Massamba Diop scored nine of his 15 points at the free-throw line as Arizona State snapped a six-game Big 12 road losing streak with a 71-63 victory over Utah on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.

Diop shot just 3-for-11 from the floor but hit nine of 10 free-throw attempts as the Sun Devils (12-11, 3-7 Big 12) made 22 of 25 (88%) at the line, marking their second-best showing of the season.

Arizona State’s Anthony Johnson added 14 points and hit 5 of 6 free throws to offset a 4-of-12 showing from the floor. Maurice Odum added 13 for the Sun Devils, who led by 18 in the first half but shot 23.1% in the second half and 38.6% overall.

Arizona State played seven players while improving to 7-0 when allowing 70 points or fewer.

Don McHenry led all scorers with 23 points, but Utah (9-13, 1-8) lost for the ninth time in 10 games. Seydou Traore added 16, but leading scorer Terrence Brown shot 2-of-16 and was held to six.

The Utes shot 39%, went 9-for-27 from 3-point range and only attempted 13 free throws, sinking eight. Utah was held to its second-lowest point total this season.

Arizona State scored 12 consecutive points and took a 29-14 lead when Bryce Ford hit a fadeaway near the baseline late in the shot clock shortly after the midpoint of the first half. The Sun Devils expanded their lead to 37-19 on a layup by Andrija Grbovic with 3:56 left in the half and held a 41-25 cushion at the break.

Utah started the second half with an 11-2 run, and McHenry’s transition layup sliced the lead to 43-36 with 15:08 left. McHenry continued keeping the Utes within striking distance, and his open corner 3-pointer cut the deficit to 50-43 with 11:41 to go.

Arizona State took a 61-49 lead on a trey by Odum with 5:36 left following an offensive rebound Grbovic. Utah countered with a 12-4 run, capped by McHenry’s coast-to-coast layup that sliced the lead to 65-61 with 1:41 to go.

Utah was within 67-63 following a putback by James Okonkwo with 20 seconds left, but Arizona State finished it off by making four free throws.

–Field Level Media

Anthony Roy scored a season-high 30 points and Jaylen Curry added 18 as Oklahoma State upset No. 16 BYU 99-92 on Wednesday in Stillwater, Okla.

The Cowboys (16-6, 4-5 Big 12) shot 54.7% from the field and forced 16 turnovers that resulted in 21 points. Oklahoma State’s Parsa Fallah added 13 points and seven rebounds.

Vyctorius Miller, who didn’t take a shot in the first half, scored 14 in the second half for the Cowboys on 5-of-7 shooting from the field.

AJ Dybantsa led the Cougars (17-5, 5-4) with 36 points, but he couldn’t keep BYU from losing its third straight game. Richie Saunders contributed 20 points and eight rebounds, and Robert Wright III put up 15 points.

The Cowboys led 74-69 with six minutes left in the game before they went on a 7-0 run to take control.

Roy scored on a layup and also hit a 3-pointer in the decisive sequence.

The Cowboys jumped out to a 15-point lead with 5:21 to go in the first half.

The Cougars turned the ball over nine times in the first 11 minutes as the Cowboys built a double-digit lead.

When Fallah sank a layup, the Cowboys led 37-22. The Cougars were shooting only 28.9% compared to the Cowboys’ 63.6%.

Dybantsa then heated up, and the Cougars finished the half on a 19-4 run, including an 8-0 surge in the final 3:07 to tie the score entering the break.

Saunders started the run with a 3-pointer to make it 37-24.

Dybantsa nailed back-to-back 3-pointers, and suddenly the 15-point lead was down to 37-31.

Isaiah Coleman hit a jumper and soon added a layup for Oklahoma State, but Dybantsa wasn’t done.

He started the final run by dribbling through the defense to dunk.

Saunders scored on a layup to make it 41-37 with 2:22 left.

Dybantsa then finished the half with two free throws and another dunk in which he dribbled past three defenders. The slam with three seconds left tied the game at 41.

–Field Level Media

Otega Oweh matched his season high with 24 points as Kentucky blew out Oklahoma 94-78 Wednesday night at home in Rupp Arena.

Kentucky (16-7, 7-3 Southeastern Conference) had one of its best offensive performances of the season, shooting 50.0% from the floor overall and 12-26 from beyond the arc in posting their sixth-best point total this year and highest in SEC play.

The Wildcats had 21 assists on 30 made field goals, with six players dishing out three or more assists. Denzel Aberdeen led the Wildcats with five assists.

It was a back-and-forth game for most of the first half, with Kentucky making its living from beyond the arc, going 9 of 16 from 3-point range.

Collin Chandler, who finished with 18 points, made three of Kentucky’s nine first-half 3-pointers, leading the Wildcats with nine points in the first half as Kentucky built a 43-32 advantage. Five Wildcats had at least six points in the first 20 minutes, and Kentucky had 11 assists on 14 made field goals in the first half.

After nearly 15 minutes, Kentucky’s defense settled in and held the Sooners without a field goal for the final 5:07 of the first half. Despite only two turnovers, Oklahoma (11-12, 1-9) only had five assists on 11 made field goals. Oklahoma shot just 11-30 from the field in the first half.

In the second half, Oklahoma never got closer than eight points as the Sooners suffered their ninth straight loss.

A former Sooner, Oweh revved up the engines in the second half with 18 points. Oweh finished with 20-plus points for the eighth time in 10 SEC games.

Oweh’s former rival turned teammate, Brandon Garrison, had his best game of the season. Garrison made a huge impact with a double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. He was 7 of 8 from the field and 6 for 6 from the free-throw line, while also dishing out three assists.

The Wildcats have now won seven of eight since an 0-2 start in SEC play and have won 11 of 14 overall.

–Field Level Media