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No. 5 Texas A&M falls to Arkansas, 74-71

Arkansas fans celebrate following an upset 74-71 win over No. 5 Texas A&M.

Arkansas fans celebrate following an upset 74-71 win over No. 5 Texas A&M.

(Sarah Bentham / Associated Press)
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Moses Kingsley scored 18 points, Dusty Hannahs and Anthlon Bell had 17 apiece, and Arkansas defeated No. 5 Texas A&M, 74-71, Wednesday night at Fayetteville, Ark.

The loss was the first for the Aggies (17-3, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) since a defeat at Arizona State on Dec. 5. It ended a winning streak at 10 games, the school’s longest since a 13-game stretch during the 2010-11 season.

The Razorbacks (10-10, 4-4) ended a skid at three games and beat the Aggies at home for the eighth consecutive time.

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Danuel House scored 24 points for Texas A&M, which shot 39.6% (19 of 48) from the field.

No. 16 Louisville 91, at Virginia Tech 83: Damion Lee scored 29 points and the Cardinals (17-3, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) overcame foul trouble to prevail.

Lee made his first six three-point shots and Trey Lewis made four three-pointers in the second half. Lewis finished with 22 points, all but two coming in the second half.

Jalen Hudson scored 27 points, Seth Allen had 26 and Zach LeDay had 20 for the Hokies (12-9, 4-4), who have dropped three games in a row.

No. 17 Baylor 69, at Oklahoma State 65: Rico Gathers scored 16 points, including 14 in the second half, and Taurean Prince scored 17 points for the Bears (16-4, 6-2 Big 12 Conference), who moved half a game ahead of Oklahoma, Kansas and West Virginia in the conference race.

It’s only the third time in 20 years Baylor has swept the regular-season series with the Cowboys.

Chris Olivier scored 17 points for the Cowboys (10-10, 2-6).

at No. 20 Kentucky 88, Missouri 54: Tyler Ulis scored 20 points, Derek Willis had a career-best 18 points and the Wildcats (16-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) used an early 20-0 run to blow past the Tigers (8-12, 1-6).

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The Wildcats twice led by 40 points on the way to improving to 9-0 against the Tigers.

Wes Clark had 11 points for Missouri, which suffered its biggest loss this season.

No. 21 Purdue 68, at Minnesota 64: Vince Edwards had 24 points and eight rebounds to help lift the Boilermakers (18-4, 6-3 Big Ten Conference).

Nate Mason had 15 points and a career-high 12 assists for the Gophers (0-9, 6-15), whose losing streak reached 10 games.

at No. 22 Wichita State 80, Loyola of Chicago 54: The Shockers (15-5, 9-0 Missouri Valley Conference) had seven players score at least eight points, including Shaquille Morris, who had 12.

Montel James and Earl Peterson each scored 11 points for the Ramblers (9-12, 2-7).

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