College basketball: A&M men stumble at Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Dorian Finney-Smith scored 12 points before fouling out in the closing minutes, and Florida held on to beat Texas A&M 65-62 on Tuesday night despite more free-throw woes.

The Gators led by 14 with 1:58 to play but missed nine of 14 from the charity stripe before Eli Carter and Kasey Hill closed it out.

Carter made a pair of free throws with 13.4 seconds remaining, and Hill sank an even bigger one that put Florida up 66-62 with 6.3 seconds to play.

The Aggies (20-9, 11-6 Southeastern Conference) had been looking to strengthen their NCAA Tournament résumé but instead lost for the second time in three games.

Alex Caruso led A&M with 20 points, while leading scorer Danuel House was scoreless for the first time this season.

Kansas 76West Virginia 69

Frank Mason III capped one of the biggest comebacks in Allen Fieldhouse history by scoring the last eight points in overtime to lead the ninth-ranked Jayhawks past the No. 20 Mountaineers in Lawrence, Kan., for the Jayhawks' 11th consecutive Big 12 championship.

Mason had 19 points for the Jayhawks, whose 11 straight conference titles trail only the 13 in a row UCLA won in the John Wooden era.

Junior forward Perry Ellis, the Jayhawks' leading scorer, appeared to injure his knee late in the first half and did not return.

Trailing by as many as 18 points in a ragged first half, Kansas finally tied it 59-all on two free throws by Devonte Graham with 11.5 seconds left in regulation. Daxter Miles' 3-pointer gave West Virginia a quick 63-61 overtime lead before Jamari Traylor's three-point play made it 64-63.

Mason went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the waning seconds, the final shot going in with 4.1 seconds to play as the Jayhawks completed a 16-0 home season.

Kentucky 72, Georgia 64

The No. 1 Wildcats overcame a nine-point deficit in the second half to keep their perfect season intact, beating the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga.

The Wildcats (30-0, 17-0 Southeastern Conference) had won their previous five games by an average of 24 points.

They were really challenged in this one by Georgia (19-10, 10-7), which had the sellout crowd roaring when Yante Maten tipped in a miss of his own shot to put the Bulldogs up 56-47 with nine minutes remaining.

But Kentucky showed it knows how to win the close games, too.

The Wildcats seized the game with a 14-0 run, and Georgia hurt its chances by missing three straight 1-and-1s.

Villanova 76Creighton 72

Ryan Arcidiacono converted a three-point play to give the fourth-ranked Wildcats the lead in the last minute and came up with the game's final rebound, allowing Villanova to turn back the Bluejays' upset bid in Omaha, Neb., and win its 11th straight game.

Georgetown 60Butler 54

D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera scored 16 points in his return to Indianapolis, helping the Hoyas hold on for an upset victory over the No. 21 Bulldogs.

Abilene Christian 83Houston Baptist 71

LaDarrien Williams and Parker Wentz scored 19 points each as the Wildcats snapped a 12-game skid by knocking off the Huskies in Abilene.

Jourdan Stickler had 12 points for HBU (11-15, 6-10 Southland).

Women

Texas 79, TCU 45

Kelsey Lang had 19 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, and the Longhorns routed the Horned Frogs in both teams' regular-season finale at Austin.

Brady Sanders added 12 points for Texas (20-9, 9-9 Big 12), which won for the fifth time in six games.

TCU fell to 17-12 and 9-9 in the Big 12.

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