Here is the latest Big 12 Conference sports news from The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Brayden Burries had 20 points and 12 rebounds, Motiejus Krivas added 13 points and No. 2 Arizona clinched a share of the Big 12 regular-season title with an 84-61 win over No. 14 Kansas. The Wildcats used a 19-0 run to build an 18-point lead, allowed Kansas to whittle it to two midway through the second half, then pulled away with another big run to earn a share of the Big 12 title in their second season in the league. Jaden Bradley scored eight straight points during the decisive 19-2 second-half run and Koa Peat had 12 points after missing the previous three games with a lower-leg injury. Darryn Peterson led Kansas with 24 points.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donovan Atwell scored 18 points to lead No. 16 Texas Tech to an 82-73 victory over No. 4 Iowa State that sent the Cyclones to their first home loss of the season. Iowa State was 15-0 at Hilton Coliseum before the Red Raiders ended the streak. Texas Tech, playing the rest of the season without JT Toppin, the reigning Big 12 player of the year, stayed in a second-place tie with Houston. Joshua Jefferson led the Cyclones with 22 points.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Honor Huff scored 19 points, Brenen Lorient added 18 and West Virginia led the entire second half and beat No. 19 BYU 79-71. DJ Thomas added 13 points and Jasper Floyd and Chance Moore scored 11 apiece for the Mountaineers (17-12, 8-8 Big 12). Robert Wright III scored 23 points and AJ Dybantsa added 20 for BYU (20-9, 8-8). The Cougars couldn’t make up a double-digit halftime deficit for the second straight game. They have lost two straight and eight of their last 12.

HOUSTON (AP) — Milos Uzan had 26 points and six assists, Joseph Tugler scored 14 and No. 5 Houston snapped its three-game losing streak with a 102-62 win over Colorado. Uzan had 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting in the first half as the Cougars built a 55-29 lead at the break. Houston shot 56%, including 6 of 11 on 3-pointers, in the first half. Chris Cenac Jr. scored 12 points, Kingston Flemings had 11 points, six rebound and eight assists and Chase McCarty, Emanuel Sharp and Mercy Miller finished with 10 points each for Houston.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Baylor edges UCF 87-86 after Obi Agbim sinks a late free throw to seal a wild finish. On Saturday night, UCF storms back with a 17-6 run and ties the game with 25 seconds left. Baylor then uses timeouts to set up a final play. UCF fouls Agbim on a three-point try with 3.2 seconds left. He misses the first free throw, makes the second, then bounces the last shot off the rim to drain time. Cameron Carr leads Baylor with 26 points. Riley Kugel scores 26 for UCF.

UNDATED (AP) — Xavier Edmonds had 15 points, a career-high tying 13 rebounds, three steals and two blocks to help TCU beat Kansas State 77-68. Tanner Toolson scored 14 points for TCU (19-10, 9-7 Big 12), David Punch added 13 and Liutauras Lelevicius 12. Kansas State (11-18, 2-14) has lost three in a row and nine of 10. PJ Haggerty had 18 points, seven rebounds and five assists for the Wildcats and Nate Johnson had 16 points, nine assists and three steals. There were five lead changes and nine ties before Edmonds made a layup with 6:43 left until halftime that gave TCU the lead for good at 27-25. The Horned Frogs have won five straight in the series.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Maurice Odum scored 15 points, Santiago Trouet scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Arizona State beat Utah 73-60. Keanu Dawes scored 16 points and Don McHenry 14 for the Utes. Utah got off to a 14-5 start within the first five minutes before Arizona State took the momentum and gradually began chipping away. Over the next nine minutes, the Sun Devils outscored Utah 18-7 — with Johnson scoring six — and took their first lead at 23-21 on a 3-pointer from Bryce Ford with 6:13 before halftime. Odum sandwiched a pair of 3s around one from Utah’s McHenry and Arizona State led 34-24 at the break.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati cruises past Oklahoma State as Day Day Thomas drills seven 3-pointers and powers a 91-68 win. On Saturday, Thomas scores a season-high 26 points and hits a career milestone. He reaches 1,000 career points on a first-half free throw. Moustapha Thiam backs him up with 24 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Cincinnati never trails and builds a huge second-half lead. The Bearcats win five of their last six games. Vyctorius Miller leads Oklahoma State with 15 points. Oklahoma State drops six of seven. Both teams play Tuesday.

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