Deadspin | High 25 roundup: No. 9 Kansas ends No. 1 Arizona’s excellent run – Imperial Wire

Flory Bidunga scored 23 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 9 Kansas handed top-ranked Arizona its first lack of the season, 82-78 on Monday at Lawrence, Kan.

The Wildcats (23-1, 10-1 Massive 12) achieved one of the best begin in Massive 12 historical past at 23-0 total earlier than the defeat. Kansas (19-5, 9-2) beat the No. 1 group at Allen Fieldhouse for the primary time ever after shedding 5 such video games, together with to Arizona the final time in 2003.

The Jayhawks gained their eighth straight recreation total regardless of taking part in with out freshman star Darryn Peterson, who had flu-like signs. It was the eleventh recreation Kansas performed with out Peterson, who has handled an ankle sprain, hamstring pressure and power cramping.

Arizona led by 11 with 17:02 to go earlier than Kansas rallied, scoring seven straight factors in little greater than a minute, then conserving the rating inside six till a Bidunga subject objective gave the Jayhawks the lead with 9:32 to go. Kansas by no means trailed once more. Miami (Ohio) is the nation’s lone remaining unbeaten at 24-0.

No. 17 St. John’s 87, Xavier 82 (OT)

Zuby Ejiofor scored six factors in time beyond regulation for the Crimson Storm, who fended off an upset bid by the Musketeers to win in New York, giving coach Rick Pitino one other milestone win in opposition to his son Richard.

The win was the 904th on-court victory for the elder Pitino, who snapped a tie with Roy Williams for third-place all-time. On Jan. 24, the Crimson Storm beat the Musketeers for Rick Pitino’s 900th win. The NCAA acknowledges Rick Pitino with 781 wins after he was stripped of 123 victories on account of violations at Louisville.

Ejiofor completed with 25 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists for St. John’s (19-5, 12-1 Massive East), which has gained 10 straight — the third 10-game successful streak within the final two seasons below Rick Pitino. Tre Carroll had 21 factors and eight rebounds however missed a possible game-winning shot on the regulation buzzer for Xavier (12-12, 4-9).

No. 24 Louisville 118, North Carolina State 77

Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. tied the Louisville single-game scoring mark with 45 factors and matched one other single-game document with 10 3-pointers to guide the Cardinals previous the visiting Wolfpack.

Brown matched Wes Unseld’s single-game faculty document set in opposition to Georgetown (Ky.) Faculty on Dec. 1, 1967. Brown’s level complete set the Atlantic Coast Convention freshman document, and his 10 3-pointers tied the varsity document established by Reyne Smith final season in opposition to SMU.

Ryan Conwell added 31 factors, seven rebounds and 6 assists for the Cardinals (18-6, 8-4 ACC), who’ve gained 4 in a row. North Carolina State (18-7, 9-3) obtained 20 factors from Ven-Allen Lubin however had a six-game successful streak finish.

–Discipline Degree Media