COLLEGE STATION — Elston Turner had 37 points, including a careerhigh seven three-pointers, to give Texas A&M a 69-67 victory over Mississippi on Wednesday night.
Derrick Millinghaus made a free throw before the Rebels got the ball back after a shot clock violation. Millinghaus hit a layup with 44 seconds left to cut A&M’s lead to 67-65.
Turner then hit a jump shot from the corner with 16 seconds left to extend the lead.
Millinghaus made two more free throws with 10 seconds remaining, and the Rebels (18-6, 7-4 SEC) had to foul three consecutive times to get into the bonus. Turner missed his free throw with 5 seconds left, but Millinghaus missed a shot at the buzzer to give A&M (15-9, 5-6) the victory.
Mississippi has dropped four of its past five games after opening SEC play 6-0.
MISSOURI 78, MISSISSIPPI STATE 36
STARKVILLE, Miss. - Keion Bell scored 24 points and Jabari Brown added 20 as Missouri easily defeated Mississippi State.
Missouri (18-6, 7-4) jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the opening minutes and led 34-10 by halftime. It took Mississippi State (7-16, 2-9) more than nine minutes to score its first basket - a three-pointer by Colin Borchert - but by that time the game was basically finished.
Missouri won its first road game of the season. Mississippi State’s losing streak has reached nine games and spanned more than a month.
Missouri led by as many as 44 points in the second half. The Tigers shot 31 of 58 (53.4 percent) from the field.
Trivante Bloodman led the Bulldogs with 13 points.
TENNESSEE 58, VANDERBILT 46
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Jarnell Stokes scored 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Tennessee to a victory over in-state rival Vanderbilt.
Jordan McRae had 14 points and 11 rebounds as the Volunteers (13-10, 5-7) won their third in a row over the Commodores to match their longest winning streak in the series in nine years.
Tennessee led by as many as 16 and swatted away a late rally by Vanderbilt (9-14, 3-8), which was swept in the season series for the sixth time in 13 years.
After a three-pointer by Kyle Fuller less than 10 minutes in, Tennessee stormed in front thanks to 53.3 percent shooting (16 of 30) in the first half. McRae responded on the next possession with a running jumper off the backboard and the Vols surged ahead.
TOP 25 GAMES
In games involving top 25 teams, Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Indiana (22-3, 10-2 Big Ten) pull away from Nebraska (12-13, 3-9)76-47 in Bloomington, Ind. ... ... Mason Plumlee had 18 points and 11 rebounds and No. 2 Duke (22-2, 9-2 ACC) beat North Carolina (16-8, 6-5) 73-68 in Durham, N.C. Quinn Cook scored 18 points and Rasheed Sulaimon finished with 13 for the Blue Devils. P.J. Hairston scored 20 points and Reggie Bullock had 15 points with four three-pointers for North Carolina. ... Shane Larkin scored 13 of his 22 points in the final 7 1/2 minutes to help third-ranked Miami (20-3, 11-0ACC) fight off Florida State (13-11, 5-6) 74-68 in Tallahassee, Fla., for its 12th consecutive victory. ... Freshman Omar Calhoun scored 15 points, including 3 three-pointers in the deciding secondhalf run, and Connecticut (17-6, 7-4) beat No. 6 Syracuse (20-4, 8-3) 66-58 in Hartford, Conn., in the last scheduled game between the national powers. Syracuse will play next season in the Atlantic Coast Conference while Connecticut will stay in the realigned Big East. ... Pierria Henry scored 17 points to lead Charlotte (18-6, 6-4 Atlantic 10) to a 71-67 victory over No. 11 Butler (20-5, 7-3) in Indianapolis. ... Markel Brown scored 25 points and matched a career high with seven threepointers - all in the first half - to lead No. 17 Oklahoma State (18-5, 8-3 Big 12) over Texas Tech 91-67 in Lubbock, Texas.Dusty Hannahs (Pulaski Academy) scored 14 points and Josh Gray added nine for Texas Tech (9-13, 2-9). ... Joe Jackson had 21 points and 10 assists, four other Memphis (21-3, 10-0 Conference USA) players scored 10 or more points and the 22nd-ranked Tigers beat Central Florida (17-7, 7-3) 93-71 in Memphis for their 15th consecutive victory. ... Jerian Grant scored 21 points, including a big threepoint play in overtime, to lift No. 21 Notre Dame (20-5 8-4 Big East) to an 82-78 victory over visiting DePaul (10-14, 1-10), beating the Blue Demons in overtime for the second time in 11 days.
Sports, Pages 22 on 02/14/2013