Category: NCAA Basketball

Yaxel Lendeborg had 20 points and 11 rebounds as No. 7 Michigan routed No. 12 Gonzaga 101-61 to win the Players Era Championship.

HOUSTON 66, NOTRE DAME 56 LAS VEGAS (AP) — Emanuel Sharp scored 17 points to lead Houston to a victory over Notre Dame in the consolation game of the Players Era Championship. Houston (7-1), which had its season-opening six-game win streak halted in the tournament's second round against No. Tennessee 76-73, opened with a 26-4 run against Notre Dame (5-3) and withstood a late comeback try by the Irish.

Michigan won its three Players Era games by a total margin of 110 points.

Michigan basketball score: The Wolverines rolled to their 3rd win in three days, this time over No. 10 Gonzaga to win $1 million in NIL funds.

Ryan Conwell scored 32 points and No. 6 Louisville hit 20 shots from 3-point distance, its most in 18 years, while overpowering NJIT in a 104-47 victory Wednesday night. Conwell did more than just score, too, as he finished with nine rebounds and six assists to go with 9-of-17 shooting. The Cardinals never trailed as they topped the century mark for the fourth time this season and enjoyed dominant stretches on both sides of the court.

Kaylene Smikle scored 22 points, Yarden Garzon added 17 and No. 7 Maryland held off No. 16 Kentucky 74-66 in a matchup of unbeaten teams at the Discover Puerto Rico Classic.

Tahaad Pettiford scored 27 points and No. 21 Auburn defeated No. 14 St. John’s 85-74 on Wednesday in the consolation round of the Players Era Championship. After falling behind by 11 points, Auburn (6-2) outscored St. John’s 55-35 in the second half — including a 30-13 run over the final nine minutes. Pettiford scored 16 points during that stretch.

The Nittany Lions continue their homestand by welcoming the Pioneers to State College.

Rori Harmon scored 26 points and No. Texas held on to beat No. UCLA 76-65 on Wednesday in the Players Era Championship.

Tre White added 14 points for Kansas (6-2) before fouling out and Florey Bidunga scored 13. Nata Ament led Tennessee (7-1) with 20 points. Jaylen Carey and Ja'Kobe Gillespie each scored 11 points and J.P. Estrella added 10.

Oweh and Aderdeen each scored 12 points in the second half and led five players in double figures. Noah came off the bench and scored 10 points in the first half. He helped the Wildcats overcome a slow start by outscoring the Golden Eagles 20-3 in the final seven minutes of the first half to put the game out of reach.

Emanuel Sharp scored 17 points to lead No. 3 Houston to a 66-56 victory over Notre Dame on Wednesday in the consolation game of the Players Era Championship. Houston (7-1), which had its season-opening six-game win streak halted in the tournament's second round against No. 17 Tennessee 76-73, opened with a 26-4 run against Notre Dame (5-3) and withstood a late comeback try by the Irish. Milos Uzon scored 15 points and Joseph Tugler added 10 before fouling out for Houston.

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.