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No. 5 Florida Top No. 7 Alabama in the key -Sec -Matchup

The Florida Center Rueben Chinyelu (9) shoots in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala, about the Alabama Center Clifford Omoruyi (11).

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Tuscaloosa, ala. (AP) -Alex Condon had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead to a 99-94 victory against Alabama No. 7 on Wednesday evening No. 5.

The Gators (26-4, 13-4 Southeasters Conference) also received 22 points and eight assists from Walter Clayton Jr. Florida strengthened his NCAA tournament resume with a second street victory against a top 10 team after defeating No. 1 Auburn this season. It is the first time in the program history that the Gators did it twice in one season.

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Mark Sears led Alabama (23-7, 12-5) with 30 points, six rebounds and five assists. Alabama also received 19 points from Labaron Philon, 11 from Clifford Omoruyi and 10 points from Grant Nelson and Aiden Sherrell.

Mississippi 78, No. 4 Tennessee 76

Oxford, Miss. (AP) – Jaemyn Brakefield scored all 19 of his points in the last 11 minutes, including a tie -reakend basket with 7 seconds that Mississippi have raised over No. 4 Tennessee.

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Brakefield recovered a missed 3 pointer from Sean Pedulla and fought through traffic inside to convert the decisive layup. Malik Dia and Dre Davis had 13 points for Ole Miss (21-9, 10-7 Southeasters Conference), and Matthew Murrell added 12.

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The rebels are 5-0 in games that have decided with four or fewer points since the end of January.

Tennessee (24-6, 11-6) had the chance in the last seconds, but a short running jumper from Igor Milicic Jr. bounced off the edge. The defeat scored a winning streak with four games.

Jordan Gainey scored 17 points, Chaz Lanier had 15 and Felix Okpara added 13 points and seven rebounds for the volunteers. Tennessee led 41-36 at halftime and 56-49 with 10:38 before collapsing Ole Miss.

NO. 9 Texas Tech 91, Colorado 75

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Lubbock, Texas (AP) -JT Toppin had 30 points and 14 rebounds when Texas Tech led through the start on the ninth tech in a win against Colorado and had thrown a double-bye for the Red Raiders in the Big 12 tournament next week.

It was the 13th double double this season for Toppin, The Sophomore, who is a transfer from New Mexico. He led five players in two figures for Tech (23-7, 14-5 Big 12) in the house finals.

Chance McMillian added 15 points, while Christian Anderson and Kerwin Walton had 12 each. Darrion Williams scored 11.

Bangot Dak and Sebastian Rancik each scored 12 points for Colorado (11-19, 2-17).

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NO. 11 Clemson 78, Boston College 69

Boston (AP) -Jaeden Zackery returned to Chestnut Hill and scored 21 points against his former team. He met an important 3 pointer after the Boston College had led a 16-point deficit to two and leading No. 11 Clemson.

Chase Hunter added 18 points and Viktor Lakhin scored 11 with 13 rebounds to help the Tigers (25-5, 17-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) win their seventh game in a row.

Jayden Hastings achieved 18 for the Boston College (12-18, 4-15).

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Clemson led in the first half at 16 and still had a 62-53 lead in the middle of the second before BC scored seven points in a row to make it a two-point game. But then Lakhin met a corner 3 in Under and Zackery to extend the lead to seven.

NO. 12 Wisconsin 74, Minnesota 67

Minneapolis (AP) -John Blackwell had 25 points and a career high of 11 rebounds to help defeat Minnesota.

John Tonje added 18 points and seven boards for the Badgers (23-7, 13-6), who in the Big Ten had a three-way draw with a top 4 seed and the accompanying double bye for the conference tournament.

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Wisconsin, the National Free-Throw Shooting Leader, went 21 for 24th Minnesota, the worst team in the big ten on the line, was 8 for 15.

Brennan Rigsby led the Gopers (15-15, 7-12) with 18 points and Lu'cye Patterson added 15 points in Minnesota's ninth defeat to Wisconsin. Dawson Garcia, the quarterly scorer of Big Ten, had 14 points in his last home game at 6-against-17 shooting.

NO. 13 Maryland 71, No. 17 Michigan 65

Ann Arbor, Michigan (AP) – Derik Queen had 17 points and 12 rebounds and led Maryland No. 13 to a victory against No. 17 Michigan, who gave the state of Michigan at least part of the big ten title.

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The Wolverines (22-8, 14-5) lost two and three of the last four home games and did not fell first in the conference.

Maryland took control by holding Michigan in the first half to 22 points of 22 points, while building a lead of 11 points.

The Wolverines injured their comeback chances with nine sales in the second half.

Rodney Rice scored 19 points and Selton Miguel had 17 for the terrapins.

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Vladislav Goldin and Danny Wolf each scored 20 points, and Tre Donaldson added 10 points and six templates for the Wolverines.

NO. 14 Louisville 85, California 68

Louisville, Ky. (AP)-Terrance Edwards Jr. scored 35 points at career height to lead number 14 in Louisville to a victory over California.

Edwards, the Sun Belt player of the year last season for James Madison, caused an early criminal offense when he made six of his first eight shots to give the cardinals (24-6, 17-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 22-19 lead with 7:22 before half-time.

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In the meantime, the teammates from Edwards missed a combined 10 of 11 shots in this period. Edwards shot 11 out of 19 in total and in 11 attempts put a career high with seven 3-digiters.

Chucky Hepburn added 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Louisville. J'vonne Hadley ended with 16 points and eight rebounds.

Jovan Blacksher Jr. scored 22 points for California (13-17, 6-13), who also received 11 from Jeremiah Wilkerson.

Oklahoma 96, No. 15 Missouri 84

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Norman, Okla. (Ap)-The Freshman Guard Jeremiah Fears scored 31 points and Oklahoma defeated No. 15 Missouri to increase his hopes of the NCAA tournament.

It was Oklahoma's fifth victory against a top -25 team this season, and Missouri was the highest among them. The Sooners (18-12, 5-12 Southeasters Conference) were injured against the opponents Kentucky and Ole Miss with four points.

Mark Mitchell scored 18 points and Caleb Grill added 16 points and eight rebounds for Missouri (21-9, 10-7), which lost three out of four.

Uconn 72, No. 20 Marquette 66

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Storrs, Conn. (AP) -Alex Karaban scored 21 points, including a decisive 3 pointer with 23.7 seconds, and Uconn defeated No. 20 Marquette.

Liam McNeeley had 11 points and Samson Johnson added 10 points and 11 rebounds for the huskies (21-9, 13-6 Big East), who entered the tie in the conference with Marquette with Marquette.

Uconn has the tiebreaker after swiveling the season series.

Solo Ball and Hassan Diarra each scored 10 points when the two -time defending champions defeated Marquette for the fifth time in a row.

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David Joplin had 23 points and came Jones 21 for the Golden Eagles (22-8, 13-6).

Uconn riss 10 points with Dunks by Jaylin Stewart, Tarris Reed Jr. and Johnson to bring a lead of 61-54 in the lead with 7:49.