No. 25 Arizona State holds off Cal 70-62 in Pac-12 opener
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Remy Martin and his supporting cast delivered down the stretch each time California threatened. arMartin produced another impressive performance on Cal’s home floor, finishing with 22 points, five assists and four rebounds as No. 25 Arizona State beat the Golden Bears 70-62 on Thursday night in the Pac-12 opener for both […]
Florida beats cold-shooting Boston College 90-70
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Keyontae Johnson had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead Florida to a 90-70 victory over Boston College in the Legends Classic on Thursday night. Florida (2-0) won both its games at the Mohegan Sun Arena after having games against Massachusetts-Lowell, Virginia and Oklahoma canceled. The Gators beat Army 76-69 on […]
Keve Aluma leads No. 16 Virginia Tech past VMI, 64-57
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Keve Aluma had 17 points and 12 rebounds and No. 16 Virginia Tech won its 34th consecutive nonconference home game , beating VMI 64-57 on Thursday night. Tyrece Radford added 13 points and Justyn Mutts had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Hokies (4-0). They led 30-23 at halftime and […]
Manek makes 8 3-pointers, leads Oklahoma over UTSA 105-66
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Brady Manek made a career-high eight 3-pointers and finished with 29 points as Oklahoma won its season opener with an 105-66 rout of UTSA on Thursday night. Manek, a 6-foot-9 senior forward who averaged 14.4 points last season, was 9 of 15 from the floor and missed only three 3s. His […]
TCU holds off Northwestern State 74-68
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — RJ Nembhard had 23 points, Kevin Samuel added 12 points and 15 rebounds, and TCU held off Northwestern State for a 74-68 win on Thursday night. PJ Fuller scored 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Jaedon LeDee scored 11 for the Horned Frogs (4-0). Nembhard was 9 of 17 from […]
Garza, Nunge lead No. 3 Iowa past Western Illinois, 99-58
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza scored 35 points, 30 in the first half, and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 3 Iowa stayed unbeaten with a 99-58 win over Western Illinois on Thursday night. Jack Nunge, playing his first game this season following the death of his father, matched his career high with 18 […]
McCormack, Agbaji lead No. 7 Kansas past Washburn, 89-54
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — David McCormack scored 17 points, Ochai Agbaji added 16 and Jalen Wilson had 12, helping seventh-ranked Kansas cruise to a 89-54 victory over lower-division Washburn on Thursday night in the Jayhawks’ long-delayed home opener. Kansas (3-1) had opened with a pair of games in Florida and beat Kentucky in Indianapolis before […]
UConn holds off Southern California 61-58 in Legends Classic
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — James Bouknight scored 18 points and Connecticut lead most of the way and held off Southern California in a 61-58 victory in the Legends Classic on Thursday night. Bouknight’s 3-point play capped the scoring for UConn (3-0), which had a six-point lead with four minutes to play. But USC (3-1) ended […]
No. 8 North Carolina State women beat No. 1 South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Raina Perez made a 3-pointer with 3:07 left that put No. 8 North Carolina State ahead to stay and the Wolfpack ended No. 1 South Carolina’s 29-game winning streak with a 54-46 victory Thursday night. The Wolfpack (3-0) beat a top-ranked opponent for the first time since knocking off Duke in […]
No. 14 Maryland women make Big Ten record 21 3-pointers
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Diamond Miller scored a career-high 28 points, Katie Benzan added 21, and the duo combined for 11 of Maryland’s Big Ten record 21 3-pointers as the No. 14 Terrapins beat Towson 112-78 on Thursday night. Maryland was 8 of 12 from 3-point range at the half and finished 21 of […]