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Arizona State spreads scoring, pulls away from Oklahoma State
Feb 7, 2026; Tucson, Arizona, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys center Benjamin Ahmed (23) and Arizona Wildcats forward Sidi Gueye (15) both reach to catch the ball during the second half of the game at McKale Memorial Center. Mandatory Credit: Aryanna Frank-Imagn Images Santiago Trouet scored a season-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Arizona State posted an 85-76 victory over Oklahoma State on Tuesday in Tempe, Ariz.
The Sun Devils (13-12, 4-8 Big 12) had six players finish with double-figure scoring, led by Massamba Diop with 17 points.
Maurice Odum had 13 points and seven rebounds, Noah Meeusen finished with 12 points, Andrija Grbovic had 11 points and Anthony Johnson scored 10. Trouet logged his fourth double-double of the season for Arizona State, which had lost three of its previous four games.
Oklahoma State (16-8, 4-7) was swept in its trip to No. 1 Arizona and Arizona State, affecting its status as an NCAA tournament bubble team.
Parsa Fallah and Anthony Roy each scored 16 points to lead the Cowboys. Kanye Clary finished with 11, and Vyctorious Miller had 10.
The Cowboys tied the game twice in the second half, the last time with 14:39 remaining, but could not take the lead.
Arizona State went up 60-52 lead with 10:37 left on a three-point play by Diop.
The Cowboys cut the gap to 60-57, drawing the third foul by Odum and fourth on Diop in that stretch.
Odum was whistled for his fourth foul with 6:32 left, and Jaylen Curry made both free throws to slice the Sun Devils’ lead to 66-63.
Oklahoma State also encountered foul problems with Fallah, Roy and Miller playing with four in the second half.
After a 3-pointer by Clary got the Cowboys within 69-68 with 4:37 left, Arizona State scored the next nine points to pull away. Meeusen capped the surge by making a layup and two free throws.
Arizona State outscored Oklahoma State 17-6 to build a 29-16 lead with 8:08 left in the first half.
Grbovic scored the last seven points in that run by hitting two 3-pointers, one of which resulted in a four-point play when he was fouled taking the shot.
Oklahoma State answered with a 16-3 run to tie the game at 32 with 2:34 left in the half.
The Cowboys failed to make a field goal in the last 3 1/2 minutes, missing their final three shots of the half. They trailed 39-34 at halftime.
Oklahoma State had 10 turnovers that led to 16 points for the Sun Devils at that point. The Cowboys finished with 17 turnovers, resulting in 26 points for Arizona State.
–Field Level Media
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Texas A&M out to regain swagger vs. surging Missouri
Jan 21, 2026; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies guard Pop Isaacs (2) defends during the first half against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Reed Arena. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images Texas A&M will try to avoid its first three-game losing streak of the season when it hosts improving Missouri on Wednesday in a Southeastern Conference game in College Station, Texas.
The Aggies (17-6, 7-3 SEC) most recently suffered an 86-67 loss at home to then-No. 17 Florida on Saturday. That was the first time in league play that Texas A&M lost by more than five points and the first time since November that it has lost back-to-back games.
Texas A&M’s shooting was the culprit in Saturday’s loss. The Aggies entered the contest averaging 92.0 points per game but shot just 30.6% from the floor and scored less than 70 points for only the second time all year. A&M made just one of its first 27 shots, including a stretch of 23 straight misses.
“We can learn more from this game than a lot of games,” Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan said. “Just understand we’ve got to stay the course and not get too antsy. Our destiny is right in front of us.”
Pop Isaacs and Marcus Hill led the Aggies in scoring with 17 points apiece in defeat.
“I believe in this team,” Issacs said. “We did a good job staying together earlier in the year when we went through that adversity. I have no doubt this team will stick together, do this and find our swagger back.”
Missouri (16-7, 6-4 SEC) heads to Texas after a 78-59 romp at South Carolina on Saturday that produced the Tigers’ first two-game winning streak since the first week in January and snapped a three-game road losing skid.
Jayden Stone scored 22 points, Mark Mitchell added 20 points and 11 rebounds and T.O. Barrett hit for 14 points in the win, which improved Missouri’s chances of advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four years.
A win over the Aggies on the road would aid those chances even more.
“To be able to go on the road and never have a deficit in a game is tremendous,” Missouri coach Dennis Gates said after Saturday’s win. “Hats off to our team.
“We played a collective game from the beginning to the end,” Gates added. “Defensively, to be able to hold a team on their home court to 30% in the first half, 30% in the second and for the game 30%, that’s a remarkable accomplishment.”
The Tigers have five more Quadrant 1 games remaining on their schedule, including Wednesday’s clash in Aggieland. Three of those Quad 1 opportunities will be at home against Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Arkansas.
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DePaul tries to end 23-game skid vs. Creighton
Feb 3, 2026; Chicago, Illinois, USA; DePaul Blue Demons head coach Chris Holtmann directs his team against the St. John’s Red Storm during the first half at Wintrust Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images If DePaul is going to end its longest losing streak of the season, it must beat Creighton for the first time in more than a decade.
Losers of four in a row, the host Blue Demons try to avoid a 24th consecutive defeat to the Bluejays on Wednesday night in Big East action at Chicago.
League play hasn’t been easy for DePaul (12-12, 4-9 Big East), which last defeated Seton Hall at home on Jan. 24. The Blue Demons have averaged only 63.8 points and shot 42.3% in the past four games, and they were outscored by a total of 30 points in their last two.
Providence shot 58.9% overall and went 9 of 21 from 3-point range during Saturday’s 90-72 home win over DePaul.
“You’ve got to learn from every experience,” DePaul coach Chris Holtmann told WGN Radio 720.
DePaul’s CJ Gunn averages a team-leading 14.0 points, but has failed to score at least 10 in three of the last four contests. He posted nine in each of the last two on a combined 8-of-28 shooting.
Gunn averaged 13.0 points while the Blue Demons lost all three 2024-25 meetings with Creighton, which has won 28 of the last 29 matchups in this series. DePaul’s most recent victory over the Bluejays came 70-60 at Omaha on Jan. 7, 2015.
Creighton (13-11, 7-6) should feel more confident after ending its own three-game losing streak with Saturday’s 69-68 home win over Seton Hall. Nik Graves scored just seven points, but the final three came from his shot with 2.5 seconds left in regulation, securing the win.
“I think it can be a change in momentum for us,” Graves said of the last-second victory. “Just coming together, being able to win in that fashion. Coming back, fighting hard, playing together. I think we can build off of that.”
The Bluejays will now try to break a four-game losing streak on the road, where they have won 12 straight against DePaul dating back to a 72-57 loss on Nov. 30, 2005.
Creighton’s Josh Dix averages a team-leading 11.8 points, and scored 16 on Saturday, just days after his mother passed away. He had totaled 13 points in the three games prior.
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Dreadful season for Kansas State continues with visit from Cincinnati
Feb 1, 2026; Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Kansas State Wildcats head coach Jerome Tang looks on during the second half against the Iowa State Cyclones at Bramlage Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-Imagn Images With less than a month left in the Big 12 regular season, two struggling teams will meet up Wednesday night when Kansas State hosts Cincinnati in Manhattan, Kan.
The Wildcats (10-13, 1-9 Big 12) will take to their home court having dropped four straight contests and nine of 10.
Coach Jerome Tang’s squad opened Tuesday in a last-place tie with Utah, which hosted No. 3 Houston that night.
Kansas State was fighting a flu bug spreading through the team during a blowout home loss to No. 8 Iowa State, but the team showed promise at TCU, losing in Texas 84-82 despite a gritty performance by top scorer P.J. Haggerty.
Haggerty returned to his home state and scored 30 points on 14-of-24 shooting, including 2 of 5 from three-point range.
“We have to bring this kind of focus and energy to Bramlage (Coliseum),” Tang said, looking ahead to the Cincinnati matchup. “Our fans deserve that right now. … Our fans deserve this kind of focus and energy.”
Haggerty averages 23.3 points per game and has paced the team in scoring in the past dozen games. He also leads in rebounding at 5.2. David Castillo adds 11.7 points, while Nate Johnson scores 11.3.
The Bearcats (12-12, 4-7) have dropped four of the past six games but are coming off their best win in conference play, a 92-72 thrashing of rival UCF at home in Ohio.
Opening the game as the worst shooting team in the Big 12 at 47.1%, Cincinnati turned in a season-best 58.9% (33 of 56) performance and waylaid the Knights in a long-shot bid to make the NCAA Tournament field.
Listed as probable for Wednesday, Estonian guard Kerr Kriisa (5.8 points, 3.0 assists) missed four consecutive games with a shoulder separation in January. He returned for five games but didn’t play against UCF.
Coach Wes Miller has given backcourt mate Keyshuan Tillery more playing time. Tillery logged 17 minutes against the Knights.
“Keyshuan’s minutes in the first half were significant,” Miller said of Tillery, who averages three points while playing 10 minutes per game. “He’s going to be an elite college guard. Elite. I see (him) in a Final Four one day because he’s got leadership characteristics. He’s got the competitive edge and all the ability.”
Baba Miller leads the Bearcats with 13.6 points and 10.5 rebounds.
–Field Level Media
Texas A&M out to regain swagger vs. surging Missouri
DePaul tries to end 23-game skid vs. Creighton
