Auburn 80, Vanderbilt 68
Denver Jones scored a game-high 21 points as No. 1 Auburn pulled away for an 80-68 win over Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference matchup on Tuesday night in Nashville, Tenn.
Florida 81, Mississippi State 68
Denzel Aberdeen scored 20 points to lead five scorers in double figures on Tuesday night as No. 3 Florida came away with an 81-68 win over No. 22 Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.
Kentucky 75, Tennessee 64
Ansley Almonor and Otega Oweh scored 13 points each for short-handed No. 15 Kentucky, as the Wildcats withstood a second-half charge from No. 5 Tennessee to beat the Volunteers 75-64 in a SEC showdown Tuesday night in Lexington, Ky.
Michigan 75, Purdue 73
Danny Wolf had 15 points and nine rebounds to lead No. 20 Michigan to a 75-73 win over No. 7 Purdue in a battle for first place in the Big Ten on Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Iowa State 77, Central Florida 65
Keshon Gilbert scored 15 points, Joshua Jefferson added 13 points and eight rebounds and No. 10 Iowa State beat Central Florida 77-65 on Tuesday night in Orlando.
Cincinnati 85, Utah 75
Jizzle James scored 14 of his team-leading 25 points in the second half as host Cincinnati pulled away for an 85-75 Big 12 win over Utah on Tuesday night.
Brigham Young 73, West Virginia 69
Egor Demin scored 10 of his 16 points in the final 6:11 as BYU made a late run to outlast West Virginia 73-69 on Tuesday in Morgantown, W.Va.
Miami-Florida 91, Syracuse 84
Senior Matthew Cleveland scored a career-high 32 points and finished with five assists to lead Miami to a 91-84 victory over Syracuse on Tuesday in Coral Gables, Fla.
Illinois 83, UCLA 78
Freshman point guard Kasparas Jakucionis scored 24 points and grabbed a game-high eight rebounds as Illinois snapped UCLA's seven-game winning streak with an 83-78 Big Ten victory Tuesday night in Champaign, Ill.
Kansas State 73, Arizona 70
Dug McDaniel had season-high 24 points and five steals, including a pivotal theft in the waning seconds, while leading Kansas State to a 73-70 victory over No. 13 Arizona on Tuesday in Manhattan, Kan.
Marquette 68, DePaul 58
Kam Jones had 19 points and Stevie Mitchell added 17 as 18th-ranked Marquette snapped a three-game skid with a 68-58 Big East victory over DePaul on Tuesday in Milwaukee.
Alabama 103, Texas 80
Jarin Stevenson scored a career-high 22 points to help No. 2 Alabama cruise to a 103-80 victory over Texas on Tuesday night in a Southeastern Conference game in Austin, Texas.
Texas A&M 69, Georgia 53
Solomon Washington scored a season-high 17 points off the bench Tuesday to help No. 8 Texas A&M rally for a 69-53 win over visiting Georgia in Southeastern Conference play in College Station, Texas.
Connecticut 70, Creighton 66
Liam McNeeley scored a career-high 38 points to go along with 10 rebounds, fueling UConn to a 70-66 victory over No. 24 Creighton on Tuesday in Omaha, Neb.
Southern California 92, Penn St. 67
Desmond Claude scored 16 points and dished eight assists in his return from a knee injury as Southern California sent Penn State to its sixth consecutive loss with a 92-67 rout on Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Indiana 71, Michigan St. 67
Malik Reneau had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Indiana snapped a five-game losing streak with a 71-67 upset of No. 11 Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday night.
Kansas 71, Colorado 59
Hunter Dickinson finished with 19 points and nine rebounds and No. 17 Kansas beat the Colorado Buffaloes 71-59 in Lawrence, Kan., on Tuesday night.
Southern Methodist 83, Pittsburgh 63
Samet Yigitoglu racked up 17 points and 10 rebounds as SMU continued its impressive start to its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a wire-to-wire 83-63 victory over struggling Pitt on Tuesday in Dallas.
Oregon 81, Northwestern 75
Jackson Shelstad scored a career-high 26 points and Oregon halted a five-game losing streak with an 81-75 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday night in Big Ten play in Eugene, Ore.