Basketball Roundup | Baylor outlasts Texas A&M in 5 overtimes

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Baylor waited 39 years to get back into the Top 25. Then the Bears had to wait some more, enduring five overtimes to get their first win as a ranked team.

Curtis Jerrells scored a career-high 36 points, including 11 in the fifth overtime, to lead No. 25 Baylor to a 116-110 win over No. 18 Texas A&M on Wednesday night.

Baylor (16-2, 4-0 Big 12) won its fifth in a row and first since entering the rankings for the first time since 1969 on Monday. It broke a 15-game home winning streak for Texas A&M and is the Aggies' third straight loss.

Three free throws by Jerrells gave Baylor a 106-103 lead in the fifth overtime. Dominique Kirk got A&M (15-4, 1-3) within a point with a layup on the next possession.

Jerrells pushed the lead back to three with his steal and layup with about a minute left. Aaron Bruce added two free throws before a layup by Bryan Davis made it 110-107 with less than 30 seconds remaining.

Jerrells added four more free throws and LaceDarius Dunn chipped in a pair to ensure the win.

Davis, who led A&M with a career-high 30 points, made a layup with nine seconds left in the fourth overtime to knot it at 99 and send it to the fifth OT.

Mayo might have broken NCAA rule

LOS ANGELES — USC freshman standout O.J. Mayo might have violated an NCAA rule by accepting free tickets to Monday night's NBA game between Denver and the Los Angeles Lakers from Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony.

Mayo told reporters Tuesday he had received the tickets, which were located behind courtside seats at Staples Center and had a face value of $230 each.

USC declined to comment.

Men's Top 25 games

No. 1 Memphis 56,

at Tulsa 41

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 20 points and Derrick Rose added 19 points as the Tigers avoided the fate that befell them their only other time with the No. 1 ranking 25 years earlier.

After winning each of its past six games by at least 20 points, Memphis (18-0, 5-0 Conference USA) didn't take a double-digit lead until Douglas-Roberts' two-handed jam with 6:21 remaining made it 48-38.

Calvin Walls led the Golden Hurricane (9-7, 1-3) with 12 points.

At No. 2 Kansas 83,

Iowa State 59

Darnell Jackson had 21 points and 11 rebounds to help the Jayhawks (19-0, 4-0 Big 12) stay unbeaten. The Cyclones (12-7, 2-2) had won nine of their past 11.

No. 5 North Carolina 98,

at Miami 82

Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 of his season-high 35 points after halftime as the Tar Heels (19-1, 4-1 Atlantic Coast) got back to their winning ways by beating the Hurricanes (14-4, 1-3).

At No. 7 Indiana 65, Iowa 43

D.J. White scored 19 points and Eric Gordon added 17 to help the Hoosiers beat the Hawkeyes (9-11, 2-5 Big Ten) and extend their winning streak to 13. Indiana (17-1, 6-0) has now won 29 in a row at Assembly Hall.

No. 13 Pittsburgh 81,

at St. John's 57

Sam Young scored 26 points as the Panthers (16-3, 4-2 Big East) subdued the Red Storm (7-10, 1-5).

At Rutgers 80,

No. 18 Villanova 68

Anthony Farmer and Mike Coburn each scored 23 points to help the Scarlet Knights (9-11, 1-6 Big East) get their first victory against a ranked opponent in more than two years. Malcolm Grant scored 23 points for the Wildcats (13-4, 3-3).

Women's Top 10 game

No. 6 Baylor 72,

at Missouri 57

Jhasmin Player scored 18 points and Danielle Wilson had 16 as the Bears (17-1, 5-0 Big 12) beat the Tigers (8-10, 1-4) to give coach Kim Mulkey her 200th win.