Mens Basketball: January 21
San Diego State 72, Wyoming 55
Duke 89, Miami 59
Texas Christian 65, Texas Tech 54
Maryland 77, Northwestern 66
Illinois 79, Purdue 62
Kentucky 89, Georgia 79
Villanova 76, Butler 61
Kansas 81, Kansas State 59
Walter McCarty out at Evansville
Will McClendon commits to UCLA
Jaxson Robinson commits to Texas A&M
Baylor 61, Oklahoma 57
West Virginia 97, Texas 59
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USA Today Coaches Mens Basketball Ranking: Gonzaga number 1
AP Mens Basketball Ranking: Baylor number 1
Gonzaga 92, Brigham Young 69
San Diego State 68, Nevada 55
Louisville 79, Duke 73
Illinois 75, Northwestern 71
Creighton 78, Providence 74
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Kentucky 67, Georgia Tech 53
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Ashton Hagans has elevated his game, and Kentucky coach John Calipari has noticed the transformation in his point guard.
"He knows what to expect and he has no anxiety about what he is doing and knows coming into the game," Calipari said. "He knows game planning and he'll watch tape, and he's so far advanced and again, there may be better point guards out there, I'll have to watch closely. The way he is playing, he's starting to master his skills."
Hagans scored 21 points to lead No. 8 Kentucky to a 67-53 win over Georgia Tech as the Wildcats (8-1) won their sixth straight game going into a two-game trip to Las Vegas ahead of their Christmas break.
Calipari improved to 18-0 against his former assistants. Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner was an assistant to Calipari at Memphis and took over there when Calipari was hired at Kentucky in 2009.
Like Calipari, Pastner has been impressed with Hagans' improvement.
"I think Hagans has gotten better and better and better," Pastner said. "He's really good. And from where he was in his junior and senior year in high school when we recruited him, I think he continues to get better and better. I thought he was a big difference today."
Hagans was happy with his performance with the exception of six turnovers.
"I had a lot of unforced turnovers, but I just tried to do what I could do to get my team a win," he said. "I just want (the game) to keep coming to me and keep playing on the defensive end, talk to the guys and be more of a leader out there. I try not to focus in the offensive end too much. I just want to let it (come to me) as much as possible."
Hagans scored eight of Kentucky's first 11 points and led the Wildcats with 11 points in the first half. He finished with seven assists and seven rebounds. Immanuel Quickley tied a career high with 16 points, Nick Richards scored 12 and Keion Brooks Jr. contributed 10 points off the bench.
Kentucky trailed 26-21 with 7 minutes remaining in the first half, but scored 13 of the next 15 points to regain the lead for good. Kentucky outscored the Yellow Jackets 15-4 the remainder of the half and led 36-30 at halftime. The Wildcats stretched the margin to as much as 16 points in the second half.
Moses Wright led the Yellow Jackets (4-4) with 13 points, followed by Bubba Parham and Khalid Moore with 10 points each.