COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Kansas Learns Lesson, Beats Oklahoma State

Roy Williams hopes his second-ranked Kansas Jayhawks learned something, like how a 24-point lead can sometimes be a mirage.

The Jayhawks’ lead dwindled to six points before they put away Oklahoma State, 83-76, Wednesday night in a Big Eight Conference game at Stillwater, Okla.

“I’m a very positive person,” Williams said. “I’m not happy about it, I don’t like it, but maybe it’s good for us.”

Kansas (23-1 overall, 6-1 in the Big Eight) had a 60-36 lead with 10:21 left, but Oklahoma State (13-8, 4-5) rallied to make it 75-69 with 2:16 remaining before the Jayhawks escaped.

Mattias Sahlstrom and Byron Houston scored 17 points each for Oklahoma State.

No. 3 Arkansas 100, Texas Tech 77--Todd Day scored 22 points as the Razorbacks rolled past the Red Raiders for their 12th consecutive win in a Southwest Conference game at Fayetteville, Ark.

Ron Huery and Lee Mayberry each scored 15 points for Arkansas (20-2, 11-0), which took control with 12 consecutive points for a 30-19 lead.

Will Flemons had 16 points and 13 rebounds for Texas Tech (5-15, 0-10), which lost a school-record 11th consecutive game.

No. 5 Georgetown 97, Pittsburgh 81--Dikembe Mutombo scored 17 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and blocked eight shots and the Hoyas took over the Big East Conference lead by defeating the Panthers at Landover, Md.

Alonzo Mourning added 20 points and Mark Tillmon had 17 for Georgetown (18-2, 8-2), which led by 18 at halftime and moved a half-game ahead of second-place Connecticut.

Bobby Martin scored 27 points for the Panthers (9-11, 3-6), who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Pitt is 0-8 against Georgetown at the Capital Centre.

No. 11 Louisiana State 82, Auburn 71--Chris Jackson scored a career-low nine points but big men Shaquille O’Neal and Stanley Roberts took over to lead the Tigers to a Southeastern Conference victory at Baton Rouge, La.

The 7-foot-1 O’Neal had 19 points and 10 rebounds for LSU (18-4, 8-3), while the 7-foot Roberts had 15 points and 10 rebounds.

Ronnie Battle scored 29 points for Auburn (8-14, 4-7).

No. 13 Oklahoma 86, Iowa State 81--Skeeter Henry scored 25 points, including the go-ahead basket with 2:14 left, and the Sooners got past the Cyclones in a Big Eight game at Ames, Iowa.

Iowa State (7-12, 2-5) had a chance to tie the game with five seconds left, but Doug Collins made only one of two free throws and the Sooners sank four free throws in the closing seconds.

Victory Alexander scored 20 points for Iowa State.

No. 16 Georgia Tech 79, Wake Forest 70--Brian Oliver scored 31 points, including seven three-pointers, and the Yellow Jackets got an Atlantic Coast Conference victory at Atlanta.

Dennis Scott had 17 points for Georgia Tech (15-4, 5-4) despite a bruised shoulder, but he didn’t hit a three-pointer for the first time in 70 games.

Chris King scored 25 points for Wake Forest (8-12, 0-8), which lost its 10th consecutive ACC regular-season game.

Kentucky 100, Vanderbilt 73--Derrick Miller scored 40 points, becoming the 36th player in Kentucky history to reach the 1,000-point mark, as the Wildcats snapped a three-game losing streak against the Commodores in an SEC game at Lexington, Ky.

Miller sparked a 28-10 run with 16 points in the first eight minutes of the second half to give Kentucky (11-10, 7-5) a 74-46 lead.

Derrick Wilcox scored 16 points for Vanderbilt (12-8, 5-6).

Clemson 75, Maryland 73--Elden Campbell scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and the Tigers got an ACC victory over the Terrapins at College Park, Md.

It was only the third victory for Clemson (17-5, 5-3) in 21 years at Maryland’s Cole Field House.

Jesse Martin scored 18 points for Maryland ( 13-9, 4-4).

North Carolina State 88, North Carolina 77--Rodney Monroe scored 22 points and the Wolfpack beat the Tar Heels at Chapel Hill, N.C., for the first time in 14 years.

The Wolfpack (16-6, 5-3) broke the game open with a 13-3 burst that gave them a 73-61 lead.

Rick Fox scored 22 points for North Carolina (18-8, 5-3).