Texas never trailed and built a 25-point halftime lead thanks to hot shooting and their trademark stifling defense. The Aggies outscored the Longhorns by five points in the second half, but the dominant first half kept Texas (19-3, 7-0) undefeated in the Big 12.

The Aggies (17-4, 4-3) have lost three of four in a skid that began when Texas beat them 81-60 in Austin less than two weeks ago to snap a 13-game winning streak.

B.J. Holmes had 19 points for Texas A&M.

The Longhorns haven’t lost since dropping an 82-81 overtime decision to Connecticut on Jan. 8 and are 7-0 in league play for the first time since 1977-78.

No. 13 Georgetown 62  No. 15 Louisville 59: In Washington, Chris Wright scored a season-high 24 points and Georgetown won its fifth straight despite blowing an 11-point second-half lead.

Wright, who was held scoreless in the Hoyas’ win at then-No. 8 Villanova on Saturday, went 8 for 8 from the free throw line, including making two with 4.4 seconds left that forced the Cardinals to attempt a 3-pointer to tie.

Peyton Siva missed from the top of the key at the horn with a chance to tie.

The Hoyas (17-5, 6-4), who started the conference 1-4, won a game that featured 32 turnovers — 16 for each team.

Austin Freeman, who was averaging 24.3 points during the Hoyas’ winning streak, was held to 13 points and committed six turnovers.

Terrence Jennings scored 18 points for the Cardinals (17-5, 6-3), while Siva committed a career-high eight turnovers in 29 minutes and scored five points on 1-for-5 shooting.
 
Ohio State unanimous No. 1 in AP poll

Ohio State, the lone remaining unbeaten team, is a unanimous No. 1 in the men’s college basketball poll by The Associated Press.

The Buckeyes are one of three top 10 teams not to lose last week and they received all the first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday. It’s Ohio State’s third straight week at No. 1.

Kansas and Texas are the only other top 10s to escape last week without a loss. They jumped four places to second and third. Rounding out the top 10 are Pittsburgh, Duke, Connecticut, San Diego State, BYU, Notre Dame and Kentucky.

Four newcomers join the rankings — Arizona, Utah State, North Carolina and West Virginia. They replace Illinois, Florida State, Florida and Michigan State.