Albany, n.y. — Trae Bell-Haynes scored 18 points and Vermont defeated Albany 60-49 on Wednesday night for the Catamounts’ ninth straight win.

Kurt Steidl added 10 points for Vermont (17-5), which is 7-0 in the America East Conference for the first time in 12 seasons.

The Catamounts scored the last six points of the first half and the first four of the second to open a 35-25 lead. The defense did the rest. The lead stayed around 10 until a 3-point play by Bell-Haynes and a 3-pointer by Ernie Duncan made it 53-38 with 5:13 to play.

Albany (12-10, 3-4) shot a season-low 29.7 percent (19 of 64) and matched its season-low for points.

New Hampshire 80, UMass Lowell 71

Durham, n.h. — Jaleen Smith and Tanner Leissner had 24 points each and New Hampshire beat UMass Lowell.

Daniel Dion added 17 points and Iba Camara had nine points and 12 rebounds for the Wildcats (14-7, 5-2 America East).

New Hampshire took the lead in the fifth minute of the first half and held it from there. The River Hawks (8-14, 3-5) cut deficit to one both late in the first half and early in the second but faded down the stretch.

No. 5 Baylor 65, Texas Tech 61

Waco, Texas — Johnathan Motley scored 25 points and No. 5 Baylor held on to beat Texas Tech for the Bears’ 13th straight home victory.

A week after getting a career-high 32 points against Texas, Motley was 15 of 16 on free throws as the Bears (19-1, 7-1 Big 12) pulled even with second-ranked Kansas atop the Big 12 standings with a 26-9 advantage at the free throw line.

Georgia Tech 78, No. 6 Florida St. 56

Atlanta — Josh Okogie scored 35 points, Ben Lammers added 18 and Georgia Tech (12-8, 4-4 ACC) pulled its second home upset of a Top 10 opponent.

Georgia Tech led 41-15 at halftime and 70-47 with 6:52 remaining on Lammers’ dunk. Florida State (18-3, 6-2) never got closer than 18 points in the second half.

Georgetown 71, No. 16 Creighton 51

Washington — L.J. Peak scored 20 points and Georgetown held No. 16 Creighton to its lowest scoring game of the season.

The Hoyas (11-10, 2-6 Big East) held the Bluejays to 1 for 18 from 3-point range and 34.5 percent shooting overall. Creighton (18-3, 5-3) entered the game second in the country at 52.8 percent.

Women

No. 2 Baylor 91, No. 25 Kansas State 49

Manhattan, Kan. — Alexis Prince scored a career high 25 points to help Baylor (20-1, 9-0 Big 12) rout Kansas State (15-6, 5-4).