KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Grant Williams scored 16 points as No. 1 Tennessee defeated Florida, 73-61, on Saturday to complete a season sweep of the Gators and extend its school-record winning streak to 18 games.
Tennessee (22-1, 10-0 SEC) owns the longest active winning streak of any Division I team. This also marks the biggest winning streak of Rick Barnes’ 32-year head coaching career, surpassing the 17-game string that started Texas’ 2009-10 season.
STARKVILLE, Miss. — PJ Washington scored 23 points, Keldon Johnson added 13 and Kentucky held on to beat Mississippi State.
Kentucky (20-3, 9-1 Southeastern Conference) has won 10 straight games since losing to Alabama in its conference opener on Jan. 5. The Wildcats had to work for this one after an 18-point lead dwindled to one possession with 1:18 left, but the Bulldogs weren’t able to score again.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jon Teske had 17 points and 12 rebounds, holding his own inside against Ethan Happ, and Charles Matthews scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half to lift Michigan past Wisconsin.
The Big Ten-leading Wolverines (22-2, 11-2) avenged one of their only losses this season despite going 0 for 10 from 3-point range in the second half.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Kenny Williams hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 2:08 left in overtime to help North Carolina hold off Miami.
Freshman Coby White matched his season high with 33 points for the Tar Heels (19-4, 9-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who survived a wild finish filled with big shots by both teams.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nick Ward had 22 points and Matt McQuaid scored a season-high 18, leading Michigan State past Minnesota.
The Spartans (19-5, 10-3 Big Ten) ended a three-game losing streak, their longest skid in two years.
MILWAUKEE — Markus Howard scored 38 points and Marquette hung on at the buzzer, edging Villanova and handing the Wildcats their first Big East Conference loss.
Marquette (20-4, 9-2) led by 15 early in the second half before Villanova rallied. Jermaine Samuels missed an off-balance jumper as time ran out.
WACO, Texas — Kalani Brown scored a season-high 32 points on 11-of-12 shooting and No. 1 Baylor stretched its Big 12 winning streak to 34 in a row with a victory over TCU.
Lauren Cox had 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Lady Bears (21-1, 11-0), who shot 64.8 percent from the field while outscoring TCU 58-26 in the paint.
Amy Okonkwo had 28 points and Jayde Woods 10 for the Horned Frogs (17-6, 7-5), who had their five-game Big 12 winning streak snapped. Okonkwo had 18 points before halftime.
STORRS, Conn. — Napheesa Collier tied a season-high with 30 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, leading No. 5 UConn to a rout of Temple.
Collier, who had 30 points in a win over the Owls last month, recorded her 12th double-double of the season and 36th of her career.
Crystal Dangerfield added 22 points and nine assists for UConn (21-2, 10-0 American), which tuned up for Monday’s meeting with No. 12 South Carolina by shooting 63 percent and breaking the 100-point barrier for a second straight game.
Katie Lou Samuelson added 17 points for the Huskies, who had 31 assists on 39 baskets.
Mia Davis had 20 points and nine rebounds for Temple (8-15, 4-6 American), which lost for the first time in five games. Lena Niang added 15 points and Alliya Butts had 13 points and eight assists.
The Owls scored the game’s first five points. UConn took a 10-9 lead 3 ½ minutes into the game on a Walker free throw and never trailed again. A 3-pointer from Samuelson just before the halftime buzzer sent the Huskies into intermission up 58-40.
UConn dominated underneath, outscoring Temple 38-14 in the paint and 23-10 on the fast break.
BIG PICTURE
Temple: The Owls have lost 13 straight games to UConn after winning the first two meetings between the two schools back in 1981 and 1982.
UConn: The Huskies extended their conference winning streak to 111 games, including 96 in the regular season. They have not lost a regular-season or AAC tournament game since the league was formed in 2013.
UP NEXT
Temple: The Owls have more than a week off before their next game, which is at home against Cincinnati on Feb. 17.
UConn: The Huskies play their last nonconference game of the season on Monday, when they host the Gamecocks in Hartford.