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Atlanta • Josh Okogie scored 35 points, Ben Lammers added 18 and Georgia Tech pulled its second home upset of a Top 10 opponent with a 78-56 victory over No. 6 Florida State.
Georgia Tech (12-8, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) led 41-15 at halftime and 70-47 with 6:52 remaining on Lammers' dunk. Florida State never got closer than 18 points in the second half.
The Seminoles (18-3, 6-2) were tied for first place in the ACC and had gone 5-1 in their past six games, all against ranked opponents.
No. 5 Baylor 65, Texas Tech 61 • In Waco, Texas, Johnathan Motley scored 25 points and Baylor held on to beat Texas Tech for the Bears' 13th straight home victory. Motley was 15 of 16 on free throws as the Bears (19-1, 7-1 Big 12) pulled even with Kansas atop the Big 12 standings with a 26-9 advantage at the free throw line.
No. 11 Butler 61, Seton Hall 54 • In Newark, N.J., Kethan Savage had 15 points, 10 rebounds and hit a go-ahead jumper with 4:00 to play for Butler (18-3, 7-2 Big East) which blew a 13-point second-half lead.
Georgetown 71, No. 16 Creighton 51 • In Washington, L.J. Peak scored 20 points and Georgetown (11-10, 2-6 Big East) held Creighton to its lowest scoring game of the season.
No. 25 Florida 106, LSU 71 • In Baton Rouge, La., Devin Robinson scored a career-high 24 points and Florida (15-5, 6-2 SEC) made a school-record 19 3-pointers.