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Matthew Murrell paces Ole Miss in comeback win over Mizzou
Matthew Murrell scored 26 points as Ole Miss rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to edge visiting Missouri 79-76 on Saturday in Oxford, Miss....

Michigan St. tops rival Michigan, sweeps regular-season series
Tyson Walker scored 19 points to lead Michigan State to a 73-63 win over rival Michigan in a Big Ten contest on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich....

Curry rallies to clip Ionescu at All-Star 3-point competition
Stephen Curry made 4 of 5 shots from the right corner to end his round and overtake Sabrina Ionescu to win 29-26 in the special 3-point competition between two prolific shooters during All-Star Saturday Night in Indianapolis....

Jalen Celestine's late scoring lifts Cal over Washington
Jalen Celestine scored Cal's final eight points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with 5 seconds remaining, to elevate the visiting Golden Bears to an 82-80 defeat of Washington on Saturday in Seattle....

NC State rallies from 12 down to edge Clemson, 78-77
DJ Horne scored 27 points and hit the game-winning shot with nine seconds to play as visiting North Carolina State beat Clemson on Saturday, 78-77....

Providence breezes past DePaul, 81-70
Devin Carter and Josh Oduro combined for 58 points on 20-of-26 shooting as Providence cruised past visiting DePaul 81-70 in Big East action on Saturday night....

Southern Illinois upsets No. 23 Indiana State, 74-69
Xavier Johnson drove for the go-ahead layup with 53.5 seconds left Saturday night and host Southern Illinois scored the last six points to upset No. 23 Indiana State 74-69 in Carbondale, Ill....

No. 22 Kentucky deals No. 13 Auburn first home loss this season
Antonio Reeves scored 22 points to help No. 22 Kentucky post a 70-59 wire-to-wire victory over No. 13 Auburn in Southeastern Conference play on Saturday....

Pitt crushes Louisville behind 41 points from Blake Hinson
Blake Hinson scored a career-high 41 points to surpass 1,000 for his career and help lead Pitt to an 86-59 rout of visiting Louisville on Saturday night....

No. 12 Baylor stays hot, tops West Virginia
Ja'Kobe Walter scored 23 points and Jayden Nunn added 20 to lead No. 12 Baylor to a 94-81 victory over West Virginia on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va....

Washington St. runs win streak to 7 by knocking off Stanford
Isaac Jones and Jaylen Wells led a balanced attack with 15 points apiece as Washington State won its seventh consecutive game, defeating Stanford 72-59 in Pac-12 Conference action on Saturday afternoon in Pullman, Wash....

No. 14 Illinois takes down Maryland, 85-80
Terrence Shannon Jr. totaled 27 points and four blocks and Marcus Domask had 19 points and 12 rebounds as No. 14 Illinois pulled out an 85-80 win over host Maryland on Saturday in College Park, Md....

No. 8 Tennessee rolls to blowout win over Vanderbilt
All five starters scored in double figures Saturday night as No. 8 Tennessee never trailed in an 88-53 Southeastern Conference rout of Vanderbilt in Knoxville, Tenn....

Georgia Tech holds off Syracuse, 65-60
Kyle Sturdivant scored a team-high 17 points off the bench, helping Georgia Tech grab a 65-60 win over Syracuse on Saturday in Atlanta....

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 5 Texas trounces Iowa State
Shaylee Gonzales and Madison Booker each scored 18 points as the No. 5 Texas Longhorns raced past the Iowa State Cyclones 81-60 on Saturday in Austin, Texas....

Rutgers eyes fifth straight win, visits Minnesota
Rutgers will go for its fifth win in a row when it visits Minnesota on Sunday evening for a Big Ten Conference matchup in Minneapolis....

Cincinnati holds off UCF, snaps two-game skid
Dan Skillings Jr. scored 15 points and collected eight rebounds to help Cincinnati end a two-game losing streak by defeating UCF 76-74 in Orlando, Fla....

No. 6 Kansas ends road woes with win over No. 25 Oklahoma
Hunter Dickinson scored 20 points and added 16 rebounds to lead No. 6 Kansas to a 67-57 win over No. 25 Oklahoma on Saturday in Big 12 play at Norman, Okla....

BC sinks 15 treys in 85-77 win over Miami
Mason Madsen made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 25 points to help Boston College defeat visiting Miami 85-77 Saturday in Chestnut Hill, Mass....

LSU rallies from 16 down, stuns No. 11 South Carolina late
Jordan Wright scored LSU's final four points as the visitors erased a 16-point second-half deficit and stunned No. 11 South Carolina 64-63 Saturday afternoon in Columbia, S.C....