Xavier Edmonds made two free throws with six seconds left to lift TCU to an 84-82 Big 12 win over Kansas State Saturday in Fort Worth, Tex.

Edmonds finished with 26 points for the Horned Frogs (14-9, 4-6 Big 12), including 10 in the final 4:06. He was 9-of-10 from the field and added 10 rebounds.

The Wildcats (10-13, 1-9) who lost their third fourth straight game, led by as many as 18 in the first half and 10 in the second half.

P.J. Haggerty, the fourth-leading scorer in the country, led the Wildcats with 30 points, including 18 in the second half.

After Edmonds’ free throws gave the Horned Frogs their first lead of the game, Haggerty lost the ball out of bounds with four seconds left.

Seldom-used Marcus Johnson, who had just five points heading into the game, scored 15 points as he hit five 3-pointers, including four in the first half.

Edmonds hit two free throws with 1:10 left and dunked with 35 ticks left to cut the lead to 82-81.

Nate Johnson then dribbled the ball off his knee for a turnover at mid-court to set up Edmonds winning free throws after being fouled underneath.

The Wildcats came out firing and built a 26-9 lead with 10:59 to go in the first half.

Kansas State hit six of its first seven shots, including 3-of-4 from the 3-point line.

Just when the Wildcats thought they would finally be able to cruise to a win, the Horned Frogs started burning the nets with an 18-4 run to trail 46-42 at halftime.

Micah Robinson led the comeback with two 3-pointers, a layup, and two free throws.

Jayden Pierre hit a pair of free throws with 42-26 to start the run.

Robinson followed with a 3-pointer and Edmonds scored a layup to cut it to 42-31 with 3:19 left.

Taj Manning stopped the 7-0 run with a dunk with 2:30 left, but that would be the last basket for the Wildcats in the first half.

Edmonds started a new run with a layup and free throw.

Robinson followed with two free throws and Tanner Toolson nailed a 3-pointer off an inbound play to make it 44-39 with 43 left.

Brock Harding’s 3-pointer with four seconds left cut the lead to four at the break.

–Field Level Media

Kansas big man Flory Bidunga had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks, and the No. 11 Jayhawks recorded their seventh straight win by upending Utah 71-59 on Saturday afternoon in Lawrence, Kan.

Bidunga made 7 of 8 field goals and 3 of 4 from the line, while Trey White notched 16 points and six boards for the Jayhawks (18-5, 8-2 Big 12).

Darryn Peterson scored 14 points, and Melvin Council Jr. had 11 points, six assists and five rebounds as Kansas was 28 of 56 (50%) from the field.

With the victory, the Jayhawks remained in a tie for third place in the conference with No. 7 Iowa State, a 72-69 winner over Baylor.

In losing it fifth consecutive contest, Utah (9-14, 1-9) received a strong performance from Keanu Dawes, who posted a double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds.

Terrence Brown had 16 points and four steals, and Don McHenry scored 12 with five boards as the visitors hit 40% (22 of 55) from the floor.

During the first four minutes, Dawes sank a pair of three-pointers and scored eight points as Utah led 12-8 on 5 of 7 shooting from the floor, while the home side missed 4 of 7 tries.

Kansas went back ahead for the second time on a 10-2 run highlighted by an alley-oop dunk tossed up by Council and slammed down by Bidunga at 13:05. The Utes aided the run by missing eight consecutive shots.

After being fouled on a long ball, McHenry canned all three free throws to make it 28-23 at 5:37, and Seydou Traore made three of four freebies to bring the deficit to 30-28.

Despite committing seven turnovers and seeing Utah coming up with six steals, Kansas used an 8-3 run to lead 38-31 at the break behind Council’s nine points and four assists.

Utah opened the second half on a 5-0 run to put it at 38-36 and force a timeout by Kansas coach Bill Self, and an alley-oop slam by White and Council’s floating jumper at 10:17 gave the home side its first double-digit lead at 54-44.

Peterson’s steal and breakaway slam for a three-point play at 8:26 lifted it to 59-44, a margin Utah could never reduce to single digits.

–Field Level Media

MILAN, Italy — After quitting figure skating shortly after making her Olympic debut at the 2022 Beijing Games as a 16-year-old, Alysa Liu has returned to winter sports’ biggest stage with a message to deliver.

“I know who I am as a person now. I have ideas and concepts that I want to share with the world,” Liu said at the Milan Cortina Games after finishing second in the women’s singles short program portion of the team event on Friday.

“I hope that I’m able to inspire you to do what you want to do, be who you want to be, and go for it. Like, don’t let anybody stop you, and it’s good to be different,” she said sporting a blonde fringe on her dark hair.

Liu began bleaching a band of her hair in 2023, adding a stripe in each of the following two years, creating a two-tone look that some U.S. media have described as resembling a raccoon tail.

The reigning women’s world champion said the stripes are inspired by the rings of a tree, symbolising personal growth.

The California-born skater announced she was retiring in April 2022, saying she wanted to move on with her life after achieving her goals in skating.

At the time, Liu had twice won the U.S. Championships, finished sixth overall in Beijing and won bronze at the world championships weeks before the announcement.

Liu said the current Olympic experience was completely different.

“To be on the big stage and in front of so many people you have to be an adult. It’s so hard on a kid,” she said.

“Last time I was kind of like, let’s get this over with. But now I want to be here and I don’t want this to end. I will be sad when the Olympics are over.”

Following the controversy surrounding 15-year-old Russian Kamila Valieva, whose failed drugs test came to light during the Beijing Games, the International Skating Union (ISU) voted to raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters’ “physical and mental health, and emotional well-being”.

Liu resumed her career in 2024 and won gold at the 2025 World Championships in Boston.

“I don’t think (my performance) stands out more than the others. I just think: if I’m someone’s cup of tea, they’ll drink it. So hopefully I reach those people.”

–Reuters, special to Field Level Media