Category: NCAA Basketball

Weber State Wildcats (12-15, 9-8 Big Sky) at Northern Colorado Bears (13-15, 6-11 Big Sky) Greeley, Colorado; Monday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Taylor Smith and Weber State visit Tatum West and Northern Colorado on Monday. The Bears are 10-4 in home games.

The Eagles are 14-3 in conference games. North Texas scores 69.9 points while outscoring opponents by 7.7 points per game. Rice makes 41.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.7 percentage points higher than North Texas has allowed to its opponents (38.4%).

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (11-16, 6-6 MEAC) at Coppin State Eagles (17-11, 8-4 MEAC) Baltimore; Monday, 5:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Coppin State hosts Maryland-Eastern Shore after Laila Lawrence scored 20 points in Coppin State's 73-59 win against the Delaware State Hornets. The Eagles have gone 7-2 at home.

Memphis Tigers (7-21, 5-12 AAC) at Florida Atlantic Owls (10-20, 2-15 AAC) Boca Raton, Florida; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Memphis faces Florida Atlantic after TI'lan Boler scored 25 points in Memphis' 81-79 loss to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. The Owls are 6-8 on their home court.

Azzi Fudd added 12 points while Aubrey Griffin finished with 11 points and four rebounds as UConn won its 38th straight regular-season Big East game. Jaidynn Mason had 13 points, Skylar Forbes had 12 points and Lee Volker added 10 points for Marquette (20-9, 12-6). UConn had already clinched the top seed for the Big East tournament.

The Illini struggled to make shots throughout, but 19 offensive rebounds led to 30 second-chance points.

Marcus Millender scored 25 points as UTSA beat Rice 84-56 on Sunday. Millender added seven assists for the Roadrunners (11-17, 5-11 American Athletic Conference). Primo Spears also scored 25 points, shooting 9 for 16 (6 for 9 from 3-point range) and 1 of 3 from the free-throw line.

Ahmad Henderson II scored 17 points off of the bench to lead UIC over Valparaiso 77-73 on Sunday in the regular season finale for both teams. Henderson went 6 of 10 from the field (3 for 4 from 3-point range) for the Flames (18-13, 10-10 Missouri Valley Conference). Tyem Freeman added 16 points while shooting 7 for 13, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc while he also had five rebounds.

Dalton Banks' 13 points helped Illinois State defeat Evansville 62-53 on Sunday. Banks added six rebounds and five steals for the Redbirds (18-13, 10-10 Missouri Valley Conference). Malachi Poindexter shot 2 of 4 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the free-throw line to add 11 points.

Jaden Akins scored 19 points and Jaxon Kohler had 10 pounds and a career-high 16 rebounds to lead No. Michigan State to a 71-62 win over No. Wisconsin on Sunday.

PJ Haggerty scored 17 of his 25 points in the final 12 minutes to help No. Memphis rally from an 11-point deficit to beat UAB 88-81 on Sunday and inch closer to the American Athletic Conference regular-season title. Colby Rogers hit five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points for Memphis (24-5, 14-2) and Dain Dainja had 16 points and a career-high 17 rebounds.

David N’Guessan had 21 points and eight rebounds and Kansas State defeated Colorado 65-56 on Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak. Kansas State led by 11 points at halftime, then N'Guessan had five points in a 7-0 run that gave the Wildcats a 46-29 lead with 14 minutes remaining in the game. Colorado got within eight points once and later the score was 63-54 after Sebastian Rancik hit two free throws for the Buffaloes with a minute to go.

Bennett Stirtz scored 23 points and Tavion Banks added four in the overtime as Drake took down Missouri State 68-60 on Sunday. Stirtz added five rebounds for the Bulldogs (27-3, 17-3 Missouri Valley Conference). Banks added 14 points while shooting 5 of 7 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line and had 11 rebounds.

Tre White had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead Illinois to a 93-73 rout of No. 15 Michigan 93-73 on Sunday. Kylan Boswell and Kasparas Jakucionis each scored 17 points for the Illini (19-11, 11-8 Big Ten), who have beaten Michigan (22-7, 14-4) nine straight times. The Illini struggled to make shots throughout, but 19 offensive rebounds led to 30 second-chance points.

Michigan basketball’s quest for the Big Ten regular-season title took a hit as the Wolverines fell to Illinois, 93-73, at Crisler Center on Sunday.