CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — RJ Barrett pumped in 26 points and fellow freshman Zion Williamson added 18 as second-ranked Duke toppled the No. 3 Cavaliers, 81-71. Duke nailed 13 of its 21 3-point attempts, with Barrett hitting 6 of 10 in the Blue Devils' seventh consecutive victory. Barrett hit his first five tries from 3-point range, the fifth giving Duke a 29-15 lead after less than 12 minutes of play.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Top-ranked Tennessee ran its team-record winning streak to 18 games by getting 16 points from Grant Williams in a 73-61 victory over Florida. Admiral Schofield scored 14 points, Jordan Bowden had 13 and Jordan Bone added 10 with a team-high five assists as the Volunteers moved to 22-1. Tennessee held Florida to a total of three points for a stretch of over nine minutes, enabling the Vols to turn an 8-5 deficit into a 22-11 advantage.
UNDATED (AP) — Brandon Clarke scored 24 points and blocked three shots as No. 4 Gonzaga ripped Saint Mary's, 94-46 for its 14th consecutive victory. Fifth-ranked Kentucky won its 10th in a row as PJ Washington scored 23 points and Keldon Johnson added 13 in a 71-67 victory at Mississippi State. — No. 6 Nevada avenged its only loss of the season in a dominating 91-62 win over New Mexico.
HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden reached the 30-point mark for the 29th straight game, but his 42 points came in Houston's 117-112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Russell Westbrook matched a league record with his ninth straight triple-double, furnishing 21 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds. Paul George topped Harden's 42-point effort by dropping in 45 to help the Thunder overcome a 26-point deficit and win for the 10th time in 11 games.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Third-period goals by Tyler Johnson and J.T Miller gave the Tampa Bay Lightning a 5-3 lead in a 5-4 win over the Penguins. After Johnson got his first goal in 15 games just under five minutes into the period, Miller gave Tampa Bay a 5-3 lead with 5:57 remaining. Yanni Gourde (gohrd), Erik Cernak and Anthony Cirelli (sih-REH'-lee) also scored to help the NHL-leading Lightning avoid their first three-game losing streak of the season.
