NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Isaiah Moss scored 20 points to help No. 6 Kansas beat Oklahoma 66-52. It was Moss' first start for the Jayhawks. The graduate transfer had started every game he played the previous two years at Iowa. He stepped in for injured leading scorer Devon Dotson. Udoka Azubuike had 16 points and 14 rebounds and Marcus Garrett added 15 points for the Jayhawks. Kansas bounced back from a loss to Baylor last Saturday. Kristian Doolittle had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma. The Sooners shot 31% from the field.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kyler Edwards scored a career-high 24 points, Davide Moretti had 14 and No. 23 Texas Tech used a late push to beat Kansas State 77-63. The Red Raiders led by 15 at one point, but the Wildcats rallied and led 46-45 with 13 minutes remaining. Kevin McCuller scored nine of his 10 points in the final 11:30 to help steady Texas Tech. Jahmi’us Ramsey also had 10 points. Cartier Diarra scored 19 points, Xavier Sneed had 14 and Montavious Murphy added 11 for Kansas State. This is only the second time Texas Tech has won at Kansas State since 2007.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Derek Culver scored 17 points, West Virginia’s bench provided a huge lift on the offensive end and the 12th-ranked Mountaineers stomped TCU 81-49. The Mountaineers are unbeaten in eight home games and have held 10 opponents this season to 60 points or less, including five straight. TCU remains winless in Morgantown since joining the Big 12 in the 2012-13 season. The Horned Frogs missed a chance to take over sole possession of first place in the league and had their four-game winning streak snapped. RJ Nembhard led TCU with 14 points and Desmond Bane scored 13.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Miami Marlins have traded outfielder Austin Dean to the St. Louis Cardinals for 18-year-old minor league outfielder Diowill Burgos. Dean was designated for assignment by the Marlins last week. He batted .225 for them in 64 games last year and hit .337 with 18 home runs for Triple-A New Orleans. He'll be added to the Cardinals' 40-man roster. Burgos signed with the Cardinals as an international free agent in September 2017. He batted .316 with 11 home runs and 50 RBIs in 58 games last season in the Dominican Summer League and Gulf Coast League.
National Headlines
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have fired manager Alex Cora amid Major League Baseball’s investigation into sign stealing. The Red Sox are under investigation for stealing signs in Cora's first season as manager in 2018, when Boston won the World Series. Cora also was the bench coach for the 2017 Houston Astros team that was found to have stolen signs on its way to a World Series title.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Aamir Simms poured in a career-high 25 points in Clemson’s 79-72 upset of No. 3 Duke. It was the highest-profile upset for the Tigers since beating No. 1 North Carolina on their home court in February 2001. The Blue Devils led 62-59 with 6:40 remaining before Clemson took control with a 14-3 run, including eight points from Simms. Vernon Carey Jr. scored 20 points as the Blue Devils dropped to 15-2 with their first loss since a stunning home defeat to Stephen F. Austin in November.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in 37 points in just 22 minutes before resting the entire fourth quarter of the Milwaukee Bucks’ 128-102 rout of the New York Knicks. Khris Middleton finished with 17 points and the Bucks led by as many as 35 before improving to a league-best 36-6. Milwaukee outscored New York 36-17 in the period to grab a 65-40 halftime lead.
UNDATED (AP) — LSU's championship game victory against Clemson drew nearly 26 million viewers to ESPN, up slightly from last year's final. ESPN osays viewership for the three-game College Football Playoff was up 4% from last season, when Clemson beat Alabama in the title game. The network's championship game megacast, which includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews, drew 25.6 million viewers. Last year's megacast had 25.3 million viewers.
Tuesday Scores
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final Clemson 79 (3)Duke 72
Final (6)Kansas 66 Oklahoma 52
Final (7)San Diego St. 64 Fresno St. 55
Final OT (11)Louisville 73 Pittsburgh 68
Final (12)West Virginia 81 TCU 49
Final (13)Dayton 79 VCU 65
Final OT (14)Villanova 79 DePaul 75
Final Wisconsin 56 (17)Maryland 54
Final (21)Ohio St. 80 Nebraska 68
Final (23)Texas Tech 77 Kansas St. 63
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Atlanta 123 Phoenix 110
Final Utah 118 Brooklyn 107
Final Memphis 121 Houston 110
Final Milwaukee 128 New York 102
Final L.A. Clippers 128 Cleveland 103
Final Dallas 124 Golden State 97