ATLANTA (AP) — Otega Oweh knocked down four free throws in the final 10.3 seconds and No. 19 Kentucky claimed the first big win of Mark Pope’s coaching tenure, knocking off No. 6 Duke 77-72 at the Champions Classic in Atlanta. In the frenetic closing seconds, Duke tied the game at 72 on Cooper Flagg’s lay-in with 1:14 remaining but never got off another shot. Flagg ruined a 26-point night by turning it over twice in the final minute to hand the victory to the Wildcats, who improved to 3-0, Duke dropped to 2-1. Andrew Carr paced Kentucky with 17 points, while Oweh added 15.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s president and athletic director have given coach Brent Venables a vote of confidence. The Sooners are 5-5 overall and 1-5 in league play during their first season in the Southeastern Conference. Venables, in his third season, has a 21-15 overall record. Oklahoma president Joseph Harroz Jr. spoke after a Board of Regents meeting on Tuesday and said his commitment to Venables was “100 percent.” Venables took over after Lincoln Riley left for Southern California following the 2021 season.

UNDATED (AP) — Oregon stayed on top in the second batch of College Football Playoff rankings, while the new poll shoved Georgia completely out of the bracket after its lopsided loss to Mississippi. Led by the Ducks, then Ohio State, the Big Ten captured four of the top five spots. The string was interrupted only by Texas of the Southeastern Conference, which was slotted in at No. 3. Georgia’s loss to Ole Miss dropped the Bulldogs from third to all the way to 12th, but they would be the first team out because No. 13 Boise State of the Mountain West would receive an automatic bid and the 12th seed as the fifth-best conference champion.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard hit four 3-pointers and scored 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting to help Mississippi State beat Southeastern Louisiana 80-59. Kanye Clary added 12 points and KeShawn Murphy scored 10 for Mississippi State (3-0). Cameron Matthews had 13 rebounds to go with seven points, four assists and three steals. Shawn Jones Jr. threw down a dunk that gave that made it 16-14 with 12:01 left in the first half and the Bulldogs led the rest of the way. Southeastern Louisiana made just one of its first 12 second-half shots and a 12-0 run gave the Bulldogs a 15-point lead with 13:20 to go. Kam Burton made five 3s and led the Lions with 17 points. Sam Hines, Jr. added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tre Johnson scored 19 points to lead five Longhorns in double figures and Texas rolled to a 105-58 win over Chicago State on Tuesday night. Johnson, the SEC freshman of the week who came in averaging 28.5 points a game and shooting 56% from the arc, was 6 of 9 from the floor, including 4 of 6 on 3-point tries in 22 minutes. Ze’rik Onyema added 18 points, Arthur Kaluma had 15 points and eight rebounds, Kadin Shedrick 12 points and Julian Larry 10 for the Longhorns (2-1), who shot 57% and dominated points in the paint 50-18.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — RJ Godfrey scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Silas Demary Jr. added 17 points to help Georgia beat North Florida 90-77 at the Peach State Classic. Tyrin Lawrence scored 15, and freshman Asa Newell, a consensus five-star recruit, had 13 points and eight rebounds for Georgia. Godfey, who helped Clemson make a run to the NCAA Tournament’s Elite 8 last season, made a basket in the paint to open the scoring and Georgia (3-0) never trailed. Liam Murphy led North Florida with 22 points, including five 3-pointers. Godfrey scored six points in an 8-0 run that pushed the lead to 14 before the Bulldogs took a 43-31 lead into halftime.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Collin Murray-Boyles scored 27 points, was a rebound shy of a double-double and led South Carolina to an 80-54 win over Towson on Tuesday night. Murray-Boyles shot 9-of-12 from the floor an 9 of 10 from the line in leading the Gamecocks (2-1), who shot 50%. Jacobi Wright followed up a career high of 20 points against South Carolina State with 16 against the Tigers (1-2). Nick Pringle added 15 points and nine rebounds. Nendah Tarke scored 12 points, Tyler Tejada 11 and Christian May 10 for Towson, which shot 30%.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia coach Kirby Smart says he went too far when he called backup safety Jake Pope an “idiot” for appearing to celebrate with Mississippi fans following the Bulldogs’ loss to the Rebels last week. Pope issued an apology on Monday for his actions that were captured on video after the Bulldogs’ 28-10 loss at Ole Miss. It looked like Pope was celebrating with Rebels fans, and the video drew sharp criticism from Smart. One day later, Smart said he regretted his choice of words and complimented Pope for the way he explained the situation to his teammates.