Heywood Wins It for No. 16 Oklahoma

Jameel Heywood hit a shot at the buzzer as No. 16 Oklahoma defeated Missouri, 63-61, at Columbia, Mo.

Heywood followed up Nolan Johnson’s miss and scored from the lane for Oklahoma, 21-5 overall and 10-4 in the Big 12 Conference.

The Sooners have defeated Missouri (17-8, 8-4) six consecutive times and ended the Tigers’ 13-game winning streak at the Hearnes Center.

No. 17 Syracuse 65, Connecticut 60--Preston Shumpert broke out of a two-game shooting slump, hitting a school-record eight three-point baskets and scoring 34 points, as the Orangemen (20-6, 8-5) held off the Huskies (17-9, 6-7) in a Big East Conference game at Syracuse, N.Y.

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In other games: Mark Miller and Ted Bell combined for 28 points as UC Riverside (8-14) handed St. Mary’s (2-24) a school record 17th consecutive defeat with a 65-61 nonconference win at Moraga. . . . Point guard Marlon Parmer scored 16 points and Eric Chatfield added 15 points as New Mexico (16-8, 5-5) won, 75-56, over Nevada Las Vegas (15-11, 6-5) in a Mountain West Conference game at Albuquerque. . . . Kelly Wise scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Memphis (15-11, 9-4) to a 86-69 Conference USA victory over Alabama Birmingham (14-11, 6-6) at Memphis, Tenn.

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Rhode Island University president Robert Carothers said Rick Pitino had been contacted by the school about its coaching job, but “expressed his desire not to be further considered for this position.”