COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP : Kentucky’s Farmer Sinks No. 9 LSU From Line

Louisiana State’s Chris Jackson scored 41 points, but it was the six free throws in the waning minutes by Kentucky’s Richie Farmer that proved to be the telling factor Thursday night as the Wildcats upset the No. 9 Tigers, 100-95, in a Southeastern Conference game at Lexington, Ky.

The victory, the fourth in a row for the Wildcats (13-10, 9-5), snapped LSU’s seven-game winning streak and avenged a Jan. 13 loss to the Tigers.

The Tigers trailed, 87-70, but rallied behind Jackson, whose three-point basket capped a 22-7 run that cut the deficit to 94-92 with 1:12 to play.

But Farmer hit both ends of a one-and-one, then made two more free throws 17 seconds later to give Kentucky a 98-92 edge.

Jackson hit his seventh three-point basket to cut the margin to 98-95 with 41 seconds left. But Kentucky worked 33 seconds off the clock before Jackson fouled Farmer, who made both free throws for the final margin.

“I just tried to close my mind and shoot them like I do in practice,” Farmer said.

Derrick Miller had 29 points and Deron Feldhaus 24 for Kentucky.

Seven-footer Shaquille O’Neal, who fouled out with 6:52 left, added 14 points for LSU.

The Tigers made 17 of their 24 turnovers in the first 20 minutes and Kentucky used a 32-10 run in the first half to take a 41-18 lead with 6:24 left. Miller scored 14 points in the spurt.

LSU battled back to make it 41-32 on Jackson’s layup with 2:14 left, but Kentucky got seven of the last 11 points for a 48-36 halftime margin.

No. 5 Michigan 77, No. 17 Minnesota 73--Rumeal Robinson scored a career-high 33 points in a Big Ten Conference game at Minneapolis, as the Wolverines ended the Gophers’ 14-game home winning streak.

Michigan (19-4, 9-3), which never trailed, moved into a second-place tie with Michigan State in the Big Ten, a half-game behind Purdue. Fifth-place Minnesota, which got 25 points from Willie Burton, is 16-6 and 7-5.

No. 13 Georgia Tech 83, Fordham 78--Kenny Anderson had 19 points and 13 assists in his New York homecoming as the Yellow Jackets won their sixth in a row.

Anderson, who holds the state high school scoring record with 2,621 points, was cheered throughout the game at Madison Square Garden.

The Yellow Jackets (17-4) were led by Brian Oliver’s 26 points and have a chance to finish 12-0 outside the Atlantic Coast Conference with a victory over Notre Dame later this month.

Fordham (14-10) got 23 points from Jean Prioleau.

No. 18 Louisville 97, Virginia Tech 78--LaBradford Smith fueled a first-half surge that helped the Cardinals continue their domination over the Hokies in a Metro Conference game at Blacksburg, Va.

Six players scored in double figures for Louisville (19-5, 9-1), which began a stretch in which six of its last seven games are on the road.

Virginia Tech’s Bimbo Coles had a game-high 20 points for the Hokies (10-15, 2-7), who lost to Louisville for the 11th consecutive time.

Smith had six points, one steal and an assist in a first-half surge that enabled Louisville to open a 10-point lead. He finished with 11. Jerome Harmon led the Cardinals with 19 points.

No. 22 Xavier (Ohio) 71, Evansville 52--Tyrone Hill scored 16 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and led a 10-0 run at the start of the second half as the Musketeers won at Cincinnati.

Xavier (20-2, 9-1 in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference) avenged one of its two losses by continuing its home-court dominance over Evansville (14-12, 6-4).

Brian Hill had 18 points for Evansville, which trailed by as many as 23 points.

New Mexico 60, Brigham Young 51--First-half shooting by reserve Willie Banks helped the Lobos to beat the Western Athletic Conference-leading Cougars at Albuquerque, N.M.

Banks scored 13 of his team-high 15 points in the first half for New Mexico (12-11, 4-7).

BYU (19-5, 9-3) got 16 points from Andy Toolson.

San Jose State 63, Pacific 50--Charles Terrell and Kenne Young scored 17 points each and Young added a game-high 11 rebounds as the Spartans (3-10, 6-16) beat the Tigers (6-8, 13-10) in a Big West Conference game at Stockton.

Pacific was paced by its lone scorer in double figures, Don Lyttle, who scored 24.