Category: NCAA Basketball

Ethan Dietz, a sophomore at Connors State College in Oklahoma, suffered a head injury in a game on Saturday.

JT Toppin scored 19 points and grabbed 16 rebounds as No. 20 Texas Tech rebounded from a lopsided loss to beat New Orleans 82-50 on Wednesday. Christian Anderson added 23 points with six 3-pointers and five assists for the Red Raiders (5-2), who were coming off a 30-point loss to No. 1 Purdue five days earlier in the Bahamas. Donovan Atwell had 13 points in 23 minutes before fouling out with 8:43 left in the game, and Luke Bamgboye also scored 13 points and LeJuan Watts had 12.

Milan Momcilovic scored 24 points to lead No. Iowa State to a 95-64 win over Syracuse in the final day of the Players Era Championship on Wednesday. The Cyclones (7-0) won all three of their games at the tournament but were playing in the consolation round because of a point differential tiebreaker.

Ethan Dietz, a sophomore forward at Connors State College in eastern Oklahoma, died on Nov. 25 after he was injured in a game on Nov. 22.

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Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn led the way for UNLV (3-4) with 25 points while Issac Wiliamson scored 18 points and Kimani Hamilton added 13. The Rebels kept the lead under 10 points through much of the first half and trailed by only four, 29-25, with 8:04 remaining before halftime. But the Crimson Tide scored the next eight points to go up by 12.

No. Michigan will play No. Gonzaga in the title game of the Players Era Championship on Wednesday.

Braden Huff scored 20 points on 9-of-10 shooting as No. 12 Gonzaga shredded Maryland's defense in a 100-61 blowout Tuesday night at the Players Era Championship. Emmanuel Innocenti added 15 points off the bench on five 3-pointers for the Bulldogs (7-0). Steele Venters had 14 points, including four 3s, and Graham Ike scored 13.

MICHIGAN 102, AUBURN 72 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Roddy Gayle Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg both scored 17 points as Michigan routed Auburn in the second round of the Players Era Championship. It was the second time Michigan (6-0) topped the century mark this season. The Wolverines improved to 2-0 in this event, following a 94-54 win over San Diego State on Monday.

Roddy Gayle Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg both scored 17 points as No. Michigan routed No. Auburn 102-72 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship.

Michigan basketball score: For the second night, Yaxel Lendeborg led a dominating performance by U-M at the Players Era Festival tourney in Las Vegas.

Reed Bailey scored 21 points and No. Indiana limited the nation's leading scorer, P.J. Haggerty, to 12 below his average in an 86-69 home win over Kansas State on Tuesday night. The senior Bailey did most of his work at the line, where he hit 13 of 15 free throws.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson repeatedly referred to the disparity in free throws after his third-ranked Cougars lost 76-73 to No. 17 Tennessee on Tuesday in the Players Era Championship. Houston was 8 of 11. Sampson frequently returned to the topic during the postgame news conference.

Henri Veesaar scored 24 points and Caleb Wilson added 20 as No. North Carolina pulled away in the second half for an 85-70 victory over St. Bonaventure in the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Tuesday night. Kyan Evans added 11 points and Luka Bogavac 10 for the Tar Heels (6-0), who are off to their best start since 2016-17.