In brief: Oklahoma survives big rally by Baylor

College Basketball: Buddy Hield scored 23 points in his final home game, and No. 6 Oklahoma squandered a 26-point lead before regrouping to defeat No. 19 Baylor 73-71 on Tuesday night.

Hield scored 13 points in the game’s first 8 minutes, but the Sooners fell apart in the second half.

Seniors Hield, Ryan Spangler and Isaiah Cousins have started 97 consecutive games together, and all three played key roles for the Sooners.

Spangler had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Cousins scored 10 points for Oklahoma (23-6, 11-6 Big 12), which broke a tie with the Bears for third place in the conference and swept the regular-season series.

Taurean Prince and King McClure scored 17 points each for Baylor (21-9, 10-7), which outscored the Sooners 46-29 in the second half. Baylor shot 67 percent in the second half and made 6 of 10 3-point attempts.

No. 22 Kentucky hands Florida 4th consecutive loss: Jamal Murray scored 21 points, Tyler Ulis added 19 and No. 22 Kentucky beat Florida 88-79 on the road.

Skal Labissiere made the most of his first start since Dec. 12, chipping in 11 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats.

Kentucky had no answer inside for John Egbunu, who finished with nine dunks and a career-high 27 points, but the Wildcats more than made up for it by hitting 7 of 10 shots from 3-point range.

No. 17 Duke holds off Wake Forest: Grayson Allen scored 30 points and No. 17 Duke beat Wake Forest 79-71 in Durham, North Carolina.

Marshall Plumlee added 13 points and matched a career high with 17 rebounds, and freshman Brandon Ingram finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Blue Devils (22-8, 11-6 Atlantic Coast Conference).

They overcame some cold early shooting and shot 46 percent in the second half to earn their 17th straight home victory over Wake Forest.

No. 15 Purdue upends Nebraska: Vince Edwards scored 20 points and A.J. Hammons had 12 of his 16 points in the second half to lead the Purdue Boilermakers to an 81-62 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Boilermakers (23-7, 11-6) ended a three-game road losing streak and moved into a tie with Ohio State for sixth in the Big Ten. The Cornhuskers (14-16, 6-11) lost their fourth straight.

Shavon Shields scored a season-high 32 points on his senior night for Nebraska.

Lowe likely out for season: Temple freshman guard Trey Lowe is likely to miss the remainder of the season due to injuries sustained in a one-car accident Sunday morning.

The school released a statement saying Lowe, a native of Ewing, New Jersey, is receiving medical care for upper body injuries at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey.

Horcoff back in practice with Ducks

NHL: Forward Shawn Horcoff returned to practice with the Anaheim Ducks while serving his 20-game suspension for violating the terms of the NHL’s performance-enhancing substances program.

Horcoff practiced with his teammates on the first day he was eligible to come back. His suspension lasts until March 11.

Carolina defeats New Jersey: Joakim Nordstrom scored on a rebound with 1:29 remaining and Carolina defeated New Jersey, 3-1 in a game between teams fading from playoff contention.

Derek Ryan, playing his first NHL game at age 29, also scored as the Hurricanes snapped a three-game skid and won for the third time in eight games. Eddie Lack was outstanding in making 29 saves, and Nathan Gerbe scored into an empty net with 21.2 seconds to go.

St. Louise wins in shootout: Patrik Berglund scored the shootout winner in the 11th round, and St. Louis outlasted Ottawa, 4-3.

Trailing 3-0, the Senators scored three unanswered goals to force overtime, including one by Jean-Gabriel Pageau with less than a second left in the third period.

Minnesota clinches playoff berth: Charlie Coyle and Nino Niederreiter each scored twice to give Minnesota a victory over Colorado, 6-2 and possession of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Coyle scored the game winner at 5:34 of the third period after Zach Parise knocked down the puck at mid-ice, rushed toward the other end and fed a streaking Coyle, who tapped it into an open net.

Oilers beat Sabres in OT: Connor McDavid scored his second goal in overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night in an anticipated matchup against another top rookie, Jack Eichel.

Cam Talbot made 31 saves for the Oilers, and Edmonton began a four-game trip with its second straight win.

Curry sits out overtime thriller

NBA: With Stephen Curry missing the game with a sore left ankle, Klay Thompson (26 points) and the Warriors overcame the Hawks in overtime.

Golden State struggled without the reigning MVP, but improved to 25-0 at home this season and ran its winning streak at Oracle Arena to 43 games with a 109-105 victory over the Hawks.

Lakers top Nets: Behind a career-high 39 points from D’Angelo Russell, the most for a Lakers rookie in a regular-season game, the Lakers snapped an eight-game losing streak and topped the Brooklyn Nets, 107-101.

Russell, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 draft, made 14 of 21 shots from the floor and the guard hit a career-high eight 3-pointers on 12 attempts from beyond the arc. The Lakers improved to 12-49. The Nets fell to 17-44.

Miami rolls past Chicago: Hassan Whiteside scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and the Miami Heat set a franchise record by shooting 67.5 percent on their way to rolling past the Chicago Bulls 129-111 in Miami.

Joe Johnson added 24 points in his Miami home debut. The previous Heat record for shooting percentage in a regular-season game was 63.4 percent on Dec. 16, 2013, against Utah.

Lack of money adds to doping problems

Miscellany: Olympic and world 800-meter champion David Rudisha says a lack of money and testing infrastructure has made it difficult to fight doping in developing countries such as Kenya.

More than 40 Kenyan athletes have tested positive to banned substances in the past three years, prompting the World Anti-Doping Agency to set an April 5 deadline for Kenya to pass legislation. At stake is the country’s appearance at the Rio Olympics in August.

“It has been tough for our sport with the turbulence that we are going through,” he said. “This problem with doping is a big issue,” said Rudisha.