Kenny Kadji scored 21 points, Malcolm Grant had 16 and the University of Miami beat host Georgia Tech 64-49 on Tuesday night to leave the Yellow Jackets in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Miami (11-7, 2-3) has won two of three. The Hurricanes took only their second road win in seven tries.
Mfon Udofia had 14 points for Georgia Tech (8-12, 1-5). The Yellow Jackets have lost four in a row and eight of nine.
Georgia Tech trailed 49-39 after a free throw by Glen Rice Jr. with 7:12 remaining. Back-to-back baskets by Kammeon Holsey cut Miami’s lead to 54-45 with 4:26 remaining, but the Hurricanes answered with six consecutive points to push the lead to 15 points.
Kadji, who had 14 points in the second half, led Miami with eight rebounds.
Grant led Miami with his average of 14.8 points per game last season. He scored in double figures in eight of Miami’s first nine games but he suffered a sharp decline in production after attending his older brother’s funeral in New York and missing two games. He scored in double figures in only one of five games following his return, leading Miami with 16 points in the Hurricanes’ first ACC win over Clemson last week.
Grant had three three-pointers in the first half. Freshman Shane Larkin’s three gave Miami its big lead of the half at 31-17.
Rice made only 1 of 6 shots in the first half, and his frustrations were obvious when he missed two free throws with 18.9 seconds left before halftime.
Rice, who leads the Yellow Jackets with his average of 13.7 points, kept shooting. Rice scored on a follow shot and then had a three-pointer as Georgia Tech cut Miami’s lead to double figures in the opening minutes of the second half.
Rice had 13 points and nine rebounds. Julian Royal had 11.
Men’s top 25
• No. 1 Kentucky 57, Georgia 44: Darius Miller came off the bench to score 19 points, and the visiting Wildcats cruised in their first game since returning to No. 1 in the rankings.
Miller, who had started eight of the previous nine games for the Wildcats (20-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference), returned to the sixth-man role he had played earlier in the season. It didn’t really matter. The senior made 7 of 8 shots, including all four from three-point range.
Kentucky used spurts of 10-0 and 10-1 to build a 38-26 halftime lead. The Bulldogs (10-10, 1-5) never threatened in the second half, even though the Wildcats cooled off considerably. They went more than 5 minutes without scoring and made just 7 of 23 shots over the final 20 minutes.
• No. 20 Michigan 66, Purdue 64: Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points to help the Wolverines (16-5, 6-2 Big Ten) edge the host Boilermakers (14-7, 4-4). Hardaway made 8 of 15 shots.
• No. 6 Baylor 77, Oklahoma 65: Perry Jones III had 21 points and 12 rebounds, Pierre Jackson added 16 points and the Bears (18-2, 5-2 Big 12) bounced back after their first two losses of the season to beat the host Sooners (12-7, 2-5).
• No. 13 San Diego St. 52, Wyoming 42:Jamaal Franklin had 12 points and 11 rebounds and the Aztecs (18-2, 4-0 Mountain West) extended their winning streak to 11 games with a victory over the host Cowboys (16-4, 2-2).
• No. 17 Marquette 67, South Florida 47: Darius Johnson-Odom scored 17 points to help the host Golden Eagles (17-4, 6-2 Big East) rout the Bulls (12-9, 5-3).
Women’s top 25
• No. 11 Rutgers 65, No. 23 DePaul 64: Khadijah Rushdan’s layup with 1.5 seconds left lifted host Rutgers (17-3, 6-1 Big East) over DePaul (15-6, 3-4) .
• Oklahoma St. 57, No. 14 Texas A&M 53: Tiffany Bias scored 14 points, including a tiebreaking layup with 28 seconds left, and the host Cowgirls (12-4, 4-3 Big 12) beat a ranked opponent for the second time this season with a win over the Aggies (13-5, 4-3).
• No. 20 Georgetown 64, West Virginia 54: Ta’Shauna Rodgers and Tia Magee both scored 17 points to lead the Hoyas (16-5, 5-3 Big East) over the host Mountaineers (14-6, 4-3).
But Magee’s layup with 8:52 left gave the Hoyas the lead for good, and Georgetown extended it to as many as 13 points.


















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