Hot shooting lifts Florida; Gators pound Alabama for 29th in a row at home.

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Florida 78, Alabama 69: Scottie Wilbekin scored 16 points, leading all five starters in double figures, and No. 3 Florida beat visiting Alabama for its 15th straight victory.

The Gators handled the Tide for the second time in 16 days and extended a school record for consecutive home wins to 29.

Florida (21-2, 10-0 Southeastern Conference) shot 62 percent from the field and finished with a season-high 22 assists.

Wilbekin was 3 for 5 shooting from behind the arc, making all three in the second half. Michael Frazier II was 3 for 8 from 3-point range.

Frazier finished with 14 points, joining Wilbekin, Casey Prather (15), Will Yeguete (12) and Patric Young (11) in double figures. It was the first time all five of Florida's starters topped 10 points since Nov. 21, 2013 against Middle Tennessee.

Trevor Releford led the Tide (9-14, 3-7) with 25 points on 7-for-10 shooting.

Kansas 83, West Virginia 69: Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points and Wayne Selden had 17 for No. 8 Kansas, which padded its lead in the Big 12 standings.

Reserve Tarik Black added 11 points for the Jayhawks (18-5, 9-1 Big 12), who honored the 40th anniversary of their 1974 Final Four team by fending off the visiting Mountaineers (14-10, 6-5) to take a two-game lead over surprising Texas in the conference race.

The 15th-ranked Longhorns on Saturday lost to Kansas State, which will host the Jayhawks on Monday night.

Juwan Staten scored 22 points and Eron Harris had 17 for West Virginia, which dealt with foul trouble nearly the entire game. At one point, the Mountaineers had five players with four fouls, and Brandon Watkins and Devin Williams eventually fouled out.

Iowa 85, Michigan 67: Roy Devyn Marble scored 22 of his 26 points in the first half for No. 17 Iowa.

Aaron White added 11 points and eight rebounds for the host Hawkeyes (18-6, 7-4 Big Ten), who have beaten two AP Top 10 teams in the regular season for the first time since 1990-91, avoided a third straight loss at home, and split the season series with No. 10 Michigan.

Caris LeVert scored 22 points for the Wolverines (17-6, 9-2), who have lost two of three after starting 8-0 in the Big Ten.

Marble was 6 of 9 from 3-point range in the first half -- more than the Hawkeyes made as a team the last five games. He finished 8 of 17 from the field and made all four of his free throws.

Mike Gesell had 10 points and matched a career high with eight assists for the Hawkeyes, who rank next to last in the Big Ten in 3-point field goals...

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