WACO, Texas — Kamau Stokes scored 15 points and Kansas State held off a late rally to hand No. 2 Baylor its first home loss of the season, 56-54 on Saturday.
Stokes made both of the Wildcats’ field goals in the final 6:29, including a baseline jumper with 1:40 to go off an inbounds pass with 1 second left on the shot clock that made it 55-51.
Baylor’s Johnathan Motley missed two shots in the final seconds with a chance to tie the game, the latter of which was blocked by D.J. Johnson of the Wildcats (16-7, 5-5 Big 12) as time ran out and the Bears lost their second straight game.
Motley led Baylor (20-3, 7-3), which lost 73-68 at No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday, with 17 points and 14 rebounds, but he was 6 for 17 from the floor.
Iowa Sate 92, No. 3 Kansas 89: Deonte Burton hit seven 3-pointers and scored 29 points, Monte Morris added 25 and Iowa State rallied from a big halftime deficit to end Kansas’ 51-game winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse.
Naz Mitrou-Long added six 3-pointers and 22 points for the Cyclones, who had a school-record 18 3-pointers while forcing the Jayhawks into 21 turnovers.
No. 13 Oregon 85, No. 5 Arizona 58: Tyler Dorsey scored 23 points, including six 3-pointers, and Oregon snapped Arizona’s 15-game winning streak in Eugene, Ore.
Dillon Brooks added 18 points and four 3s as the Ducks extended their home winning streak to 40 games, an ongoing school record.
Rawle Alkins had 16 points for the Wildcats in their worst loss under coach Sean Miller since they fell 99-69 to BYU on Dec. 28, 2009.
No. 6 Louisville 90, Boston College 67: In Boston, Deng Adel scored a career-high 19 points, and Donovan Mitchell also had 19 as Louisville won for the seventh time in eight games.
Mangok Mathiang scored 16 points and Ray Spalding and Jaylen Johnson had seven rebounds apiece for the Cardinals. Louisville’s last four wins have come by an average of 33 points.
Oklahoma State 82, No. 7 West Virginia 75: Phil Forte scored all 13 of his points in the second half to lead Oklahoma State in Morgantown, W.Va.
West Virginia had a chance to move into a second-place tie with Baylor but couldn’t match Forte’s production down the stretch.
Syracuse 66, No. 9 Virginia 62: Tyus Battle had a career-high 23 points and Andrew White also had 23 as Syracuse beat a ranked team for the second time in eight days in Syracuse, N.Y.
Kyle Guy had 14 points for Virginia.
No. 14 Cincinnati 82, Connecticut 68: Kyle Washington scored a career-high 27 points, and Gary Clark had his fifth double-double of the season as host Cincinnati got its 14th straight win.
Rodney Purvis scored 20 points for UConn.
No. 23 Purdue 73, No. 17 Maryland 72: Carsen Edwards made two free throws with 2.1 seconds left, and visiting Purdue rallied to beat Maryland and knock the Terrapins out of first place in the Big Ten.
The Terrapins didn’t make a basket over the final 7 ½ minutes, scoring their final 14 points at the free throw line — including 11 by Melo Trimble.
Caleb Swanigan scored 26 points for the Boilermakers.
No. 19 South Carolina 77, Georgia 75: PJ Dozier scored seven of his 21 points in the final 2:21 as South Carolina finished off its first regular-season sweep of Georgia in eight years in Columbia, S.C.
The Gamecocks also maintained a share of the top of the Southeastern Conference, their 9-1 league mark their second-best in program history behind a 10-0 start in 1997.
No. 21 Duke 72, Pittsburgh 64: Grayson Allen scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half, and Duke won in Durham, N.C., in coach Mike Krzyzewski’s return after a four-week break following back surgery.
Michael Young scored 24 points and Jamel Artis added 17 for the Panthers.
Xavier 82, No. 22 Creighton 80
OMAHA, Neb. — J.P. Macura scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half, and Xavier capitalized on its hot shooting late in the game.
The Musketeers made 7 of 9 shots, including five 3-pointers, during a 19-7 spurt that turned their 66-59 deficit into a 78-73 lead with 2 minutes left.
Marcus Foster led the Bluejays.
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