KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson had 22 points and 13 rebounds, and second-ranked Kansas routed Wichita State 86-67 on Saturday in the first matchup between the in-state rivals in nearly nine years.
Kevin McCullar Jr. scored 20 points and Elmarko Jackson added a career-best 12 for the Jayhawks (12-1), who have won 25 straight games in December.
Dalen Ridgnal scored 13 points for the Shockers (8-5), who also lost to Kansas State at T-Mobile Center last week.
Kansas and Wichita State first played in 1908, but, despite being separated by just 161 miles, the schools have met only 16 times over the years, including a pair of NCAA Tournament games. The most recent meeting was in 2015, when the Shockers beat the Jayhawks in a Midwest Regional game in Omaha, Nebraska.
In this one, the Jayhawks led by as much as 28 in the second half before cruising to the finish.
NO. 10 MARQUETTE 72, NO. 22 CREIGHTON 67
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Sean Jones scored a career-high 15 points, Tyler Kolek also had 15 and Marquette tied a Big East record with its 20th consecutive home conference victory.
The only other Big East teams to win 20 straight home games were Pittsburgh from 2002-04, Notre Dame from 2006-09 and Marquette from 2012-14. Marquette hasn’t lost a Big East home game since falling 75-69 to Creighton in double overtime on Jan. 1, 2022.
Marquette (11-3, 2-1) has won 19 straight home games overall. Its last loss at Fiserv Forum was an 80-77 overtime setback against Wisconsin on Dec. 3, 2022.
Creighton (9-4, 0-2) lost for the third time in four games despite getting 23 points from Baylor Scheierman and 18 from Trey Alexander. Scheierman went 7 of 13 on 3-point attempts.
NO. 16 DUKE 106, QUEENS 69
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jared McCain scored a season-high 24 points, and Duke earned its fourth consecutive victory.
The Blue Devils (9-3) also got a big game from Kyle Filipowski, who had 19 points and a career-high five blocked shots. Caleb Foster had 13 points, and Mark Mitchell added 10 points and eight rebounds.
Deyton Albury scored 23 points for Queens (6-9), which lost to a nationally ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team on the road for the second game in a row after last week’s 30-point setback at Clemson. Jaxon Pollard had 10 points.
NO. 20 JAMES MADISON 82, TEXAS STATE 65
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) — T.J. Bickerstaff had 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, leading James Madison to the victory.
Terrence Edwards added 17 points and Noah Freidel had 11 for the Dukes (13-0, 1-0 Sun Belt).
Coleton Benson scored all 19 of his points in the second half and Kaden Gumbs had 14 points for the Bobcats (6-7, 0-1).
James Madison improved to 13-0 for the first time in program history.
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