KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Kevin McCullar Jr. added 20 points, and second-ranked Kansas routed Wichita State 86-67 in the first matchup between the in-state rivals in nearly nine years. Elmarko Jackson added a career-best 12 points for the Jayhawks, who have won 25 straight games in December. They will take an eight-game winning streak into Big 12 play when they take on TCU next Saturday. Dalen Ridgnal scored 13 points for the Shockers, who also lost to Kansas State at T-Mobile Center last week.
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Trevin Knell and Noah Waterman scored 17 points apiece to lead No. 14 BYU to its fourth straight win, a 94-68 victory over Wyoming. Waterman added eight rebounds for the Cougars and Atiki Ally Atiki chipped in a career-high 14 points and eight rebounds. Jaxson Robinson tallied 10 points in his return to action after sitting out a game with an ankle injury. The Cougars scored 16 points off turnovers and knocked down 14 3-pointers. Sam Griffin led Wyoming with 25 points. The Cowboys lost their 14th straight game in the series with BYU.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Roddy Gayle Jr. scored a career-high 32 points, Jamison Battle added 17 points and nine rebounds and Ohio State held on to beat West Virginia 78-75 in overtime at the Legends of Basketball Showcase. Gayle made 11 of 21 from the field, 7 of 10 from the free-throw line and finished with seven rebounds and six assists. Bruce Thornton scored six of his 11 points after regulation for Ohio State. Thornton scored all the Buckeyes’ points in a 6-2 spurt that gave them a six-point lead with two minutes remaining and Ohio State led the rest of the way. RaeQuan Battle, who picked up two early fouls and played just seven first-half minutes, led West Virginia with 24 points, 10 rebounds and three steals.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — CeeDee Lamb had a 92-yard touchdown catch, and Dallas denied the Detroit Lions in a crazy sequence of 2-point conversion attempts in the final seconds of the Cowboys' 20-19 victory. The win extended Dallas' home winning streak to 16 games. It's the longest run since 1979-81. Jared Goff pulled the NFC North champion Lions within a point with a touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown with 23 seconds remaining. The first 2-point try was a successful pass to offensive lineman Taylor Decker, but he officials ruled him to be an ineligible receiver. Dallas stopped the second attempt but was offsides before Goff threw incomplete on the final try.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Detroit Lions have been left feeling as a victory was taken away when a potential winning 2-point conversion was negated by officials. The ruling was offensive lineman Taylor Decker wasn't eligible when he caught the 2-point pass from Jared Goff against the Dallas Cowboys. The Lions ended up running three 2-point tries. The last one was an incomplete pass as the Cowboys hung on for a 20-19 victory. Both teams are headed to the playoffs.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jimmy Johnson is headed into the Dallas Cowboys' ring of honor almost 30 years after the former coach's acrimonious split with owner Jerry Jones. Both are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Neither seems concerned about why it took Jones so long to put Johnson in the exclusive group of one of the NFL's storied franchises. Their breakup happened just after Dallas had the second of consecutive Super Bowls in the 1992-93 seasons. It left many wondering what might have happened the rest of the decade. Johnson was inducted during a halftime ceremony of Dallas' regular-season home finale against Detroit.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Carson Beck passed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, backup QB Gunnar Stockton passed for two more scores and No. 6 Georgia routed previously undefeated and fourth-ranked Florida State 63-3 in the Orange Bowl in a matchup of teams missing out on the College Football Playoff. Georgia scored on nine of 12 drives and gained 673 yards against the short-handed Seminoles, who were without more than two dozen players because of opt-outs and transfers. The Orange Bowl provided Georgia, which had won the last two national titles, a chance to make a statement. The Bulldogs charged out to a 39-point halftime lead, the largest in the bowl’s 90-year history, beating West Virginia’s 29-point halftime lead over Clemson in 2012. It was also the largest margin of defeat in Florida State’s history.
ATLANTA (AP) — Jaxson Dart passed for 379 yards and three touchdowns, including two to tight end Caden Prieskorn, and ran for a score as No. 11 Mississippi bullied No. 10 Penn State’s proud defense 38-25 in the Peach Bowl. Ole Miss gained 541 yards against Penn State. The total more than doubled the Nittany Lions' average of 223 yards allowed, which led the nation. It was the most yards and points allowed by the Nittany Lions this season. The win gave Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s Rebels their first 11-win season. Prieskorn had 10 receptions for 136 yards. He added a 2-point conversion catch.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Arch Manning says he envisions remaining at Texas even if current starting quarterback Quinn Ewers returns next season. Texas is getting ready to play Washington in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Sugar Bowl, where Manning met with media for the first time this season. Manning says he hasn't looked into transferring and wants to continue developing under Texas coach Steve Sarkisian. Arch says he's following the advice of Super Bowl-winning uncles Peyton and Eli Manning and preparing like a starter in case his team needs him. He also says it's special being back in his native New Orleans and preparing for a big game in the Superdome where grandfather Archie starred for the Saints.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No. 2 Washington and No. 3 Texas meet in a College Football Playoff matchup at the Sugar Bowl of offenses known for aggressive and creative play calling. Determining who calls plays and how is far from an exact science. For the Huskies, head coach Kalen DeBoer entrusts offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb with the play calling. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian calls plays for the Longhorns, with support from OC Kyle Flood. What works for one program might not for another, but it’s never completely a one-man job.
DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 30 points and 12 assists as the Detroit Pistons ended their NBA record-tying losing streak at 28 games with a 129-127 win over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night. The Pistons, who hadn’t won since Oct. 28, matched the Philadelphia 76ers’ record of 28, split over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. They finished one shy of the record for the four major American and Canadian leagues, set by the Chicago Cardinals during World War II. Jalen Duren had 18 points and 17 rebounds for Detroit (3-29) while Kevin Knox II scored 17 points.
SATURDAY SCORES
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Dallas 20 Detroit 19
TOP-25 COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Final (6)Georgia 63 (4)Florida St. 3
Final (11)Mississippi 38 (10)Penn St. 25
Final Maryland 31, Auburn 13
Final Wyoming 16, Toledo 15
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (2)Kansas 86 Wichita St. 67
Final (3)Houston 81 Penn 42
Final Florida Gulf Coast 72 (7)FAU 68
Final (10)Marquette 72 (22)Creighton 67
Final (14)BYU 94 Wyoming 68
Final (16)Duke 106 Queens (NC) 69
Final (19)Memphis 81 Austin Peay 70
Final (20)James Madison 82 Texas St. 65
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Utah 117 Miami 109
Final Detroit 129 Toronto 127
Final Indiana 140 New York 126
Final Chicago 105 Philadelphia 92
Final Minnesota 108 L.A. Lakers 106
Final Dallas 132 Golden State 122
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Winnipeg 4 Minnesota 2
Final OT Buffalo 3 Columbus 2
Final Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 2
Final Boston 5 New Jersey 2
Final Florida 4 Montreal 1
Final N-Y Rangers 5 Tampa Bay 1
Final Carolina 3 Toronto 2
Final SO Nashville 3 Washington 2
Final SO Edmonton 3 Los Angeles 2