College Basketball

[ad_1] NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chris Manon had 23 points and a game-high 11 rebounds as Vanderbilt beat No. 14 Missouri 97-93 in overtime on Saturday night for its third win in a row. AJ Hoggard scored 21 points, Jason Edwards finished with 17 and Tyler Nickel added 12 for Vanderbilt (20-9, 8-8 Southestern Conference). Caleb Grill scored 28 points …

[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ezra Ausar scored 25 points and Utah put up 58 points in the second half to pull away from Arizona State to earn its first win under interim coach Josh Eilert, 99-73 on Saturday. Eilert took over the program for the final three games of the regular season after the school fired Craig Smith …

[ad_1] LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Chucky Hepburn scored a career-high 37 points to lead No. 19 Louisville to a 79-68 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Terrence Edwards Jr. added 23 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals (23-6, 16-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 51.1% from the field (23 for 45) and went 11 for 21 (52.4%) from 3-point …

[ad_1] LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Chucky Hepburn scored a career-high 37 points to lead No. 19 Louisville to a 79-68 victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Terrence Edwards Jr. added 23 points and seven rebounds for the Cardinals (23-6, 16-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 51.1% from the field (23 for 45) and went 11 for 21 (52.4%) from 3-point …

[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) — Reserve Malik Reneau scored 22 points on 10-for-13 shooting and Luke Goode scored 18 points and Indiana led for all but 47 seconds in a 78-62 win over Washington on Saturday. Mackenzie Mgbako and reserve Myles Rice each scored 10 points for the Hoosiers (18-11, 9-9 Big Ten) who shot 49% (30 for 61). Zoom Diallo …

[ad_1] FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Vasean Allette had 17 points, seven rebounds and nine assists to lead TCU to an 89-78 victory over UCF on Saturday for the Horned Frogs’ 14th home win this season. In the second half, the Horned Frogs were unable to improve on their 19-point halftime lead but they maintained a double-digit advantage until Darius …

[ad_1] ATLANTA (AP) — Baye Ndongo scored a career-high 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, Duncan Powell added 23 points and 10 rebounds and Georgia Tech beat N.C. State 87-62 on Saturday. Lance Terry added 15 points, Jaeden Mustaf came off the bench for 13 points and Naithan George had 12 assists for the Yellow Jackets (15-14, 9-9 ACC). Georgia …

[ad_1] STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Josh Hubbard scored 20 of his 30 points in the second half to help No. 24 Mississippi State beat LSU 81-69 on Saturday. Riley Kugel had 12 points for Mississippi State on 5-for-6 shooting. The Bulldogs (20-9, 8-8 SEC) trailed by as many as eight points in the first half and were down 37-35 at …

[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Enoch Cheeks scored 18 points, including four in in the second overtime, as Dayton defeated Richmond 74-64 on Saturday. Cheeks also contributed 11 rebounds for the Flyers (20-9, 10-6 Atlantic 10 Conference). Nate Santos added 18 points while going 6 of 12 from the floor, including 2 for 6 from 3-point range, and 4 for …

[ad_1] OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Sean Pedulla scored 26 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 18.3 seconds left, and Mississippi beat Oklahoma 87-84 on Saturday. Sooners freshman Dayton Forsythe scored 23 of his career-high 25 points in the second half but in driving the baseline after Pedulla’s 3 he threw the ball over the backside of the glass for a …

[ad_1] NEW YORK – More than few folks thought Seton Hall basketball would be the sacrificial lamb in Saturday’s coronation of St. John’s as the outright regular-season Big East champion. The Pirates had other ideas. They went toe-to-toe with the seventh-ranked Johnnies most of the way, betraying good defense with horrific free-throw shooting in a 71-61 loss at a sold-out …

[ad_1] WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Joshua Ingram scored 23 points as Lehigh beat Army 89-67 on Saturday. Ingram also added 13 rebounds for the Mountain Hawks (11-18, 6-12 Patriot League). Cam Gillus scored 14 points while going 3 of 6 from the floor, including 1 for 4 from 3-point range, and 7 for 8 from the line and added …

[ad_1] COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Collin Murray-Boyles scored a career-high 35 points shooting 12 for 16, Nick Pringle scored 18 points and South Carolina largely decimated Arkansas 72-53 on Saturday. Pringle finished 7-for-11 shooting and along with Murray-Boyles made 19 of South Carolina’s 25 made field goals. Karter Knox scored 11 points and reserve Jonas Aidoo 10 for the Razorbacks. …

[ad_1] CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Quimari Peterson scored 25 points as East Tennessee State beat The Citadel 81-66 on Saturday. Peterson had five rebounds for the Buccaneers (19-12, 12-6 Southern Conference). Karon Boyd scored 14 points while finishing 6 of 10 from the floor and added six rebounds. Maki Johnson had 14 points and shot 5 for 6, including 4 …

[ad_1] BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Freshman Ben Hammond had a career-high 21 points off the bench, he and Jaydon Young combined for 15 points in overtime, and Virginia Tech outlasted Syracuse 101-95 on Saturday. The Hokies scored 19 points in the extra period. Hammond scored seven, including a big 3-pointer for the Hokies’ final lead, and Young, who finished with …

[ad_1] STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Derik Queen had 23 points, Ja’kobi Gillespie scored 19 and No. 16 Maryland beat Penn State 68-64 on Saturday. Selton Miguel added 17 points for the Terrapins (22-7, 12-6 Big Ten), who overcame a 36-30 halftime deficit to snap a seven-game losing streak in Happy Valley. Ace Baldwin Jr. had 18 points and D’Marco …

[ad_1] VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) — Eric Dixon’s 34 points led Villanova over Butler 80-70 on Saturday. Dixon also contributed seven rebounds for the Wildcats (18-12, 11-8 Big East Conference). Jordan Longino scored 14 points, going 4 of 8 (4 for 6 from 3-point range). Wooga Poplar shot 4 for 16, including 2 for 10 from beyond the arc to finish …

[ad_1] CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Ven-Allen Lubin scored 19 points, Jae’Lyn Withers had 11 points and 10 rebounds and North Carolina beat Miami 92-73 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory, the Tar Heels’ longest win streak this season. Lubin was 9-of-10 from the floor and Withers collected his third double-double this season. Drake Powell added 16 points, RJ …

[ad_1] The Oklahoma State men’s basketball team secured a commitment from four-star prospect Ben Ahmed on Saturday. Ahmed is a 6-foot-9 center who’s originally from Kaduna State, Nigeria, and he’s playing high school basketball in Connecticut. He’s ranked by 247Sports as the No. 105 player in the Class of 2025. Ahmed originally signed to Miami last November, but he requested …

[ad_1] Creighton Bluejays (20-8, 13-4 Big East) at Xavier Musketeers (18-10, 10-7 Big East) Cincinnati; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Musketeers -2.5; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: Xavier hosts Creighton after Ryan Conwell scored 22 points in Xavier’s 73-66 win against the Seton Hall Pirates. The Musketeers have gone 13-2 at home. Xavier averages 77.1 points while outscoring …

[ad_1] Alabama basketball’s recent history against Tennessee has been one to forget. The Crimson Tide have lost each of its last three games against the Volunteers. Of those three losses, two were by 10 points or fewer. On Saturday, ahead of No. 6 Alabama’s road trip to Knoxville to face No. 5 Tennessee, ESPN’s “College GameDay” crew thinks that Crimson …

[ad_1] The Georgia Bulldogs basketball team has a critical road game on Saturday against the Texas Longhorns. Georgia is coming off a massive home upset over the No. 3 Florida Gators, but Georgia still has some work do if it wants to make the NCAA Tournament. According to ESPN’s latest Bracketology, Georgia is the first team out of the NCAA …

[ad_1] Kansas State basketball, mired in another losing streak after dropping four straight, will try to get back on the winning track at home Sunday with a 3 p.m. game against Colorado at Bramlage Coliseum. With three regular season games left Wildcats (13-15, 7-10 big 12) are in danger of finishing below .500 for the first time in three seasons …

[ad_1] LEXINGTON, Ky. — The legacy of this year’s Auburn basketball team will take a new form in the coming weeks, and that starts today. What the Tigers have done to this point is already impressive. With three games to go in the regular season, they’ve only lost twice. But if they want championships, and to reach the ceiling they’ve …

[ad_1] Florida basketball will show off its up-tempo attack when it hosts Texas A&M on Saturday night. The No. 3 Florida Gators (24-4, 11-4 SEC) lead the nation in fast-break points at 17.3 points per game and are averaging 83.6 points per game behind the high-scoring senior guard trio of Walter Clayton Jr. (17.1 ppg), Alijah Martin (14.7 ppg) and …