Kentucky Pulls Aways From Georgia, College Scores

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Published on March 4 2015 6:29 am
Last Updated on March 4 2015 6:33 am

As Kentucky exhaled after its first close call in a while, a Wildcats fan held up a sign that said it all: "UK. The Unbeatables." Make it 30-0. Facing the largest second-half deficit of its so-far perfect season, No. 1 Kentucky clamped down defensively, ripped off a 14-0 run and put away pesky Georgia 72-64 on Tuesday to remain unbeaten heading into the regular-season finale.

"You have kids here who have a will to win, they believe they're going to win, and they made the plays they needed to make," Coach John Calipari said.

The Wildcats, improving to 17-0 in the Southeastern Conference, had won their previous five games by an average of 24 points.


Villanova 76, Creighton 72

Creighton's physical defense left Villanova reeling, but the fourth-ranked Wildcats managed to get out of CenturyLink Center with their hopes for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament still alive. Ryan Arcidiacono converted a three-point play to give Villanova the lead in the last minute and came up with the game's final rebound, which helped the Wildcats win their 11th straight game 76-72 on Tuesday.

"That," Arcidiacono said, "was one of our guttiest performances of the year."

Indeed. Austin Chatman's 3-pointer had pulled the Bluejays within 74-72 with six seconds left, and they got the ball back after Arcidiacono ran into Chatman as Villanova tried to inbound. Will Artino missed what would have been the tying layup, and Arcidiacono grabbed the ball and got fouled. As Arcidiacono shot the last free throws, what had been a juiced crowd of 16,337 began to quietly head for the exits.


Tuesday, March 3 Scoreboard

(1) Kentucky 72, Georgia 64

(4) Villanova 76, Creighton 72

(9) Kansas 76, (20) West Virginia 69

(10) Maryland 60, Rutgers 50

(19) North Carolina 81, Georgia Tech 49

Georgetown 60, (21) Butler 54


Wednesday, March 4 Schedule (All Times Central)

Wake Forest at (3) Duke, 7 p.m.

(12) Notre Dame at (16) Louisville, 6 p.m.

(23) Ohio State at Penn State, 5 p.m.

(24) Providence at Seton Hall, 6 p.m.