Sunday's college basketball roundup: Trent's late free throws lift Duke past Clemson

February 19, 2018 at 5:48AM

Gary Trent Jr. hit three foul shots with 91 seconds left to put No. 12 Duke ahead for good, and the Blue Devils won their third in a row with star Marvin Bagley III on the sidelines, 66-57 at 11th-ranked Clemson on Sunday.

"For us, that's three wins with arguably as talented a kid as there is in the country out," coach Mike Kzyzewski said.

The Blue Devils gave up all of their 10-point lead over a six-minute stretch when the Tigers tied it at 57-57 on David Skara's jumper. That's when Apple Valley's Trent was off the mark on his three from the right corner, but got fouled by Clemson reserve Scott Spencer.

Trent's first shot rattled around before falling through and he swished the next two for Duke (22-5, 10-4 Atlantic Coast Conference). The Blue Devils outscored the Tigers (20-6, 9-5) 9-0 the final 90 seconds.

No. 19 Wichita State 76, No. 5 Cincinnati 72: Landry Shamut scored 19 points, and the Shockers (21-5, 11-3) ended the nation's longest home-court winning streak, beating the Bearcats (23-4, 12-2) to leave the American Athletic Conference race wide open.

Women

Big Ten

No. 16 Ohio State 73, Purdue 60: Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and the host Buckeyes (22-6, 11-3) beat the Boilermakers (17-11, 8-6) for a share of the Big Ten lead with No. 10 Maryland. Karissa McLaughlin had 17 points for Purdue, which beat Maryland on Thursday.

Iowa 88, Wisconsin 61: Megan Gustafson scored 25 points in 26 minutes and the host Hawkeyes (21-6, 9-5) dominated the Badgers (9-19, 2-13).

Northwestern 68, Illinois 61: Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah had her 16th double-double of the season, tying a program record, as the host Wildcats (10-18, 3-11) beat the Illini (9-19, 0-14).

Nation

No. 2 Mississippi State 76, No. 17 Texas A&M 55: Victoria Vivians had 26 points and 10 rebounds and the host Bulldogs (28-0, 14-0) wrapped up their first Southeastern Conference regular-season championship.

No. 1 Connecticut 106, Temple 45: Katie Lou Samuelson scored 27 points and the host Huskies (26-0, 13-0) continued to roll through their American Athletic Conference schedule.

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