MURRAY, Ky. -- Isaiah Canaan scored 23 points and Donte Poole added 11 as No. 16 Murray State beat No. 21 Saint Mary's 65-51 Saturday for its most convincing win to date.
The Racers (26-1) already have clinched the Ohio Valley regular-season title, but were still short of victories over quality opponents since beating Memphis in early December before hosting this BracketBusters matchup.
Matthew Dellavedova scored 17 points for Saint Mary's (23-5), which has lost three of four.
No. 1 Kentucky 77, Mississippi 62: Terrence Jones had 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Wildcats (26-1, 11-0 SEC) to a victory over the Rebels in Lexington, Ky., the Wildcats' 50th consecutive win at home.
The Rebels fell to 15-11 and 5-7.
No. 3 Missouri 71, Texas A&M 62: Kim English scored 21 points and the Tigers (25-2, 12-2 Big 12) beat Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.
Texas A&M (13-13, 4-10) was led by Khris Middleton, who had 15 points.
Kansas State 57, No. 9 Baylor 56: Angel Rodriguez had 15 points and six assists, and Kansas State (18-8, 7-7 Big 12) squeaked past Baylor in Waco, Texas.
Quincy Acy led Baylor (22-5, 9-5) with 14 points.
No. 10 Georgetown 63, Providence 53: Hollis Thompson and Jason Clark scored 13 points each and the Hoyas (20-5, 10-4 Big East) shut down the Friars in Providence, R.I.
The Friars (13-15, 2-13) made just 14 of 54 field goals.
New Mexico 65, No. 11 UNLV 45: Drew Gordon scored a career-high 27 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in Albuquerque, N.M. to lead New Mexico (22-4, 8-2 Mountain West) to its seventh straight victory with a win over UNLV.
Anthony Marshall had 18 to lead UNLV (22-6, 6-4).
No. 12 Marquette 79, Connecticut 64: Jae Crowder had 29 points and 12 rebounds to help Marquette (22-5, 11-3 Big East) beat UConn in Hartford, Conn.
Jeremy Lamb had 19 points to lead Connecticut (16-10, 6-8).
Air Force 58, No. 13 San Diego State 56: Michael Lyons scored 27 points and Air Force (13-11, 3-7 Mountain West) upset San Diego State in Air Force Academy, Colo.
The Aztecs (20-6, 6-4) lost their third straight.
No. 14 Florida 98, Arkansas 68: Erving Walker scored a career-high 31 points and the Gators (21-6, 9-3 SEC) ended Arkansas' perfect home record in Fayetteville, Ark.
The loss ends a 17-0 start to the season in Fayetteville for the Razorbacks (17-10, 5-7), who were led by B.J. Young's career-high 31 points.
No. 19 Louisville 90, DePaul 82 (OT): Russ Smith hit back-to-back baskets in overtime and Louisville (21-6, 9-5 Big East) rallied to beat DePaul in Rosemont, Ill. for its seventh win in eight games.
DePaul (11-15, 2-12) has now lost 36 straight games against ranked opponents and 11 of their last 12.
No. 22 Virginia 71, Maryland 44: Mike Scott scored 25 points and Virginia (20-6, 7-5 ACC) beat Maryland in Charlottesville, Va.
Malcolm Brogdon added 14 points for the Cavaliers.
Terrell Stoglin scored 14 points and Nick Faust had 13 for Maryland (15-11, 5-7).
ACC
Virginia Tech 74, Georgia Tech 73 (OT): Dorenzo Hudson made a 3-pointer as time expired in overtime to lift the Hokies (15-12, 4-8) to a win over the Yellow Jackets in Blacksburg, Va.
Georgia Tech (9-17, 2-10) has lost nine of its past 10 games and 13 of 15.
SoCon
Western Carolina 78, Elon 76 (OT): Trey Sumler scored 22 points and Western Carolina (12-17, 6-10) edged Elon (13-14, 8-8) in Elon.
Big South
Northwestern State 100, Campbell 86: Shamir Davis scored 25 points in a win over the Camels (17-12) in Natchitoches, La.
The Demons (15-12) got a career-high 19 points from William Mosley, who had 12 rebounds for a double-double.
Elsewhere
N.C. Central 71, N.C. A&T 66: Dominique Sutton and Ray Willis each recorded double-doubles and the Eagles (14-12, 8-5 Mid-Eastern Athletic) defeated A&T in Greensboro.
Sutton had 24 points and 12 rebounds for the Eagles, who swept the season series against the Aggies (11-17, 6-7).
Shaw 86, Fayetteville State 74: Junius Chaney had a game-high 26 points and Shaw made 7 of 13 threes en route to victory in a game in which it never trailed.
Tony Smith added 19 points and Malik Alvin 16 in the win.
Livingstone 81, Saint Augustine's 64: Jon Kindred's career-high 21 points weren't enough for the Falcons in Salisbury, who fell to 13-11 overall and 8-6 in CIAA play.
The Blue Bears improved to 8-15 and 4-10.
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