Recap Roundups
January 16, 2018
Louisville 82, Notre Dame 78
It was only a matter of time before Louisville wore down Notre Dame on Tuesday night.
North Carolina 87, Clemson 79
Cameron Johnson had his biggest game in a North Carolina uniform with 21 points as the 15th-ranked Tar Heels defeated No. 20 Clemson 87-79 to keep alive an NCAA record streak Tuesday night at the Smith Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Purdue 78, Wisconsin 50
Carsen Edwards scored 21 points and Vincent Edwards added 20 as No. 3 Purdue blew past Wisconsin 78-50 on Tuesday night in West Lafayette, Ind.
Georgia 61, Louisiana State 60
Yante Maten made a short jumper with five seconds remaining to give Georgia a 61-60 Southeastern Conference victory against LSU on Tuesday night at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La.
Mississippi State 80, Vanderbilt 62
Mississippi State forward Aric Holman scored 18 points and had a game-high 14 rebounds, helping the Bulldogs (14-4, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) snap a three-game losing streak with an 80-62 win over visiting Vanderbilt at the Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss. on Tuesday night.
Cincinnati 49, Central Florida 38
Forward Gary Clark recorded 17 points and 14 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season to lead No. 12 Cincinnati to its eighth consecutive win, 49-38 over UCF Tuesday night in Orlando.
Syracuse 59, Pittsburgh 45
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim avoided the first five-game losing streak of his 42-year career as guards Frank Howard and Tyus Battle keyed a late second-half spurt that lifted the Orange to a 59-45 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers Tuesday night in an Atlantic Coast Conference game before 21,259 fans at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y.
Texas A&M 71, Mississippi 69
Tyler Davis scored 20 points, including the game-winning layup with 23 seconds to play, and pulled down 12 rebounds as Texas A&M outlasted Ole Miss 71-69 on Tuesday in Southeastern Conference play at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
South Carolina 76, Kentucky 68
Junior forward Chris Silva tied his career high of 27 points and collected eight rebounds, and South Carolina overcame a 14-point, second-half deficit to register a 76-68 triumph over No. 18 Kentucky on Tuesday at Columbia, S.C.
Kansas State 87, Oklahoma 69
Nobody had confounded and confused Oklahoma's Trae Young quite the way Kansas State did Tuesday night.