No. 12 Miami bounces back vs. No. 3 Cavs

COLLEGE MEN: Miami shook off any lingering effects from its most lopsided loss of the season.

Davon Reed scored 21 points and the 12th-ranked Hurricanes rebounded from a 25-point thrashing at North Carolina with a 64-61 victory over No. 3 Virginia on Monday night in Coral Gables, Florida.

“Among the captains we said we can’t feel sorry for ourselves,” Reed said. “That game hurt but it’s in the past.”

Reed’s two free throws with 3.9 seconds remaining increased Miami’s lead to its final margin.

London Perrantes’ game-tying attempt from 40 feet at the buzzer bounced off the backboard for Virginia.

“We needed to be the aggressors from start to finish tonight and we were,” said Reed, who shot 6 of 8 from the field including 5 of 6 on 3-point attempts. “We knew what was at stake and we responded.”

Miami (22-5, 11-4) took over sole possession of second place in the ACC. The Hurricanes, Cavaliers (21-6, 11-5) and Louisville began Monday tied with identical conference records.

“We got knocked down big time on Saturday and you’ve got to get back up and fight to show what you’re made of,” Miami coach Jim Larranaga said. “I thought we did that tonight.”

Virginia rallied from an eight-point deficit with seven straight points behind Malcolm Brogdon’s jumper and 3-pointer and Perrantes’ layup with 1:22 remaining that got the Cavaliers within 60-59.

Tonye Jekiri converted one of two free throws with 36 seconds left to make it 61-59. Brogdon’s 3-point attempt with 23 seconds left bounced off the rim.

Brogdon tied a career high with 28 points.

“We fought hard in the second half, got on the offensive glass, played pretty spirited,” Virginia coach Tony Bennett said. “I thought in the first half we were out on the edge with our transition defense. We were on our heels and they were really attacking.”

Texas holds on: Isaiah Taylor scored 19 points, including a 3-pointer to all but ice the game with less than a minute to play, and No. 25 Texas (18-11, 9-6 Big 12) held on for a 71-70 win at Kansas State (15-13, 4-11).

Bench scores big: Jaysean Paige scored a career-high 34 points as No. 14 West Virginia (21-7, 10-5 Big 12) got 69 points from reserves in a 97-87 victory over visiting No. 17 Iowa State (19-9, 8-7).

Polling: Texas A&M and Utah both return to the AP Top 25 this week, replacing Dayton and Providence.

For the first time in school history, Villanova is No. 1 for third straight week. That ties the Wildcats with four others at that number. Three of them have been No. 1 since 2009: Gonzaga, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest. The fourth team with three weeks at No. 1 is Marquette, which was last on top of the poll in 1978.

Irish end Seminoles’ home streak at 30

COLLEGE WOMEN: Brianna Turner had 15 points and was one of four Notre Dame players in double figures as the second-ranked Fighting Irish defeated No. 12 Florida State 73-66 in Tallahassee, Florida.

Notre Dame (26-1, 14-0 ACC) led by as many as 19 points in the second quarter but Florida State (21-6, 11-3) got within 71-66 with 7.8 seconds remaining on a 3-pointer by Maria Conde and its 30-game home winning streak was snapped, which was the third-longest in the nation.

Bears beat Sooners: At Norman, Oklahoma, Alexis Jones scored 22 points to help No. 4 Baylor (28-1, 15-1 Big 12) to a 78-70 win over No. 23 Oklahoma 78-70 (18-9, 9-7).

Capitals, Ovechkin remain red hot

NHL: At Washington, Mike Richards scored a disputed game-winning goal, his first in more than a year, and the Capitals beat Arizona 3-2 to become the first team to win 44 of its first 58 games.

Alex Ovechkin put Washington, which won its fourth-straight and ninth in 10 games, ahead with his league-leading 39th goal of the season and had an assist.

Road warriors: Tomas Hertl, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton each scored two goals, powering San Jose to a 6-3 victory at St. Louis. The Sharks improved to 21-9-2 on the road, matching their total road wins from last season. At home, the Sharks are just 11-12-3.

Car accident scuttles Thurman’s title fight

MISCELLANY: Keith Thurman’s promoter says the unbeaten WBA welterweight champion has been injured in a car accident, forcing the postponement of his March 12 title bout against Shawn Porter.

Kenya official suspended: The head of Kenya’s track and field federation was temporarily suspended by the sport’s world governing body for “potential subversion” of anti-doping procedures in the country.

Isaac Mwangi, chief executive of Athletics Kenya, had already taken temporarily leave last week after two Kenyan runners alleged in an interview with the AP that he asked for a bribe to reduce their doping bans.

Golden State avoids collapse, fastest to 50

NBA: Stephen Curry scored 36 points and Golden State became the fastest team in NBA history to 50 wins, winning 102-92 at Atlanta after squandering a 23-point lead.

The Warriors (50-5) eclipsed the mark set by the 1995-96 Bulls, who needed one more game to win their 50th. Of course, that’s the team Golden State is chasing, moving another step closer to the record 72-10 mark put up by Chicago.

Golden State pushed out to a 70-47 lead approaching the midway point of the third quarter. Atlanta closed the period on a 28-6 run and grabbed the lead briefly early in the fourth.

Record for Raptor: Kyle Lowry had 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for his first triple-double of the season, DeMar DeRozan also scored 22 while becoming the winningest player in Toronto history in a 112-95 at New York, which lost for the 12th time in 14 games.

Pistons bounce back: One day after allowing Anthony Davis to score 59 points with 20 rebounds, Detroit rebounded with a 96-88 win at Cleveland to snap a five-game losing streak.

Trade nixed: The Pistons rescinded a three-player, three-team trade with Houston and Philadelphia, saying not all the players involved were cleared medically.

Houston had traded guard Marcus Thornton and center Donatas Motiejunas to Detroit last week for center Joel Anthony and a protected, first-round draft pick this year. The Rockets also made the move to acquire the draft rights of forward Chukwudiebere Maduabum from Philadelphia.

Signings: The Warriors agreed to a contract with recently released center Anderson Varejao for the rest of the season; the Knicks signed former BYU star Jimmer Fredette to a 10-day contract and Dallas signed veteran forward David Lee and waived guard John Jenkins.