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Fletcher Loyer lifts No. 12 Purdue over Oregon
Feb 7, 2026; West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Purdue Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter talks with guard Fletcher Loyer (2) during the first half against the Oregon Ducks at Mackey Arena. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images Fletcher Loyer scored 18 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 51 seconds left, as No. 12 Purdue edged visiting Oregon 68-64 on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.
Trey Kaufman-Renn contributed 12 points and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten) in a game that saw the teams combine for 27 turnovers while shooting a collected 10-for-43 from long range. Braden Smith added 13 points.
Oregon center Nate Bittle shined in his return to the lineup to help keep the skidding Ducks afloat. Out for the past five games with an ankle injury, Bittle led all scorers with 23 points.
Takai Simpkins followed with 14 points but the Ducks (8-15, 1-11) struggled to build scoring depth behind the duo. Oregon lost its ninth straight game.
Bittle swished two free throws to give Oregon a 57-56 lead with 5:33 left to set up a tight finish. Kwame Evans Jr. grabbed seven rebounds for the Ducks, who went without a field goal over the last 4:38.
The Boilermakers missed their first five shots coming out of the break and shot just 35% from the floor in the second half.
Loyer went 3-for-4 from the line over the final 19 seconds to seal the result.
Purdue capitalized on an early edge in turnovers and points in the paint to seemingly seize control down the stretch of the first half.
Oscar Cluff hit a hook shot with 7:06 left before the break to give the Boilermakers a 27-18 advantage, but the Ducks regrouped to hold Purdue to just three more field goals ahead of halftime, including zero over the last 2:05.
While the Boilermakers took a 36-34 lead into the locker room, the Ducks had momentum behind a 6-0 run to end the half.
Bittle led all scorers with 14 first-half points. Smith followed with 11.
Kaufman-Renn and Smith both dished four assists. Smith reached the 200-assist mark for the season.
The Boilermakers have claimed both meetings since the Ducks joined the Big Ten for the 2024-25 season.
–Field Level Media
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JT Toppin, No. 13 Texas Tech scoot past West Virginia
Feb 8, 2026; Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders forward Luke Bamgboye (9) shoots during the first half against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Hope Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-Imagn Images JT Toppin scored 22 points and hauled in nine rebounds to lead No. 13 Texas Tech to a 70-63 win over West Virginia in Big 12 Conference play on Sunday in Morgantown, W.Va.
Donovan Atwell scored 15 points, Christian Anderson returned from a one-game absence due to illness and scored 13 points and handed out 11 assists for the Red Raiders (17-6, 7-3 Big 12). Jaylen Petty added 11 points as Texas Tech snapped a two-game losing streak.
Brenen Lorient led West Virginia (15-9, 6-5) with 21 points. Jasper Floyd and Chance Moore each contributed 10 points for the Mountaineers.
Texas Tech made 47.9% of its field goal attempts and 54.2% of its threes (13 of 24). Conversely, West Virginia shot 43.6% from the field and just 9.1% from long range (2 of 22). The poor marksmanship from behind the arc offset the Mountaineers effectiveness around the rim.
West Virginia held a 38-20 advantage on points scored in the paint.
A Toppin three extended the Texas Tech lead to double digits, 30-19, with 5:49 left in the half. Moments later, Petty canned a wide-open three and the Red Raiders led 35-23. Toppin’s hook shot gave the Red Raiders a 39-27 halftime lead.
While the Mountaineers shot 40.7% (11 of 27) in the first half, they connected on just 14.3% of their shots from beyond the arc (2 of 14). Texas Tech lit it up and shot 60.9% (14 of 23) from the field and 72.7% (8 of 11) from three.
After a listless first half where the Texas Tech defense held Mountaineers leading scorer Honor Huff scoreless, West Virginia came out of the locker room fired up.
An 8-0 run featured four close-range buckets as the Mountaineers pulled within 39-35 on a reverse layup from Harlan Obioha.
Consecutive treys from Atwell and Toppin snapped the West Virginia rally and highlighted a 10-0 scoring spree as the Red Raiders’ led 50-37.
A late 13-5 West Virginia rally featured nine points from Lorient and pulled the Mountaineers within 68-63 with seven seconds to play. LeJaun Watts nailed two free throws in the closing seconds for the final margin.
Huff finished with six points – all on free throws – and missed all eight of his field-goal attempts.
–Field Level Media
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Super Bowl LX ticket prices plunge hours before game
Feb 4, 2026; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Super Bowl LX signage on the Levi’s Stadium facade. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Ticket prices for Super Bowl LX continued to plunge hours before the start of Sunday’s game at Levi’s Stadium.
The “get-in” price for two tickets was $3,361 across several major ticketing sites as of 3 p.m. ET, according to ticket tracking service TicketData. That represented a 22% drop over the past three days — and a 50% drop since the get-in price climbed to $6,620 the day after the matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots was finalized.
The average get-in price on Thursday was $4,226. Despite throngs of fans flying in on Friday and Saturday, ticket prices continued to decline leading up to the game.
SUPER BOWL LX TICKET PRICES*
TICKET SITE: FEB. 8, FEB. 5 PRICE, JAN. 26 PRICE
SeatGeak: $3,685, $4,414, $6,776
StubHub: $3,679, $4,626, $6,689
Vivid Seats: $3,296, $4,132, $6,630
Ticketmaster: $3,510, $4,356, $6,896
*Cheapest price for two tickets together
Sunday marks the Seahawks’ first Super Bowl appearance since their XLIX loss to the Patriots 11 years ago in Glendale, Ariz. New England has appeared in three Super Bowls since then, but this is the first in the post-Tom Brady era and punctuates the Patriots’ first year under coach Mike Vrabel.
Super Bowl LX will also be the first title game held at Levi’s Stadium since Super Bowl 50 in 2016.
The record prices for Super Bowl LVIII two years ago in Las Vegas, where get-in prices topped $7,000 shortly after the matchup between the 49ers and Chiefs was finalized, aren’t in jeopardy. The average get-in price ultimately rose to a record of nearly $8,900 before dipping to just over $7,000 on game day.
Last year’s Super Bowl prices eventually dropped to an average of $2,109 on game day, due in large part to New Orleans’ limited hotel capacity along with what was dubbed “Chiefs fatigue” leading into the game dominated by Philadelphia against Kansas City.
Seattle remains a consensus 4.5-point favorite to beat New England in Super Bowl LX. The lines have been consistent among major sportsbooks at 4.5 points for the past week.
–Derek Harper, Field Level Media
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Balanced Cincinnati tramples UCF by 20
Feb 8, 2026; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats center Moustapha Thiam (52) battles for the loose ball against UCF Knights center John Bol (7) in the first half at Fifth Third Arena. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Baba Miller scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead all five starters in double figures as Cincinnati controlled visiting UCF by a 92-72 count in Big 12 play on Sunday.
Moustapha Thiam posted 15 points and seven rebounds as he returned to action against his previous school after missing the last two games with an ankle injury.
Jizzle James scored 15 points and Jalen Celestine added 14 for Cincinnati (12-12, 4-7), which pulled away with a 14-2 second-half run and reached the 90-point mark for the first time in Big 12 play since a Feb. 5, 2025, win at UCF.
Chris Johnson and Jordan Burks each scored 16 points to lead the Knights (17-6, 6-5), who lost their second straight game by 20-plus points to scuff their NCAA Tournament resume after a three-game win streak.
Themus Fulks, UCF’s leading playmaker and second-leading scorer, was held scoreless and had just two assists in 19 minutes. He played just four minutes in the second half.
As they did against West Virginia on Thursday, the Bearcats were able to assume control in the opening 20 minutes.
Cincinnati took a 21-13 lead before UCF’s Jamichael Stillwell (14 points) knocked down a jumper with 5:30 left to cap a 6-0 run and forge a 26-26 tie. But Cincinnati caught fire and closed the half on a 14-2 run, highlighted by a pair of Celestine 3-pointers to end the half.
The Bearcats opened the second half by scoring the first nine points to take a 49-30 lead, capping a 23-2 run that seemingly gave Cincinnati control of the game with 18:13 to play.
UCF coach Johnny Dawkins removed Fulks shortly thereafter and he did not return until there was less than eight minutes left.
Meanwhile, UCF unleashed an 11-0 run that featured three straight 3-pointers — one by Chris Johnson and two by George Beale Jr. — to draw within 62-56 with 9:33 left.
Thiam hit a baseline jumper to end the UCF rally and James added a deep three from the left wing to spark a 9-0 spurt and restore Cincinnati’s lead to double figures at 71-56.
After a Stillwell jumper, Cincinnati scored seven straight points to push the lead back to 78-58 with six minutes remaining.
–Field Level Media
JT Toppin, No. 13 Texas Tech scoot past West Virginia
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