Category: NCAA Basketball

Cameron and Cayden Boozer combined to score or assist on Duke's first 15 points Saturday.

Kingston Flemings scored 20 points, Joseph Tugler added 15 points and eight rebounds and No. Houston defeated Towson 65-48 on Saturday. Flemings finished 8 of 10 from the field, and Tugler shot 7 of 14.

Kingston Flemings scored 20 points, Joseph Tugler added 15 points and eight rebounds and No. 2 Houston defeated Towson 65-48 on Saturday. Milos Uzan had 11 points and six assists for the Cougars, who forced 18 turnovers and converted them into 22 points. Jack Doumbia had 16 points and seven rebounds, Dylan Williamson added 13 points and Tyler Tejada finished with 11 points and eight rebounds for Towson (1-1).

Cameron and Cayden Boozer had already gotten a taste of playing for Duke at its famously rowdy campus arena in exhibition and fan events. On Saturday, the twin brothers — considered among the nation's top incoming freshmen to the college ranks — had a strong start in their first official game at Cameron Indoor Stadium as the sixth-ranked Blue Devils beat Western Carolina 95-54. “I just love the fact they both are incredibly impactful, but they’re also on their own journey of becoming really good players and really helping us,” coach Jon Scheyer said of the sons of former Duke and NBA player Carlos Boozer.

Nate Ament scored 23 points to lead No. Tennessee to a 95-56 victory over Northern Kentucky on Saturday. Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 20 points and J.P. Estrella came off the bench to finish with 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Volunteers (2-0).

Freshman Cameron Boozer had 25 points in his first regular-season home game as sixth-ranked Duke beat Western Carolina 95-54 on Saturday. The 6-foot-9, 250-pound forward added eight rebounds, five assists and a block in 23 minutes for the Blue Devils (2-0), who opened the season Tuesday with a home-state win against Texas in Charlotte for the first-ever Dick Vitale Invitational. The preseason Atlantic Coast Conference favorite had no trouble against a team picked to finish seventh in the Southern Conference, pushing its lead to double figures just 7 minutes in and leading by 24 at halftime.

Labaron Philon scored 25 points and No. 15 Alabama passed an early season non-conference test with a 103-96 victory over fifth-ranked St. John’s on Saturday afternoon.

Labaron Philon scored 25 points and No. 15 Alabama passed an early season non-conference test with a 103-96 victory over fifth-ranked St. John’s on Saturday afternoon.

Xavier Booker scored 15 points to lead four players in double figures and No. UCLA pulled away in the second half to beat Pepperdine 74-63 on Friday night. Booker made 5 of 8 from the field, 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and had five blocks.

Xavier Booker finishes with 15 points, five blocks and five rebounds to lead UCLA to a 74-63 win over Pepperdine coming off a lackluster season opener.

North Carolina was hurtling toward yet another loss to fellow blueblood Kansas, down after a shaky half marked by turnovers and stagnant offense.

Kylan Boswell scored a career-high 31 points and had 10 rebounds as No. 17 Illinois beat Florida Gulf Coast 113-70 on Friday night for its second blowout win to start the season.

Tarris Reed Jr. had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Silas Demary Jr. added 16 points and seven assists to lead No. 4 UConn to a 110-47 win over UMass Lowell on Friday night.

Braden Smith scored 20 points and led six Purdue scorers in doubles figures as the No. 1 Boilermakers topped Oakland 87-77 on Friday night.

Nick Martinelli scored 20 points, and Jayden Reid added another 17 in a 76-52 win for Northwestern over Boston University on Friday night.