College Basketball

[ad_1] CINCINNATI (AP) — Dan Skillings Jr. scored 17 points and Jizzle James added 14 as No. 19 Cincinnati ended No. 22 Dayton’s five-game winning streak 66-59 on Friday night. Simas Lukosius added 13 for the Bearcats (9-1), who have won three straight. Malachi Smith and Nate Santos each scored 13 for the Flyers (10-3), who committed a season-high 17 …

[ad_1] DENTON, Texas (AP) — Brenen Lorient scored 17 points off of the bench to lead North Texas past Appalachian State 68-64 on Friday night. Lorient added five rebounds and three blocks for the Mean Green (8-3). Atin Wright scored 13 points while shooting 5 for 8, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc. Rondel Walker shot 3 for …

[ad_1] PROVO, Utah (AP) — Kanon Catchings scored 21 points and led five players into double-digit scoring as BYU rolled to a 103-57 rout of Florida A&M on Friday night. Jordan Chatman scored at the basket and knocked down a 3 to give Florida A&M an early lead, but Mawot Mag hit a 3 and Catchings dunked to pull BYU …

[ad_1] UTEP will play in the championship game of the 63rd annual WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational at the Don Haskins Center. The Miners (8-3) took care of Jackson State (0-11), 67-61, on Friday in the opener of the two-day event. UTEP led by as much as 22, 63-41, in the second half before the Tigers made a late charge to …

[ad_1] Marquette’s only two losses this season are trips to No. 3 Iowa State and No. 22 Dayton. Saturday, the Golden Eagles face their first road test in Big East play when they visit Xavier in a nationally televised game on Fox at 11 a.m. The host Musketeers are without leading scorer Zach Freemantle, who injured his knee in a …

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kiki Rice scored 20 points and No. 1 UCLA raced out to a big lead on the way to a 70-41 win over Creighton on Friday night in the Invisalign Bay Area Women’s Classic, winning without best player Lauren Betts. Angela Dugalic added 13 points and 14 rebounds for her second double-double for the Bruins …

[ad_1] Marquette’s only two losses this season are trips to No. 3 Iowa State and No. 22 Dayton. Saturday, the Golden Eagles face their first road test in Big East play when they visit Xavier in a nationally televised game on Fox at 11 a.m. The host Musketeers are without leading scorer Zach Freemantle, who injured his knee in a …

[ad_1] EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Otis Frazier III had 16 points in UTEP’s 67-61 victory over Jackson State on Friday. Frazier shot 5 for 11 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 5 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Miners (8-3). Kevin Kalu scored 12 points and added 12 rebounds. Ahamad Bynum shot 4 for 7, including …

[ad_1] PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Zuby Ejiofor led St. John’s with 19 points, including the game-winning jump shot with one second left, and the Red Storm knocked off Providence 72-70 on Friday night. Ejiofor also contributed 10 rebounds for the Red Storm (10-2, 2-0 Big East Conference). Deivon Smith scored 17 points, going 8 of 15 from the field. RJ …

[ad_1] The No. 22 University of Dayton men’s basketball team came up short against No. 19 Cincinnati in the Simple Truth Hoops Classic presented by CareSource losing 66-59 Friday in downtown Cincinnati. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] UD never led and scored only 17 first-half points. Their first field goal came at the 8:45 mark …

[ad_1] ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Joe Nugent’s 20 points helped Holy Cross defeat Siena 78-70 on Friday night. Nugent went 6 of 10 from the field (6 for 9 from 3-point range) for the Crusaders (7-5). Max Green added 15 points while going 6 of 11 (3 for 7 from 3-point range) while they also had six assists. Caleb Kenney …

[ad_1] JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Mouhamed Sow’s 25 points helped Saint Peter’s defeat Delaware 72-64 on Friday night. Sow went 11 of 14 from the field for the Peacocks (5-5, 0-2). Bryce Eaton added 15 points while shooting 5 for 14, including 5 for 7 from beyond the arc while they also had seven rebounds. Armoni Zeigler shot 2 …

[ad_1] For the second year in a row, the Cincinnati Bearcats played in an arena in their own city where fans of the opposition outnumbered them. That is the simple truth. The other truth is the 15,107 that took in the game at Heritage Bank Center sporting red and black left happy after the 19th-ranked Bearcats defeated No. 22 Dayton …

[ad_1] Dec. 20—Gonzaga and Bucknell don’t share too much in common with each other and, in a general sense, college basketball these days. The transfer portal, as well as name, image and likeness (NIL), have changed college sports, particularly basketball and football. Both the Zags and Bison, however, boast loads of familiar faces and rank among Division I’s oldest teams …

[ad_1] Dec. 20—Saturday marks the first meeting between Gonzaga and Bucknell, but it won’t be the first time GU standout Ryan Nembhard and Bison point guard Josh Bascoe have faced each other. Both Canadian natives are from Ontario and their hometowns are separated by an hour’s drive. Bascoe is a year older, but Nembhard’s Vaughan Panthers and Bascoe’s Milton Stags, …

[ad_1] FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Corey Hadnot II’s 17 points helped Purdue Fort Wayne defeat Defiance 103-52 on Friday night. Hadnot went 7 of 11 from the field (3 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Mastodons (9-4, 2-1 Horizon League). Chris Morgan scored 16 points and added six steals. Trey Lewis went 5 of 12 from the field …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Georgia Amoore scored 20 of her 23 points in the second half, Amelia Hassett added 16, including a clutch 3-pointer with 30.1 seconds to go, and No. 16 Kentucky held on to defeat Belmont 84-78 on Friday night. The Wildcats saw a 12-point lead with barely three minutes to go shrink to 79-76 with 53 …

[ad_1] Nevada’s Nick Davidson is one of the key players for the Wolf Pack as the Rams head to Nevada. Mountain West play is here. The Colorado State men’s basketball team went through an up-and-down nonconference slate, but the season in some ways starts over now with conference play beginning. A tough test is first up for the Rams with …

[ad_1] Florida Atlantic Owls (7-5) at Michigan State Spartans (9-2, 2-0 Big Ten) East Lansing, Michigan; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 20 Michigan State will look to keep its four-game win streak alive when the Spartans take on Florida Atlantic. The Spartans are 5-0 in home games. Michigan State is the best team in the Big Ten with …

[ad_1] Duke Blue Devils (9-2, 1-0 ACC) at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (5-6, 0-1 ACC) Atlanta; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Duke faces Georgia Tech after Cooper Flagg scored 24 points in Duke’s 68-47 win against the George Mason Patriots. The Yellow Jackets are 5-3 in home games. Georgia Tech averages 11.0 turnovers per game and is …

[ad_1] Through six weeks, who is Big Ten men’s basketball’s biggest surprise, and who is the biggest disappointment? Well, some morons had Penn State as low as No. 17 in their preseason polls. Idiots. Ace Baldwin and the Nittany Lions are a top-35 team across the major analytics sites and already chewed up and spat out Purdue. On the other, …

[ad_1] DePaul Blue Demons (8-3, 0-2 Big East) at Northwestern Wildcats (8-3, 1-1 Big Ten) Evanston, Illinois; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Northwestern hosts DePaul after Brooks Barnhizer scored 20 points in Northwestern’s 71-60 win against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The Wildcats have gone 6-0 at home. Northwestern ranks ninth in the Big Ten in rebounding averaging 33.0 …

[ad_1] Head coach Roger Powell and his Valparaiso Beacons improved to 6–5 after a last-second win over Western Michigan. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) Justus McNair hit a shot from midcourt as the horn sounded to give Valparaiso a thrilling 76-73 win over Western Michigan at Kalamazoo on Friday. The buzzer-beating 3-pointer completed a 22-point comeback for the Beacons, who …

[ad_1] COLLEGE STATION — Star point guard Wade Taylor IV missed the first game of his collegiate career, but the Texas A&M men’s basketball team rode a quality shooting night by senior guard Hayden Hefner in his absence en route to win No. 10. “He wasn’t happy. I could tell by his facial expressions and his body language,” guard Manny …

[ad_1] Head coach Roger Powell and his Valparaiso Beacons improved to 6–5 after a last-second win over Western Michigan. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) Justus McNair hit a shot from midcourt as the horn sounded to give Valparaiso a thrilling 76–73 win over Western Michigan at Kalamazoo on Friday. The buzzer-beating 3-pointer completed a 22-point comeback for the Beacons, who …