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No. 21 Arkansas steamrolls LSU behind Darius Acuff Jr.'s 28
Feb 10, 2026; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Arkansas Razorbacks guard Darius Acuff Jr. (5) shoots against LSU Tigers forward Robert Miller III (6) during the first half at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images Darius Acuff Jr. scored 28 points and No. 21 Arkansas never trailed in rolling past LSU 91-62 on Tuesday night in Southeastern Conference action at Baton Rouge, La.
Meleek Thomas added 20 points, Trevon Brazile had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Billy Richmond III scored 13 for the Razorbacks (18-6, 8-3 SEC) who won for the fifth time in six games, including an 85-81 victory over the visiting Tigers on Jan. 24.
Marquel Sutton scored 18, Pablo Tamba had 11 and Robert Miller III scored 10 to lead LSU (14-10, 2-9), which played its third consecutive game without starting point guard Dedan Thomas Jr., who leads the team in scoring (15.3) and assists (6.5), because of a lower-leg injury.
Arkansas played without two injured players — guards D.J. Wagner and Karter Knox, both of whom have started 18 games — and used just seven players until the final three minutes.
The Razorbacks shot 56.5% from the floor while the Tigers shot just 30.8% from the field and 14.3% on 3-pointers.
Acuff scored Arkansas’s first six points of the second half, and the Razorbacks increased their 15-point halftime lead to 19. The Tigers responded with the next four points, but Thomas scored five points during a 12-3 run that extended the lead to 60-36.
Miller made one free throw for LSU, but Arkansas scored the next nine points and held a 69-37 lead midway through the half.
Nick Pringle made a layup and Acuff and Brazile had consecutive three-point plays as the Razorbacks scored the first eight points of the game. Miller made a layup for LSU’s first points after nearly four minutes, but layups by Pringle and Acuff pushed the lead to 12-2.
PJ Carter hit a 3-pointer for the Tigers, but Arkansas answered with an 11-3 run to build a 15-point lead. The Razorbacks led by 15 again before Miller scored four points during a 6-0 run that brought LSU within 31-22.
Arkansas expanded its lead to 17 points before Jalen Reece’s jumper trimmed the lead to 42-27 at halftime.
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No. 22 BYU outshoots Baylor behind AJ Dybantsa, Robert Wright III explosions
Feb 10, 2026; Waco, Texas, USA; BYU Cougars forward AJ Dybantsa (3) scores a basket against Baylor Bears guard Isaac Williams (10) during the first half at Paul and Alejandra Foster Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Chris Jones-Imagn Images AJ Dybantsa exploded for 36 points, Robert Wright III poured in 30 points against his former team and No. 22 BYU went on to a 99-94 victory over Baylor on Tuesday night in Waco, Texas.
The Cougars (18-6, 6-5 Big 12) snapped a four-game losing skid with the victory. Dybantsa, the nation’s leading scorer, finished 14 of 20 from the field and added five rebounds and seven assists. Wright was 12 of 21 from the field and finished with four rebounds and three assists.
Dybantsa and Wright were the first BYU duo to score 30-plus points since Jan. 4, 1984.
The Bears (13-11, 3-9) have lost six of their last eight games as their season-long struggles continue. Tounde Yessoufou was a bright spot with a season-high 37 points, six rebounds and three assists. Cameron Carr had 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Caden Powell added 13 points.
Baylor got off to a fast start, heating up from 3-point range. Carr and Yessoufou knocked in consecutive 3s to give the Bears a 33-21 lead at the 8:32 mark in the first half. Yessoufou’s triple came with a favorable bounce off the front rim.
But things shifted in BYU’s favor the rest of the half. The Cougars closed the gap with an 11-2 run and briefly took a 41-40 lead on a jumper by Wright, but they went to the locker rooms tied 41-41.
Baylor opened the second half with a 7-2 spurt, but BYU quickly responded with its own 15-2 run, taking a 58-50 lead on a jumper by Richie Saunders with 13:54 left.
The Cougars went on to lead by as many as 17 points in the closing minutes. Baylor pulled to within 94-90 on a three-point play by Carr with 25.7 seconds left, but BYU never let it get to within one possession.
Saunders finished with 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds for BYU, which outshot Baylor 55.9% to 51.6% from the field. Isaac Williams had 12 points and seven assists for the Bears.
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Inside play powers Miami to win over No. 11 North Carolina
Feb 10, 2026; Coral Gables, Florida, USA; Miami Hurricanes guard Tre Donaldson (3) and North Carolina Tar Heels guard Derek Dixon (3) reach for a loose ball during the first half at Watsco Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Malik Reneau scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Miami upset the 11th-ranked North Carolina 75-66 on Tuesday in Coral Gables, Fla.
The Hurricanes never trailed, and they had a 46-28 edge in paint points and an 8-2 advantage on fastbreak points. Miami won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 13-2 at home this season.
Miami (19-5, 8-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) also got 15 points and 10 rebounds from Ernest Udeh Jr., 14 points and a game-high five assists from Tre Donaldson, and 12 points from Shelton Henderson.
The Tar Heels (19-5, 7-4) were led late by Caleb Wilson, who scored nine of his 12 points in the second half. Wilson, projected to be a top-five pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, missed several minutes in the second half as he went to the locker room and returned with a wrap on his left hand.
North Carolina, which had a five-game winning streak end, also got 13 points from Jarin Stevenson and 11 from Henri Veesaar. The Tar Heels were coming off a dramatic win over No. 4 Duke on Saturday.
Miami raced to a 22-12 lead before North Carolina scored on four straight possessions, cutting the deficit to one point.
Noam Dovrat produced a four-play play for Miami as Wilson fouled him 30 feet from the basket, giving the Hurricanes a 35-30 advantage.
Miami led 43-40 at the break.
Early in the second half, North Carolina had its own four-point possession as Wilson dunked, got fouled, missed a free throw and was saved by Veesaar, who worked for a tip-in bucket.
The Hurricanes went produced a 6-2 run on three straight dunks — two by Udeh and the last one by Henderson with 7:24 left in the second half for a 61-56 lead.
With just over two minutes remaining, Miami went up 66-60 on an unusual three-point possession. Udeh made his first free throw, missed the second but got his own rebound and scored on a layup.
North Carolina had an opportunity to draw closer with 53 seconds left, but Veesaar missed a 3-point attempt and Donaldson made two free throws at the other end for a 72-64 lead.
Miami cruised from there, and Hurricanes fans stormed the court after the final buzzer.
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No. 19 Vanderbilt earns first win at Auburn since 2016
Vanderbilt Commodores guard Tyler Tanner (3) goes up for a layup as Auburn Tigers take on Vanderbilt Commodores at Neville Arena in Auburn, Ala. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Tyler Tanner scored 25 points, making 12 of 13 free-throw attempts and helping lead visiting No. 19 Vanderbilt to an 84-76 victory over Auburn in Southeastern Conference play on Tuesday.
Jalen Washington added 22 points and Devin McGlockton scored 12 for Vanderbilt (20-4, 7-4 SEC), which rebounded from a one-point home loss to Oklahoma on Saturday. Tyler Nickel had 10 points for the Commodores, who won at Auburn for the first time since Feb. 2016.
Tahaad Pettiford led Auburn (14-10, 5-6) with 21 points, followed by Keyshawn Hall’s 13 and KeShawn Murphy’s 12. Sebastian Williams-Adams chipped in 11 points and Kevin Overton had 10 for the Tigers, who have dropped three straight.
After holding an 11-point halftime lead, Vanderbilt extended the margin to 47-33 on Tanner’s three-point play with 18:19 remaining.
Elyjah Freeman’s layup cut Auburn’s deficit to 10, but Tanner’s jumper and Washington’s free throws extended Vanderbilt’s lead to 61-47 at the 9:09 mark. From there, Murphy’s layup capped a 6-0 run to bring the Tigers back within single digits.
After Vanderbilt grew the lead back to 14, Auburn answered with an 8-0 run, as Overton’s layup trimmed the deficit to 68-62 with 4:24 left.
Auburn narrowed the gap to four, but two free throws by Tanner sparked a 7-0 run to give Vanderbilt a 77-66 lead with 1:42 remaining.
Vanderbilt jumped out to a 9-2 lead before Overton’s 3-pointer pulled Auburn within two with 13:44 left in the first half.
Auburn took its first lead when Hall made two free throws to put the Tigers ahead by a point at the 9:25 mark.
After Overton’s second 3-pointer knotted the score at 26, Tanner’s mid-range jumper and McGlockton’s layup gave the visitors a six-point lead with 4:30 remaining.
The Commodores grabbed their first double-digit lead, as McGlockton’s triple stamped a 7-0 lead to give Vanderbilt a 39-28 advantage. Pettiford and McGlockton traded 3-pointers in the final minute, giving the Commodores a 42-31 halftime lead.
McGlockton and Washington led all scorers with 12 points each in the first half.
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