Category: NCAA Basketball

Tyler Bilodeau scores 16 straight points for early in the second half as UCLA defeats Washington in a Big Ten opener.

BYU 91, CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 60 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — AJ Dybantsa and Keba Keita each scored 22 points to lead No. BYU to a victory over California Baptist. Keita added 14 rebounds to help the Cougars (7-1) win their fourth straight neutral-site game — though this one was played in their home state about 45 miles from campus.

Kevin Overton scored a career-high 29 points, Keyshawn Hall added 28 and No. 20 Auburn handled North Carolina State 83-73 in the ACC/SEC Challenge on Wednesday night. The Tigers (7-2) won their 65th consecutive home game against nonconference opponents, the longest streak in the nation. Hall finished with 10 boards and topped 20 points for the sixth time this season.

AJ Dybantsa and Keba Keita each scored 22 points to lead No. BYU to a 91-60 victory over California Baptist on Wednesday night. Keita added 14 rebounds to help the Cougars (7-1) win their fourth straight neutral-site game — though this one was played in their home state about 45 miles from campus.

The Commodores moved up seven spots in the new AP Top 25 rankings after sweeping three games for the Battle 4 Atlantis title last week. They came in ranked second averaging 97.9 points per game to start this season, and they shot 57.1% (36 of 63) against SMU. Devin McGlockton added 13 points for Vanderbilt, and Tyler Nickel had 12.

Niko Medved stood in a crowd that swarmed the Williams Arena court after Minnesota upset Indiana in his Big Ten debut, beaming during his postgame television interview that was broadcast through the sound system for all the fans to hear. “I'm where I fell in love with the game,” Medved said, glancing toward the seats he used to sit in as a kid as he tried to process the enormity of the milestone on his new job with the program he not only grew up a few miles away from but served as a student manager to launch his coaching career. Medved turned to yell, “Go Gophers!” at the students who had surrounded him for congratulations and selfies after the 73-64 victory Wednesday night that handed the 22nd-ranked Hoosiers their first loss under their new coach, Darian DeVries.

John Calipari was in familiar territory Wednesday night. Calipari’s No. 25 Arkansas team beat No. 6 Louisville 89-80, handling the Cardinals from the opening tip. Calipari moved to 20-8 all-time against the Cards, with a majority of those wins coming when he coached Kentucky from 2009-2024.

Milan Momcilovic made his first eight 3-point shots while scoring 27 points and No. 10 Iowa State prepped for its weekend visit to top-ranked Purdue by setting a program scoring record in a 132-68 rout of Alcorn State on Wednesday night. The Cyclones (8-0) broke the previous school record of 130 points in a 67-point win over The Citadel in 2016-17. The 64-point margin against Alcorn State (1-9) was tied for their fifth-largest ever.

Trevon Brazile scored 21 points to lead five Arkansas players in double figures as the 25th-ranked Razorbacks built a big lead and held off No. 6 Louisville 89-80 on Wednesday night. Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas added 17 points apiece for Arkansas, which made 27 of 35 free throws (77%) and outrebounded the Cardinals 46-36. The loss was the first this season for Louisville, which never led in the game.

Labaron Philon tied his career high with 29 points, Amari Allen added 20 points and 11 rebounds and No. 12 Alabama beat Clemson 90-84 on Wednesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge. The Crimson Tide (6-2) led by 19 and then had to rally down the stretch after Clemson (7-2) took a two-point lead with 2:41 to play. RJ Godfrey led the Tigers with 19 points.

A day after the ACC secured a 6-3 lead with some high-profile wins in the ACC-SEC challenge, the SEC punched back with the upset of the event's second day.

Cade Tyson had 17 points and eight rebounds to help Minnesota upset No. 22 Indiana 73-64 on Wednesday in the Big Ten debut for both head coaches, the Gophers' Niko Medved and the Hoosiers' Darian DeVries. Langston Reynolds scored 17 points and Isaac Asuma added 15 for the Gophers (5-4, 1-0), who used a 40-25 rebounding advantage to hand the Hoosiers (7-1, 0-1) their first loss under DeVries and hold them to a season-low score after they were averaging nearly 90 points entering the game.

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Freshman Nate Kingz scored a career-high 19 points, William Kyle III made a go-ahead free throw with 13.8 seconds left, and Syracuse held off No. 13 Tennessee 62-60 on Tuesday night. Kyle, who had six blocks, was fouled by Boswell on Syracuse’s next possession. Sadiq White added a free throw to close out the scoring and hand the Vols (7-2) their second consecutive loss.

Chad Baker-Mazara scored 25 points and Jacob Cofie added 17 as No. USC defeated Oregon 82-77 on Tuesday night in a Big Ten Conference opener for both teams. USC, which entered the AP Top 25 on Monday for the first time in more than two years, improved to 8-0 to continue its best start since the 2021-22 season.