No. 3 Kentucky Routs Georgia

The Kentucky Wildcats aren’t dominating the Southeastern Conference, they’re making it look easy.

Marquis Estill had 16 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots, and the No. 3-ranked Wildcats won their 13th consecutive game, defeating No. 20 Georgia, 87-67, Tuesday night at Lexington, Ky.

The Wildcats, 19-3 overall and 9-0 in the SEC, matched their longest winning streak in Coach Tubby Smith’s six seasons.

The Wildcats have averaged a 17-point margin of victory during the streak.

“I don’t know what the secret is, but I’m loving it. I hope we can take this a long way,” said forward Chuck Hayes, who had 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Kentucky improved to 8-1 against ranked opponents.

The Wildcats held Georgia (13-7, 5-4), the scoring leader in the conference, to 43% shooting (28 of 65). The Bulldogs are the best three-point shooting team in the conference but made only two of 14 tries (14%) against Kentucky.

“You can play defense when you can’t do anything else,” Smith said. “Great teams play great defense. It’s about heart and desire.”

No. 9 Kansas 79, Baylor 58 -- Nick Collison scored nine of his 15 points in a game-turning run at Waco, Texas, and the Jayhawks remained atop the Big 12 Conference standings.

Collison drove for a short bank shot with 3:34 left in the first half, starting a 15-0 run for the Jayhawks (18-5, 8-1).

The run included the last 10 points before halftime for a 41-28 lead.

Keith Langford had a game-high 19 points on seven-for-10 shooting, including consecutive three-point plays in the first half that put Kansas ahead to stay.

R.T. Guinn had 15 points for Baylor (10-10, 1-8), which is 0-6 against top 25 teams.

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WOMEN’S TOP 25

No. 3 Tennessee 86, Texas Christian 72 -- Kara Lawson had 20 points, seven assists and seven rebounds at Knoxville, Tenn., and the Lady Vols (21-3) won their 12th in a row.

The Lady Frogs (10-12) never led but had a late 7-0 run to cut the lead to 74-70 with 6:05 remaining.

No. 19 Villanova 63, Pittsburgh 47 -- Trish Juhline scored 20 points and Courtney Mix had 16 to send host Pittsburgh to its fifth consecutive loss in the new Petersen Events Center.

Villanova (18-4, 8-3 Big East) held Pittsburgh (10-11, 2-8) nearly 14 minutes without a basket.