelmed an Alabama team that had won six of its last seven games.

Kentucky made 8 of 17 3-pointers, including three apiece by Tyler Ulis and Booker, who had 10 second-half points. Ulis and Dakari Johnson scored 11 points for Kentucky, while Willie Cauley-Stein had nine.

Levi Randolph led Alabama with 13 points.

NO. 2 VIRGINIA 66, BOSTON COLLEGE 51

BOSTON (AP) - Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points, Anthony Gill had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Virginia pulled away to beat Boston College.

The Cavaliers (17-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) continued their best start since the Ralph Sampson-led 1980-81 team won its first 23 games.

Olivier Hanlan had 18 points and six assists for Boston College (8-8, 0-4).

NO. 3 GONZAGA 72, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 55

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gary Bell Jr. scored 17 points and Gonzaga pulled away in the second half to beat Loyola Marymount for its 11th straight win over the Lions.

Kevin Pangos added 16 points and six assists, Bryon Wesley had 14 points and Kyle Wiltjer 12 points for the Zags (18-1, 7-0 West Coast). They've won 10 in a row since an overtime loss to Arizona on Dec. 6.

Ayodeji Egbeyemi had 14 points for the Lions (5-14, 1-6).

NO. 5 VILLANOVA 62, PENN 47

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Daniel Ochefu had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Villanova.

The Wildcats (17-1) took a breather from Big East play to play their final game of the season in Philadelphia's city series. Against the Ivy Leaguers, the Wildcats only led by one midway through the second half until a 21-6 run finally clinched their fourth straight victory.

Antonio Woods had 18 points for the Quakers (4-9).

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 75, MIAMI 70

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Jerian Grant scored 23 points and Notre Dame overcame a 12-point deficit in the second half to beat Miami.

After making just two of their first 16 3-point tries, the Irish hit seven of their next nine. Grant's 3 broke a tie with 6:19 left, and he made a layup and blocked a shot in the last minute.

Notre Dame (17-2, 5-1 ACC) also equaled the program's best start through 19 games, matching the 1978-79 team. Sheldon McClellan scored 17 points for Miami (12-5, 2-2).

NO. 13 WICHITA STATE 61, EVANSVILLE 41

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Darius Carter and Ron Baker scored 18 points apiece to lead Wichita State past Evansville.

The Shockers (16-2, 6-0 Missouri Valley) held the Aces to their season-low points total and a season-low 30 percent from the field.

D.J. Balentine scored 16 points for Evansville (13-5, 3-3).

NO. 14 MARYLAND 75, MICHIGAN STATE 59

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Freshman Melo Trimble scored 21 of his 24 points in the first half and Maryland breezed past Michigan State to take sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

Trimble made five 3-pointers to stake the Terrapins to a 40-26 halftime lead, and the margin swelled to 20 with 10 minutes left. It was a sharp contrast to Maryland's victory in the first meeting between the teams, a double-overtime thriller Dec. 30.

In this one, Maryland (17-2, 5-1) sank 11 3-pointers and limited the Spartans (12-6, 3-2) to 3-for-17 shooting from beyond the arc. Jake Layman had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Terrapins.

Branden Dawson had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans.

NO. 20 TEXAS 77, NO. 16 WEST VIRGINIA 50

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Cam Ridley scored 19 points and set the tone with a thunderous early dunk as Texas snapped a two-game skid with a bruising victory over West Virginia.

Jonathan Holmes added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Longhorns, who routinely peppered the Mountaineers with dunks, blocks and ripped down rebounds at will. Myles Turner added 16 points for the Longhorns (13-4, 2-2 Big 12) in a game dominated by the muscular Texas frontcourt.

Gary Browne scored 14 points for West Virginia (15-3, 3-2), which got into foul trouble early and shot just 25 percent in its first loss away from home this season.

NO. 17 VCU 70, DUQUESNE 64

PITTSBURGH (AP) - JeQuan Lewis scored a season-high 16 points and Virginia Commonwealth beat Duquesne for its 10th straight victory.

Melvin Johnson added 14 points for the Rams (15-3, 5-0 Atlantic 10). Scoring leader Treveon Graham missed the game because of an ankle injury.

Derrick Colter led the Dukes (6-10, 1-4) with 14 points.

NO. 18 OKLAHOMA 82, NO. 24 OKLAHOMA ST. 65

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Buddy Hield scored 27 points on 10-for-10 shooting to help Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State.

Jordan Woodard scored 13 points, Ryan Spangler had 11 points and 11 rebounds and TaShawn Thomas added 10 points for the Sooners (12-5, 3-2 Big 12), who snapped a two-game skid and got their third win over a ranked team in conference play.

Oklahoma State's Le'Bryan Nash and Phil Forte, the top two scorers in the Big 12, were held in check. Nash scored 15 points, but he made just 6 of 15 shots. Forte scored 11 points on 3-for-11 shooting.

Leyton Hammonds scored 15 points and Anthony Hickey added 14 for the Cowboys (12-5, 2-3).

KANSAS STATE 63, NO. 22 BAYLOR 61

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Nino Williams had 18 points to lead a big second-half rally, and Kansas State forced Baylor's Kenny Chery to miss a layup at the buzzer.

Marcus Foster added 11 points and Thomas Gipson finished with nine, including a clutch free throw with 4.8 seconds left, to help the Wildcats (10-7, 4-1 Big 12) win their fourth straight game.

Chery led Baylor (13-4, 2-3) with 21 points, and Taurean Prince had 20LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jahlil Okafor scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half, Amile Jefferson added 19 and No. 4 Duke dominated No. 6 Louisville inside in a 63-52 victory Saturday.

Staggered by a 16-point loss to Miami on Tuesday night that ended their 41-game home winning streak, the Blue Devils (15-2, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) gave coach Mike Krzyzewski his 998th victory.

Louisville (15-3, 3-2) shot was 18 of 61 from the field and failed again to beat one of the ACC's traditional powerhouses. The Cardinals lost at North Carolina last Saturday.

Terry Rozier led Louisville with 17 points.

NO. 11 IOWA STATE 86, NO. 9 KANSAS 81

AMES, Iowa (AP) - Naz Long scored 20 points and Iowa State held off Kansas, recording back-to-back wins over the Jayhawks for the first time in 14 years.

Georges Niang had 15 points for the Cyclones (13-3, 3-1 Big 12), who shot 9 of 20 on 3s in snapping Kansas' five-game winning streak.

Long followed a long 3 with a layup to give Iowa State a 71-57 lead with 6:26 left. Kansas pulled to 82-79 with 29 seconds to go, but Niang sealed the win by drawing a crucial charge with 14 seconds left.

Frank Mason III scored 21 points and Perry Ellis had 19 points and 11 rebounds for Kansas (14-3, 3-1), the last team in the Big 12 to lose a conference game.

NO. 10 ARIZONA 69, NO. 8 UTAH 51

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Stanley Johnson scored all 18 of his points in the second half, T.J. McConnell added 16 points in a rare display of offensive aggression and Arizona rolled over Utah.

Arizona (16-2, 4-1 Pac-12) came out shaky at both ends in the Pac-12's first game between Top 10 teams in nearly seven years. The Wildcats rallied behind McConnell, the pass-first point guard who created his own shots while still setting up his teammates.

McConnell had six assists, and Brandon Ashley added 14 points and eight rebounds.

Brandon Taylor had 12 points for Utah (14-3, 4-1).

NO. 1 KENTUCKY 70, ALABAMA 48

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Devin Booker scored 13 points and Kentucky coasted to its second straight lopsided Southeastern Conference victory.

The Wildcats (17-0, 4-0) withstood an early second-half rally by Alabama (12-5, 2-2) before brushing off the potential challenge. It wasn't a laugher like Kentucky's 86-37 win over Missouri on Tuesday night, but the Wildcats easily overwhelmed an Alabama team that had won six of its last seven games.

Kentucky made 8 of 17 3-pointers, including three apiece by Tyler Ulis and Booker, who had 10 second-half points. Ulis and Dakari Johnson scored 11 points for Kentucky, while Willie Cauley-Stein had nine.

Levi Randolph led Alabama with 13 points.

NO. 2 VIRGINIA 66, BOSTON COLLEGE 51

BOSTON (AP) - Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points, Anthony Gill had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Virginia pulled away to beat Boston College.

The Cavaliers (17-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) continued their best start since the Ralph Sampson-led 1980-81 team won its first 23 games.

Olivier Hanlan had 18 points and six assists for Boston College (8-8, 0-4).

NO. 3 GONZAGA 72, LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 55

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gary Bell Jr. scored 17 points and Gonzaga pulled away in the second half to beat Loyola Marymount for its 11th straight win over the Lions.

Kevin Pangos added 16 points and six assists, Bryon Wesley had 14 points and Kyle Wiltjer 12 points for the Zags (18-1, 7-0 West Coast). They've won 10 in a row since an overtime loss to Arizona on Dec. 6.

Ayodeji Egbeyemi had 14 points for the Lions (5-14, 1-6).

NO. 5 VILLANOVA 62, PENN 47

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Daniel Ochefu had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Villanova.

The Wildcats (17-1) took a breather from Big East play to play their final game of the season in Philadelphia's city series. Against the Ivy Leaguers, the Wildcats only led by one midway through the second half until a 21-6 run finally clinched their fourth straight victory.

Antonio Woods had 18 points for the Quakers (4-9).

NO. 12 NOTRE DAME 75, MIAMI 70

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Jerian Grant scored 23 points and Notre Dame overcame a 12-point deficit in the second half to beat Miami.

After making just two of their first 16 3-point tries, the Irish hit seven of their next nine. Grant's 3 broke a tie with 6:19 left, and he made a layup and blocked a shot in the last minute.

Notre Dame (17-2, 5-1 ACC) also equaled the program's best start through 19 games, matching the 1978-79 team. Sheldon McClellan scored 17 points for Miami (12-5, 2-2).

NO. 13 WICHITA STATE 61, EVANSVILLE 41

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Darius Carter and Ron Baker scored 18 points apiece to lead Wichita State past Evansville.

The Shockers (16-2, 6-0 Missouri Valley) held the Aces to their season-low points total and a season-low 30 percent from the field.

D.J. Balentine scored 16 points for Evansville (13-5, 3-3).

NO. 14 MARYLAND 75, MICHIGAN STATE 59

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Freshman Melo Trimble scored 21 of his 24 points in the first half and Maryland breezed past Michigan State to take sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.

Trimble made five 3-pointers to stake the Terrapins to a 40-26 halftime lead, and the margin swelled to 20 with 10 minutes left. It was a sharp contrast to Maryland's victory in the first meeting between the teams, a double-overtime thriller Dec. 30.

In this one, Maryland (17-2, 5-1) sank 11 3-pointers and limited the Spartans (12-6, 3-2) to 3-for-17 shooting from beyond the arc. Jake Layman had 23 points and 12 rebounds for the Terrapins.

Branden Dawson had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Spartans.

NO. 20 TEXAS 77, NO. 16 WEST VIRGINIA 50

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Cam Ridley scored 19 points and set the tone with a thunderous early dunk as Texas snapped a two-game skid with a bruising victory over West Virginia.

Jonathan Holmes added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Longhorns, who routinely peppered the Mountaineers with dunks, blocks and ripped down rebounds at will. Myles Turner added 16 points for the Longhorns (13-4, 2-2 Big 12) in a game dominated by the muscular Texas frontcourt.

Gary Browne scored 14 points for West Virginia (15-3, 3-2), which got into foul trouble early and shot just 25 percent in its first loss away from home this season.

NO. 17 VCU 70, DUQUESNE 64

PITTSBURGH (AP) - JeQuan Lewis scored a season-high 16 points and Virginia Commonwealth beat Duquesne for its 10th straight victory.

Melvin Johnson added 14 points for the Rams (15-3, 5-0 Atlantic 10). Scoring leader Treveon Graham missed the game because of an ankle injury.

Derrick Colter led the Dukes (6-10, 1-4) with 14 points.

NO. 18 OKLAHOMA 82, NO. 24 OKLAHOMA ST. 65

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - Buddy Hield scored 27 points on 10-for-10 shooting to help Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State.

Jordan Woodard scored 13 points, Ryan Spangler had 11 points and 11 rebounds and TaShawn Thomas added 10 points for the Sooners (12-5, 3-2 Big 12), who snapped a two-game skid and got their third win over a ranked team in conference play.

Oklahoma State's Le'Bryan Nash and Phil Forte, the top two scorers in the Big 12, were held in check. Nash scored 15 points, but he made just 6 of 15 shots. Forte scored 11 points on 3-for-11 shooting.

Leyton Hammonds scored 15 points and Anthony Hickey added 14 for the Cowboys (12-5, 2-3).

KANSAS STATE 63, NO. 22 BAYLOR 61

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Nino Williams had 18 points to lead a big second-half rally, and Kansas State forced Baylor's Kenny Chery to miss a layup at the buzzer.

Marcus Foster added 11 points and Thomas Gipson finished with nine, including a clutch free throw with 4.8 seconds left, to help the Wildcats (10-7, 4-1 Big 12) win their fourth straight game.

Chery led Baylor (13-4, 2-3) with 21 points, and Taurean Prince had 20.

NO. 25 WYOMING 70, FRESNO STATE 65, 3OT

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Larry Nance Jr. scored 21 points and Josh Adams added 16 to help Wyoming survive a triple-overtime thriller against Fresno State.

Nance missed two free throws with a second left in the second overtime for the Cowboys (16-3, 5-1 Mountain West), but recovered to hit the basket that gave Wyoming the lead for good in the third overtime.

Nance's jumper with 1:05 left put Wyoming up 67-65 with 1:02 left and Charles Hankerson Jr. sealed the win with a 3-pointer with 14 seconds to play as Wyoming bounced back from a home loss to San Diego State.

Paul Watson scored 19 points for the Bulldogs.