Aggies edge Kentucky with buzzer-beater
College basketball: Tyler Davis’ putback at the buzzer gave Texas A&M a 79-77 win over No. 14 Kentucky in overtime on Saturday in College State, Texas, after a technical foul on Isaac Humphries cost the Wildcats the lead in the final seconds.
With the clock winding down, Danuel House drove into traffic and missed a contested shot that hit the front of the rim. The ball caromed directly to Davis, who grabbed the rebound and banked in a layup as time expired. The freshman finished with 15 points.
Anthony Collins missed a shot with 9 seconds left for Texas A&M, and Humphries grabbed the rebound with the Wildcats up by one. But after the Aggies fouled him, he slammed the ball to the court and was whistled for a technical that fouled him out.
House made both free throws to give A&M a 77-76 lead. Skal Labissiere hit 1 of 2 foul shots for Kentucky to tie it before the final possession.
No. 1 Villanova wins seven straight: Josh Hart scored 22 points and Kris Jenkins had 20 to lead No. 1 Villanova over Butler 77-67 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was the seventh straight victory for the Wildcats.
Longhorns fall: Johnathan Motley scored 24 points on 12-of-13 shooting, leading No. 25 Baylor to an impressive 78-64 victory over No. 24 Texas, handing the Longhorns a rare home loss this season.
The win puts the Bears in a solid position in third place in the Big 12 with an outside chance to play for the regular-season title with four games left.
Adams leads St. Bonaventure: Jaylen Adams matched his career high with 31 points and hit the big shots in the final 36 seconds, leading St. Bonaventure to a 79-72 victory over No. 15 Dayton, the Bonnies’ first road win over a ranked team in their history.
Adams’ 3-pointer with 36 seconds to go snapped a 72-all tie. He added four free throws in the closing seconds to help the Bonnies pull off an improbable win.
No. 18 Cards rally: Damion Lee scored 24 points, including three 3-pointers during Louisville’s furious second-half rally from a 13-point deficit, to the push the 18th-ranked Cardinals past No. 20 Duke 71-64 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Louisville trailed 44-31 with 7:10 remaining before battling back and using an 8-0 run with consecutive 3s by Lee and a slam by Jaylen Johnson after Chinanu Onuaku stole an inbounds pass for a 58-55 lead. Lee added another long-range shot and Johnson made a jumper to make it 63-59 before a final game-changing sequence for the Cardinals.
Georges-Hunt lifts Georgia Tech: Marcus Georges-Hunt scored on a short jumper with 2 seconds remaining, lifting Georgia Tech to a 63-62 win over No. 19 Notre Dame in Atlanta.
Golden State avoids back-to-back losses
NBA: Klay Thompson scored 32 points, fellow Splash Brother Stephen Curry added 23 and the Golden State Warriors beat the host Los Angeles Clippers 115-112 to avoid losing back-to-back games for the first time this season.
The Warriors were coming off a 32-point drubbing at Portland a night earlier that snapped their 11-game winning streak. They appeared highly motivated to erase that memory from the opening tip, shooting 56 percent in the first half and twice leading by 15 points in the second quarter.
Draymond Green had his NBA-leading 11th triple-double with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists to help the defending champions improve to 49-5.
Bucks top Hawks in double OT: Jabari Parker had career highs of 28 points and 13 rebounds, Greg Monroe added 24 points and the visiting Milwaukee Bucks snapped a six-game road skid with a 117-109 double-overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night.
Paul Millsap finished with 27 points, and Dennis Schroder had 25 for the Hawks, who missed 32 of 41 shots beyond the 3-point arc. Atlanta has lost three straight at home for the first time since March 2014.
Whiteside returns, lifts Heat: Hassan Whiteside had 25 points and 23 rebounds in his return from a one-game suspension to help the Miami Heat beat the Washington Wizards 114-94 in Miami.
Luol Deng had 27 points and Goran Dragic added a season-high 24 points and had eight assists and seven rebounds.
Vonn apologizes for social media video
Miscellany: Apologizing for a gaffe on social media, Lindsey Vonn had little to celebrate after clinching a record 20th World Cup crystal globe titlein La Thuile, Italy.
A day earlier, Vonn posted a video of an angry outburst in which she destroyed her bindings with a hammer following a race at which one of her skis detached. Vonn spent the night drafting an apology.
Still, Vonn bounced back to finish second and wrap up the season-long downhill championship. Nadia Fanchini of Italy won with a 0.14-second margin ahead of Vonn.
Watson leads: Bubba Watson saved par from near a concession stand right of the 18th green and shot a 4-under-par 67 to build a one-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera in Los Angeles.
Sturm beats Chudinov in rematch: Felix Sturm of Germany defeated the previously unbeaten Fedor Chudinov of Russia by majority decision in their rematch to reclaim his WBA super middleweight title in Oberhausen, Germany. The 37-year-old Sturm became the first German fighter to become a world titleholder for the fifth time.
Miyahara wins Four Continents: Satoko Miyahara of Japan dominated the women’s free skate to win the Four Continents championship in Taipei, Taiwan.
Miyahara, who was first after the short program, hit all her jumps to finish with a personal-best score of 214.91 and claim her first international title. Mirai Nagasu of the United States was second with 193.86 points.
Kyrgios advances to Open 13 final: Big-serving Nick Kyrgios beat second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-2 in Marseille, France, to remain on course for his first career title, setting up an Open 13 final against the fourth-seed, Marin Cilic of Croatia.
Kang, Shin, Nomura share lead: American Danielle Kang shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the third-round lead in the Women’s Australian Open in Adelaide, Australia, with South Korea’s Jenny Shin and Japan’s Haru Nomura.
Kang, the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, matched Shin and Nomura at 9-under 207 on The Grange’s West Course. Shin and Nomura each shot 70.
Paris wins: Italian skier Dominik Paris mastered tricky conditions at the French Alpine resort of Chamonix to win a men’s World Cup downhill race ahead of American veteran Steven Nyman in Chamonix, France. Paris clocked 1 minute, 58.38 seconds.