Category: NCAA Basketball

Eddie Lampkin Jr. scored 14 of his 25 points before halftime, was 11-for-12 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds and Syracuse beat Virginia 84-70 on Saturday to end the ACC regular season. Lampkin's 11-made field goals were a career high. Jyare Davis and Lucas Taylor each scored 15 points for Syracuse (13-18, 7-13), which shot 59.6% (31 for 52) upping its shooting percentage by a smidge in which they shot 58.1% (18 of 31) before halftime.

JT Toppin had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 9 Texas Tech pulled away from Arizona State for an 85-57 victory in the regular-season finale for both teams Saturday. Freshman guard Christian Anderson tied a season high with 21 points and made four 3-pointers off the bench for the Red Raiders (24-7, 15-5 Big 12), who set a school record for conference wins. Toppin, a top contender for Big 12 Player of the Year, had his 14th double-double of the season.

Eric Dailey Jr. finishes with 25 points and Skyy Clark scores 17 as UCLA blows out rival USC 90-63 to head into the Big Ten tournament on a dominant note.

Can anyone stop Cooper Flagg and Duke?

Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title. Cooper Flagg added 15 points, nine rebounds and six assists despite first-half foul trouble for the Blue Devils (28-3, 19-1). Duke blew a 15-point first-half lead and trailed by seven midway early after the break, but responded with 12 consecutive points to turn the game and silence a roaring hostile crowd.

Darius Maddox had 18 points to help George Mason defeat Richmond 64-60 on Saturday night, earning the Patriots a share of the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title. George Mason (24-7, 15-3) shares the title with VCU, but the Rams earned the top seed by virtue of a 70-54 road win over the Patriots in the only matchup this season. George Mason earns two byes and won't play until Friday's quarterfinals at Capital One Arena in Washington.

Few teams have bulldozed their way to an ACC regular-season title quite as convincingly as this year's Blue Devils.

Jackson Sivills had 17 points in Wofford's 72-60 win over East Tennessee State on Saturday in the Southern Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Sixth-seeded Wofford will play seventh-seeded VMI in a semifinal on Sunday. Sivills added six rebounds for the Terriers (17-15).

Cameron Corhen and Brandin Cummings each scored 16 points as Pittsburgh snapped a four-game losing streak with a 93-67 rout of Boston College in the regular-season finale on Saturday. The Panthers (17-14, 8-12) finished the regular season in a logjam in the ACC standings, where as many as five teams could finish tied at 8-12 and tiebreakers will be employed to determine seeding into the conference tournament that begins Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. Boston College (12-19, 4-16), which won 20 games and earned a bid into the NIT a year ago, is one of three teams not participating in the ACC Tournament.

Ryan Kalkbrenner's 27 points helped Creighton defeat Butler 87-74 on Saturday. Kalkbrenner also added 15 rebounds for the Bluejays (22-9, 15-5 Big East Conference). Steven Ashworth added 23 points while shooting 8 for 19, including 7 for 15 from beyond the arc while he also had six rebounds and 11 assists.

Viktor Lakhin scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half as No. 11 Clemson opened a double-digit lead and beat Virginia Tech 65-47 on Saturday for the program's record-tying 26th victory of the season. The Tigers (26-5, 18-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) matched a mark set by the 1990 team led by Dale Davis and Elden Campbell, who won Clemson's only ACC regular-season crown.

Javon Small scored 25 points, freshman Jonathan Powell scored 12 of his 15 in the second half and West Virginia held off UCF 72-65 on Saturday after nearly blowing a 25-point lead in the final 20 minutes. Powell and Small each made five 3-pointers. Amani Hansberry added 18 points and 10 rebounds for West Virginia (19-12, 10-10 Big 12).

Donavan Yap's 30 points led San Jose State over Fresno State 92-68 on Saturday as the regular season came to a close. Yap shot 11 for 14 (5 for 7 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Spartans (14-18, 7-13 Mountain West Conference). Jermaine Washington added 19 points while shooting 5 for 11 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 7 of 7 from the free-throw line while they also had six rebounds.

Julian Reese is a throwback of sorts — a four-year player who stuck it out at Maryland despite some ups and downs. Reese had 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the 13th-ranked Terrapins wrapped up the regular season with a 74-61 victory over Northwestern on Saturday. “I was just happy that he was able to get the ovation that he got," Maryland coach Kevin Willard said.

Julian Reese had 19 points and 11 rebounds in his home finale, and No. 13 Maryland pulled away late for a 74-61 victory over Northwestern on Saturday.