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Tari Eason's season-best effort leads Rockets past Thunder
Feb 7, 2026; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason (17) shoots a three point basket as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jaylin Williams (6) defends during the second half at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Tari Eason scored a season-high 26 points and Alperen Sengun recorded a triple-double to help the Houston Rockets to a 112-106 road win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday.
The win snapped a two-game losing streak for the Rockets, while the Thunder have dropped back-to-back contests.
With Houston leading by four after Eason’s tip-in with 1:36 remaining, Reed Sheppard reached around Chet Holmgren under the basket to steal Alex Caruso’s pass, and Kevin Durant hit a key pullup jumper.
Eason added a pair of key offensive rebounds over the final two minutes to help the Rockets hold off Oklahoma City.
Sengun, who had been shooting just 35.2% over his last six games, finished with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists.
Jabari Smith Jr. added 22 points and Kevin Durant had 20 points on a season-low 10 shots.
After trailing by 15 in the first half, the Rockets came back to tie it early in the third quarter before a 7-0 run put the Thunder back in front.
Houston went on a 24-11 run over the final 7:40 of the quarter to take the lead.
Oklahoma City didn’t hit a field goal over the final five minutes of the quarter.
The Rockets led by nine early in the fourth, but the Thunder battled back thanks to seven consecutive Cason Wallace points.
Oklahoma City tied it on Isaiah Joe’s steal and reverse layup with 7:02 remaining.
Wallace led the Thunder, who were playing without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the second consecutive game, with 23 points.
Joe added 21 off the bench.
The Thunder jumped out to a big lead in the second quarter, outscoring the Rockets 21-6 over the first eight minutes of the quarter to take a 49-34 lead.
After the Rockets hit their first four 3-pointers to start the game, they made just one of their next 12.
Houston was just 2 for 10 from the field to start the second.
But the Rockets trimmed the deficit to six by halftime and nearly cut it even further as Eason’s 33-footer narrowly missed going in at the buzzer.
Jared McCain, acquired in a trade with Philadelphia at the deadline, made his Oklahoma City debut, finishing with five points in nearly 14 minutes.
–Field Level Media
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Texas dominates down the stretch to slip past Ole Miss
Feb 7, 2026; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns guard Dailyn Swain (3) takes a jump shot against Mississippi Rebels guard Eduardo Klafke (8) during the first half at Moody Center. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images Matas Vokietaitis scored 27 points and Texas dominated the final three minutes to rally for a 79-68 victory over Ole Miss on Saturday at Austin, Texas.
Tramon Mark scored 19 points and Jordan Pope added 13, including a four-point play with 2:43 remaining as the Longhorns (15-9, 6-5 SEC) extended their winning streak to three games.
Texas shot 53.9% from the floor to 40.7% for Ole Miss.
Eduardo Klafke scored 16 points with six rebounds and Ilias Kamardine added 11 points as Ole Miss (11-12, 3-7) lost its fifth consecutive game. Kezza Giffa and Paton Pinkins each scored 10 points for the Rebels.
Trailing 68-65 with 3:35 remaining, Texas took charge by going on a 14-0 run over the remainder of the game. The run started on a 3-pointer and free throw from Pope with 2:43 remaining for a 69-68 lead. Simeon Wilcher added a 3-pointer with 41 seconds remaining.
Daylin Swain followed with a three-point play to extend the Longhorns’ lead to four points inside two minutes remaining. The Longhorns iced it with four free throws over the final 29 seconds.
Ole Miss trailed 41-31 with 18:31 remaining before putting together a 16-4 run to take a 47-45 lead with 12:12 left in the game. Texas did not surge back into the lead until they went up 53-52 with 9:37 remaining.
Vokietaitis went 9 of 12 from the free-throw line for Texas, while the Longhorns went 20 of 23 from the line in the game.
Texas led by as many as 18 points in the first half at 29-11 with 7:21 remaining before the break. Vokietaitis scored 16 points in the first half while going 5 of 7 from the field and pulling down five rebounds.
Both teams shot 57.7% from the floor in the second half but the Rebels missed their last seven shots and eight of their last 10 over the final 3:35 of the game.
–Field Level Media
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TCU secures 18-point comeback win over Kansas State
Jan 14, 2026; Provo, Utah, USA; TCU Horned Frogs forward Xavier Edmonds (24) looks on during the first half against the BYU Cougars at Marriott Center. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Baker-Imagn Images 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
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Flory Bidunga's double-double, 7 blocks lift No. 11 Kansas over Utah
Feb 7, 2026; Lawrence, Kansas, USA; Utah Utes guard Terrence Brown (2) steals the ball from Kansas Jayhawks guard Darryn Peterson (22) during the first half at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images 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
